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Information of 峡

Pinyin xiá

Radical

山

Strokes

9 strokes

Usage

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Definition

gorge

峡 xiá [noun] 【本义】: 两山夹水处 (Primary meaning: A waterway between two mountains) 【造字法】: 形声。从山，夹声。 (Composition: Pictophonetic - combines the meaning of "mountain" and the phonetic element "夹") 【释义】 1. 同本义 (gorge) (1. A waterway between two mountains: 三门峡 (Sanmen Gorge, one of the gorges of the Yellow River in China). 三峡 (Three Gorges, referring to three gorges along the Yangtze River in the area between Sichuan and Hubei, including "Qutang Gorge", "Wu Gorge", and "Xiling Gorge"). 海峡 (a long, narrow sea surrounded by land, such as "Taiwan Strait"). 2. 指两山之间 (Referring to the area between two mountains): 峡谷 (a narrow and deep valley). 【引】 1. 《淮南子·原道》: 仿洋于山峡之旁。注:“两山之间为峡。” (Huainanzi: Imitate the ocean beside the mountain gorge. Note: "A gorge is the area between two mountains.") 2. 王维《桃源行》: 峡里谁知有人事，世中遥望空云山。 (Wang Wei's "Peach Blossom Land": Who knows the human affairs in the gorge, as one gazes far at the empty clouded mountains in the world.) 3. 《徐霞客游记·游黄山记》: 仍下峡路。 (Xu Xiake's travel notes: Continuing down the gorge path.) 4. 从峡度栈以上。 (From above the gorge's planked road.) 【例】如: 峡口 (the entrance of the gorge); 峡路 (the road or waterway within the gorge). 特指长江三峡 (specifically refers to the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River). 【引】 1. 《世说新语》: 桓公( 温)入峡，绝壁天悬，腾波迅急。 (Shishuo Xinyu: Duke Huan entered the gorge; sheer cliffs hanging down, waves rushing rapidly.) 【例】如: 峡口 (refers to the mouth of Xiling Gorge); 峡江 (the section of the Yangtze River from Qutang Gorge to Yichang in Hubei). 2. 形容词。狭窄 (Adjective: narrow) 【引】 1. 《水经注》: 邃岸天高，空谷幽深，涧道之峡，车不方轨，号曰天险。 (Shui Jing Zhu: The shores are high and steep, the valley is deep and empty; the gorge of the ravine is such that carts cannot follow a straight track, and is called a heavenly danger.)

咽峡炎 yān xiá yán

angina / sore throat

长江三峡 Cháng Jiāng Sān xiá

Three Gorges or Yangtze Gorges, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu1 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2]

峡谷 xiá gǔ

canyon / gill / ravine

海峡 hǎi xiá

channel / strait

台湾海峡 Tái wān Hǎi xiá

Taiwan Strait

马六甲海峡 Mǎ liù jiǎ Hǎi xiá

the Strait of Malacca or Melaka

地峡 dì xiá

isthmus / strait / sowneck

三门峡 Sān mén xiá

Sanmenxia prefecture level city in Henan

直布罗陀海峡 Zhí bù luó tuó Hǎi xiá

Strait of Gibraltar

峡湾 xiá wān

fjord

博斯普鲁斯海峡 bó sī pǔ lǔ sī hǎi xiá

strait of bosporus

巫峡 Wū Xiá

Wuxia Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the middle of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2]

新加坡海峡 xīn jiā pō hǎi xiá

Singapore Strait

琼州海峡 Qióng zhōu Hǎi xiá

Qiongzhou Strait (between Hainan Island and Mainland China)

青铜峡 Qīng tóng xiá

Qingtong county level city in Wuzhong 吳忠|吴忠[Wu2 zhong1], Ningxia

巴士海峡 Bā shì Hǎi xiá

Bashi Channel between south Taiwan and Luzon Island, north the Philippines

西陵峡 Xī líng Xiá

Xiling Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the lower of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2]

三门峡市 Sān mén xiá shì

Sanmenxia prefecture level city in Henan

虎跳峡 Hǔ tiào Xiá

Tiger Leaping Gorge on the Jinsha River 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 jiang1] in Lijiang Naxi autonomous county 麗江納西族自治縣|丽江纳西族自治县[Li4 jiang1 Na4 xi1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4], Yunnan

霍尔木兹海峡 Huò ěr mù zī Hǎi xiá

Strait of Hormuz

渤海海峡 bó hǎi hǎi xiá

bohai straits

三峡 Sān xiá

Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu1 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2] / Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan