峡 xiá gorge
gorge; ravine; strait
怎么记住“峡”: 山 mountain + 夹 squeeze = gorge. Between two mountain walls that squeeze the river into a thin line, an old rope bridge swings over the gorge.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
峡 = 山 mountain + 夹 squeeze
- 山 mountain meaning
- 夹 squeeze sound
Between two mountain walls that squeeze the river into a thin line, an old rope bridge swings over the gorge.
How it came to be
The mountain gives the meaning and the part for squeeze gives the sound.
用法
- A gorge or narrow water passage: 峡谷 (xiágǔ) canyon, 海峡 (hǎixiá) strait, 三峡 (Sānxiá) the Three Gorges.
- 台湾海峡 (Táiwān hǎixiá) = the Taiwan Strait: 海峡 is the standard geographic term.