峡
xiá
gorge
mountain (山) + squeezed between (夹) = gorge
夹 means to squeeze or clamp between two sides, so the character captures exactly what a gorge is: a mountain squeezed tight from both flanks. The image of towering rock walls pressing inward makes the meaning almost self-evident.
这条河流过一段很深的峡谷。
zhè tiáo hé liú guò yī duàn hěn shēn de xiá gǔ。
This river flows through a very deep gorge.
我们沿着峡谷走了很长一段路。
wǒ men yán zhe xiá gǔ zǒu le hěn cháng yī duàn lù。
We walked a long way along the gorge.
Words with 峡
达达尼尔海峡
dá dá ní ěr hǎi xiá
Dardanelles Strait
长江三峡
cháng jiāng sān xiá
Three Gorges or Yangtze Gorges, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu2 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2]
雅鲁藏布大峡谷
yǎ lǔ zàng bù dà xiá gǔ
Great Canyon of Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra (through the southeast Himalayas, from Tibet to Assam and Bangladesh)
霍尔木兹海峡
huò ěr mù zī hǎi xiá
Strait of Hormuz
青铜峡
qīng tóng xiá
see 青銅峽市|青铜峡市[Qing1 tong2 xia2 Shi4]
青铜峡市
qīng tóng xiá shì
Qingtongxia, a county-level city in Wuzhong City 吳忠市|吴忠市[Wu2 zhong1 Shi4], Ningxia
马六甲海峡
mǎ liù jiǎ hǎi xiá
Strait of Malacca
龙羊峡
lóng yáng xiá
Longyangxia canyon on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Gonghe county 共和縣|共和县[Gong4 he2 xian4] in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai
三峡大坝
sān xiá dà bà
Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River
三峡
sān xiá
Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu2 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2]
三峡水库
sān xiá shuǐ kù
Three Gorges Reservoir on the Changjiang or Yangtze
三峡镇
sān xiá zhèn
Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan