They made their way across the river.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
渡河
to cross a river
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to cross a river
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 渡河 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 渡河 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
I saw a dog swim across the river.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 渡河.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 渡河.
Directly before
- 游泳渡河2
- 他们渡河1
Directly after
- 渡河的1
- 渡河前进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 渡河
What does 渡河 mean in Chinese?
渡河 (dùhé) means to cross a river.
How do you pronounce 渡河?
渡河 is pronounced dùhé.
Is 渡河 an HSK word?
渡河 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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