Chinese Word: 峡 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

峡 (Trad.: 峽)HSK 6

Pinyin: xiá

English Definition: gorge

Chinese Definition:
①两山夹着的水道：三门峡(中国黄河中游峡谷之一)。三峡(中国长江流经四川到湖北的交界一带所经过的三个峡谷，其中有“瞿塘峡”、“巫峡”、“西陵峡”)。海峡(两旁有陆地夹着的形状狭长的海，如“台湾峡峡”)。
②指两山之间：峡谷(狭而深的谷地)。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 山

Ideographic:The space between 夹 two mountains 山; 夹 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 山 [ shān ] mountain, hill, peak
- 夹 [ jiā ] to support; to be wedged between

Similar Characters: 狭挟侠荚颊峽

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海峡	hǎi xiá	channel; strait
峡谷HSK 6	xiá gǔ	canyon; gill; ravine
海峡交流基金会	hǎi xiá jiāo liú jī jīn huì	Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF); abbr. to 海基会
山峡	shān xiá	gorge; canyon; mountain valley
海峡两岸关系协会	hǎi xiá liǎng àn guān xi xié huì	PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)

1		lì rú 例如， nà 那 bāo kuò 包括 mǎ liù jiǎ hǎi xiá 马六甲海峡。 That includes, for example, the Strait of Malacca.
2		tā men 他们 chéng zuò 乘坐 dù chuán 渡船 chuān yuè 穿越 hǎi xiá 海峡。 They crossed the strait by ferry.