HSK 6 · Places

峡谷 xiágǔ “canyon” in Chinese

Traditional 峽谷

What 峡谷 means

  1. canyon
  2. gorge
  3. ravine

How to say 峡谷

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale峡xiá2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale谷gǔ3rd tone, dipping

峡谷 in a sentence

  1. 峡谷对他来说非常深。

    Xiágǔ duì tā lái shuō fēicháng shēn.

    The gorge looked very deep to him.

    Sentence #13153773 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 铁桥峡谷是联合国教科文组织世界遗产。

    Tiěqiáo Xiágǔ shì Liánhéguó Jiàokēwén Zǔzhī shìjiè yíchǎn.

    Ironbridge Gorge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    Sentence #13153774 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 峡谷 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 峡 (xiá) with each of its parts in a different colour
峡xiágorge
  • 山mountain · shān
  • 夹to support · gā
The character 谷 (gǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
谷gǔgrain
  • 八eight · bā
  • 人person · rén
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 峡谷

峡 9 strokes · 谷 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

峡谷 (xiágǔ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 峡谷 (xiágǔ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 峡谷

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FAQs

峡谷 (xiágǔ) means “canyon” or “gorge”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiágǔ: xiá with a 2nd tone, then gǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 峡谷 is written 峽谷. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiagu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 峡谷 from the suggestions. Typing xiagu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
峡谷 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.