gōu

ditch

gutter; groove; gully; ravine; CL:道[dao4]

water (氵) + sound gōu (勾) = a water-carved channel

The water radical tells you this is a water channel carved into the earth. 勾 contributes the sound gōu and doesn't add meaning here.

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路边有一条小,走路要小心。

lù biān yǒu yī tiáo xiǎo gōu,zǒu lù yào xiǎo xīn。

There is a small ditch by the road, be careful when walking.

大雨过后,山里的里都是水。

dà yǔ guò hòu,shān lǐ de gōu lǐ dōu shì shuǐ。

After the heavy rain, the gullies in the mountains were all filled with water.

Words with 沟

垄沟

lǒng gōu

furrow (agriculture)

扶沟县

fú gōu xiàn

Fugou, a county in Zhoukou City 周口市[Zhou1 kou3 Shi4], Henan

门头沟

mén tóu gōu

see 門頭溝區|门头沟区[Men2 tou2 gou1 Qu1]

门头沟区

mén tóu gōu qū

Mentougou, a district of Beijing

阴沟

yīn gōu

sewer; underground drainage channel

阴沟里翻船

yīn gōu lǐ fān chuán

to meet with unexpected failure (idiom)

阳沟

yáng gōu

open drainage channel; ditch

马里亚纳海沟

mǎ lǐ yà nà hǎi gōu

Mariana Trench

鸿沟

hóng gōu

(fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap

鼻唇沟

bí chún gōu

nasolabial fold

龙潭沟

lóng tán gōu

Longtan Ravine, scenic area in Xixia county 西峽縣|西峡县[Xi1 xia2 xian4], Nanyang 南陽|南阳[Nan2 yang2], Henan

V沟

v gōu

low neckline that reveals the cleavage

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