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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[hé]
  1. 1. noun [河] river
  2. 2. noun [银河] galaxy

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[hé]
  1. 1. noun river; R.,r.
    river water
  2. 2. noun the Milky Way system
  3. 3. noun the Huanghe River; the Yellow River

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[hé]
  1. 1. 的专称
    西走廊
    南省。
  2. 2. 泛指大的水道
    城外有一条
    湖海
    护城
  3. 3. 指银
    外星系。

Examples

他一气儿游到的半中间。
He swam halfway across the river at a stretch.
这条很长。
This is a long river.
当中水流最急。
The current is swiftest in the middle of the river.
一道
a river
上冻冰了。
The river is frozen.
过去一下暴雨,这条就发大水。
This river used to get flooded whenever there was a rainstorm.
一条把那个县城分成两部分。
A river divides the county town into two parts.
永定和大清在天津附近合流。
The Yongding and Daqing rivers meet near Tianjin.
这两条在什么地方汇合?
Where do the two rivers join?
决口了。
The river burst its banks.

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