Members of that tribe settled along the river.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
河岸
riverside
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
riverside
02
river bank
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 河岸 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 河岸 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
Due to the rainstorm, the river water surged over the river banks.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 河岸.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 河岸.
Directly before
- 沿着河岸1
- 右边河岸1
- 漫过河岸1
Directly after
- 河岸定居1
- 河岸很1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 河岸
What does 河岸 mean in Chinese?
河岸 (héàn) means riverside.
How do you pronounce 河岸?
河岸 is pronounced héàn.
Is 河岸 an HSK word?
河岸 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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