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On the HSK 3 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A2.

hé ㄏㄜˊ

    • river
    • the Yellow River

      bound form

    • the Milky Way

      bound form

    • (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 héfěn

      bound form

Classifiers (measure words)

river

Usually

Less often

the Milky Way

Usually

Less often

Other words read hé

In the same tone

All 28 words read hé

he with other tones

  • 喝 hē drink
  • 吓 hè scare
  • 呵 hē scold
  • 贺 hè congratulate
  • 鹤 hè crane

All 46 words read he in any tone

Other words read hé

In the same tone

All 28 words read hé

he with other tones

  • 喝 hē drink
  • 嚇 hè scare
  • 呵 hē scold
  • 賀 hè congratulate
  • 鶴 hè crane

All 46 words read he in any tone

How 河 is written

    部首 radical
    氵 a form of 水
    笔画 strokes
    8, with 5 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    氵可
    形旁 meaning
    氵
    声旁 sound
    可

    Words with 河

    Starting with 河

    • 河流 héliú river
    • 河道 hédào river course
    • 河口 hékǒu estuary
    • 河床 héchuáng riverbed
    • 河南省 hénánshěng Henan Province, capital Zhengzhou 郑州市 zhèngzhōushì

    All 75 words starting with 河

    Ending with 河

    • 黄河 huánghé Yellow River or Huang He
    • 内河 nèihé inland waterway
    • 运河 yùnhé canal
    • 山河 shānhé mountains and rivers
    • 天河 tiānhé Milky Way

    All 150 words ending with 河

    Containing 河

    • 银河系 yínhéxì Milky Way Galaxy
    • 拦河坝 lánhébà dam across a river
    • 老河口市 lǎohékǒushì Laohekou, a county-level city in Xiangyang City 襄阳市 xiāngyángshì, Hubei
    • 黄河流域 huánghéliúyù Yellow River basin
    • 运河区 yùnhéqū Yunhe, a district of Cangzhou City 沧州市 cāngzhōushì, Hebei

    All 94 words containing 河

    Words with 河

    Starting with 河

    • 河流 héliú river
    • 河道 hédào river course
    • 河口 hékǒu estuary
    • 河床 héchuáng riverbed
    • 河南省 hénánshěng Henan Province, capital Zhengzhou 郑州市 zhèngzhōushì

    All 75 words starting with 河

    Ending with 河

    • 黃河 huánghé Yellow River or Huang He
    • 內河 nèihé inland waterway
    • 運河 yùnhé canal
    • 山河 shānhé mountains and rivers
    • 天河 tiānhé Milky Way

    All 150 words ending with 河

    Containing 河

    • 銀河系 yínhéxì Milky Way Galaxy
    • 攔河壩 lánhébà dam across a river
    • 老河口市 lǎohékǒushì Laohekou, a county-level city in Xiangyang City 襄阳市 xiāngyángshì, Hubei
    • 黃河流域 huánghéliúyù Yellow River basin
    • 運河區 yùnhéqū Yunhe, a district of Cangzhou City 沧州市 cāngzhōushì, Hebei

    All 94 words containing 河

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 河

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