Word information
Simplified悬河
Traditional懸河
Pinyinxuán hé
Part of speechDictionary
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Chinese word dictionary
悬河
xuán hé · "hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain); (literary) waterfall; cataract
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河hé
river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]); (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way; (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2 fen3]
河流héliúriver; CL:條|条[tiao2]
河畔hépànriverside; river plain
悬xuánto hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation
悬挂xuánguàto suspend; to hang; (vehicle) suspension
悬念xuánniànsuspense in a movie, play etc; concern for sb's welfare