谷
gǔ
valley
surname Gu
division (八) + person (人) + opening (口) = valley
The character originally depicted the mouth of a valley: two diverging walls (八) opening into a wide passage (口), with the human figure (人) nestled between them. The image is of land splitting apart to form a hollow.
山谷里的风很凉。
shān gǔ lǐ de fēng hěn liáng。
The wind in the mountain valley is very cool.
我们走进一条深谷，四周都是高山。
wǒ men zǒu jìn yī tiáo shēn gǔ，sì zhōu dōu shì gāo shān。
We walked into a deep valley, with high mountains all around.
Words with 谷
进退维谷
jìn tuì wéi gǔ
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
长谷川
cháng gǔ chuān
Hasegawa (Japanese surname)
陈谷子烂芝麻
chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma
lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip
阳谷
yáng gǔ
Yangu county in Liaocheng 聊城[Liao2 cheng2], Shandong
阳谷县
yáng gǔ xiàn
Yangu county in Liaocheng 聊城[Liao2 cheng2], Shandong
隘谷
ài gǔ
ravine
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)
双龙大裂谷
shuāng lóng dà liè gǔ
Shuanglong Rift Valley in Mt Xiong'er National Geological Park 熊耳山[Xiong2 er3 Shan1], Zaozhuang 棗莊|枣庄[Zao3 zhuang1], Shandong
杂谷脑
zá gǔ nǎo
Zagunao River in Sichuan, tributary of the Min River 岷江[Min2 Jiang1]
灵谷寺
líng gǔ sì
Linggu temple (Nanjing)
马尔谷
mǎ ěr gǔ
less common variant of 馬克|马克[Ma3 ke4] preferred by the Catholic Church
高岸深谷
gāo àn shēn gǔ
high bank, deep valley (idiom); secluded location