| 河 | 959A15 63A.00-3 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄏㄜˊ [he2] | ||
| N. | (1) A river, stream: 河邊，河濱，河畔，河干 river bank; 河面 river surface; 河口 mouth of river; 河工 river conservancy work; 河床 river bed; 河心 midstream; 河壩，河隄 river embankment; 河閘 water gate, lock on river; 河魚 [he2yU2]↓; 河鰻 fresh-water eel; 河魚腹疾 (LL) diarrhoea, intestinal troubles (as fish's decay begins from the entrails); 河漂子 one drowned; 吃個河落海乾 eat until a whole fortune disappears; 運河 canal. (2) The Yellow River （黃河） oft. without the modifier “Yellow”: oft. appears in names of regions or provinces with reference to the Yellow River, like 河南，河北，河內，河西 see [he2nan2], [he2bei3], [he2nei4], [he2xi1]↓; from the usu. muddy character of the Yellow River: 河清，俟河之清 when the Yellow River is clear － once in a blue moon; 河清海晏 time of peace; 河伯 [he2bo2]↓; 河東獅吼 (allu.) reference to henpecked husband married to a “roaring lioness.” (3) A surname. | |||||
| Words | 1. 河北 [he2bei3], n., the Hopei Province. 2. 河伯 [he2bo2], n., River God: 河伯娶婦 an anc. custom of sacrificing a young beautiful girl as the wife of the river god. 3. 河渠 [he2qU2], n., canal. 4. 河道 [he2dao4], n., course of river. 5. 河防 [he2fang2], n., dam, embankment for preventing flood. 6. 河漢 [he2han4], n., the Milky Way: (fig.) 勿河漢斯言 do not regard it as empty high talk. 7. 河洲 [he2zhou1], n., a river islet. 8. 河梁 [he2liang2], phr., a river bridge. 9. 河柳 [he2liu3], phr., willows that grow on river bank. 10. 河流 [he2liu2], n., the river current. 11. 河漏 [he2lou0], n., vermicelli made of buckwheat or other flour (forced through sieves). 12. 河洛 [he2luo4], n., The Yellow River and Luoh River (in Honan), see also [he2tu2]↓. 13. 河馬 [he2ma3], n., (zoo.) the hippopotamus. 14. 河綿 [he2mian2], n., fresh-water sponge found in lakes and rivers. 15. 河南 [he2nan2], n., the Honan Province. 16. 河內 [he2nei4], n., (1) (AC) the land north of the Yellow River bend; (2) Hanoi. 17. 河身 [he2shen1], n., the actual width of river water, not counting exposed river bed. 18. 河西 [he2xi1], n., west of Yellow River (Shensi, Kansuh). 19. 河系 [he2xi4], n., river system. 20. 河灘 [he2tan1], n., river rapids. 21. 河圖 [he2tu2], n., as in 河圖洛書 mythic diagram said to have s.t. to do with origin of Chin. script and the 八卦 the eight diagrams. 22. 河豚 [he2tun2], n., a fish (with delicious meat, but fatally poisonous if in the preparation the liver and roe are not taken out). 23. 河右 [he2you4], n., see [he2xi1]↑. 24. 河運 [he2yUn4], v., river transportation. 25. 河魚 [he2yU2], n., fresh-water fish. | |||||