河 (ho4 ho4*2 | he2) : river

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河

ho4 ho4*2

he2

[粵] ho4 [國] he2
[1] river
[2] abbreviated form for Yellow River (黃河) in northern China

[粵] ho4*2
abbreviated form for hofan (河粉), a kind of rice noodle

(Classifier(s): 條 (for [1]))

Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 水 (#85)

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

河

This word has been viewed 14136 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Aug 2009 09:42

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山河 saan1 ho4 shan1 he2 = the hills and rivers; the nation's land

炒河 caau2 ho4*2 = fried noodle 粵

浭水過河 gaang3 seoi2 gwo3 ho4 geng1 shui3 guo4 he2 = wade a stream 粵

河馬 ho4 maa5/maa5*1 he2 ma3 = hippopotamus

黃河 wong4 ho4 huang2 he2 = Yellow River; Huang River

沙河粉 saa1 ho4 fan2 = sha hor fun - broad rice noodles

西灣河 sai1 waan1 ho4*2 = Sai Wan Ho (MTR station)

河流 ho4 lau4 he2 liu2 = river

河堤 ho4 tai4 = bank; embankment

河粉 ho4 fan2 he2 fen3 = flat noodles 粵
See all 136 compounds (CantoDict reports 138 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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有個男仔坐喺露台欄河度，似乎想跳樓噃粵
There's a man sitting on the barrier of the balcony as though he is about to jump off the building.

搭地鐵由西灣河到銅鑼灣只需大概二十分鐘嘅車程。粵
It takes only around twenty minutes from Sai Wan Hoi to Causeway Bay by MTR (the Metro).

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