峽 (haap6 hap6 | xia2) : gorge; canyon; channel

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峽

haap6 hap6

xia2

gorge; canyon; channel; strait; isthmus

Jyutping haap6 is the more popular colloquial reading; hap6 is literary.

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 山 (#46)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

峽 / 峡

This word has been viewed 4622 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Oct 2013 04:36

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峽谷 haap6 guk1 xia2 gu3 = canyon; ravine

海峽 hoi2 haap6 hai3 xia2 = channel, straits

三峽 saam1 haap6 san1 xia2 = The Three Changjiang River Gorges, The Three Gorges

峽灣 haap6 waan1 xia2 wan1 = a fjord

過基峽 gwo3 gei1 haap6 = many-banded krait 粵

大峽谷 daai6 haap6 guk1 da4 xia2 gu3 = Grand Canyon

巫峽 mou4 haap6 wu1 xia2 = Wuxia Gorge, in the Changjiang River Three Gorges

波斯普魯斯海峽 bo1 si1 pou2 lou5 si1 hoi2 haap6 bo1 si1 pu3 lu3 si1 hai3 xia2 = the Bosphorus (strait)

峽江 haap6 gong1 xia2 jiang1 = Xiajiang (place in Jiangxi)

三門峽 saam1 mun4 haap6 san1 men2 xia2 = Sanmenxia (city in Henan)

三峽堤壩工程 saam1 haap6 tai4 baa3 gung1 cing4 san1 xia2 di1 ba4 gong1 cheng2 = The Three Gorges Dam project

英吉利海峽 jing1 gat1 lei6 hoi2 haap6 ying1 ji2 li4 hai3 xia2 = English Channel

莫桑比克海峽 mok6 song1 bei2 hak1 hoi2 haap6 = Mozambique Channel

台灣海峽 toi4 waan1 hoi2 haap6 tai2 wan1 hai3 xia2 = Taiwan Strait

灣仔峽 waan1 zai2 haap6 wan1 zai3 xia2 = Wan Chai Gap

海峽群島國家公園 hoi2 haap6 kwan4 dou2 gwok3 gaa1 gung1 jyun4*2 hai3 xia2 qun2 dao3 guo2 jia1 gong1 yuan2 = Channel Islands National Park

海峽群島 hoi2 haap6 kwan4 dou2 hai3 xia2 qun2 dao3 = the Channel Islands

長江三峽 coeng4 gong1 saam1 haap6 chang2 jiang1 san1 xia2 = Three Gorges

海峽時報 hoi2 haap6 si4 bou3 hai3 xia2 shi2 bao4 = The Straits Times

新海峽時報 san1 hoi2 haap6 si4 bou3 xin1 hai3 xia2 Shi2 bao4 = New Strait Times

海峽交流基金會 hoi2 haap6 gaau1 lau4 gei1 gam1 wui6*2 hai3 xia2 jiao1 liu2 ji1 jin1 hui4 = Taiwan Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF)

海峽兩岸關係協會 hoi2 haap6 loeng5 ngon6 gwaan1 hai6 hip3 wui6*2 hai3 xia2 liang3 an4 guan1 xi5 xie2 hui4 = PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)

花石峽 faa1 sek6 haap6 hua1 shi2 xia2 = Huashixia (place in Qinghai)

三峽鎮 saam1 haap6 zan3 san1 xia2 zhen4 = Sanhsia (town in Taiwan)

新加坡海峽時報指數 san1 gaa1*3 bo1 hoi2 haap6 si4 bou3 zi2 sou3 = Singapore Straits Times Index

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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