京杭大运河

京杭大運河
Jīng-Háng yùn

Grand Canal (from Beijing to Hangzhou)

Wiktionary

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Entry Composition

=1 Jīng
  1. surname Jing
  2. Jing ethnic minority
  3. abbr. for Beijing 北京 Běijīng
=1 jīng
  1. capital city of a country
  2. big
  3. algebraic term for a large number (old)
  4. artificial mound (old)
=2 Háng
  1. surname Hang
  2. abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州 Hángzhōu
=2 háng
  1. (dialectal) suddenly; all of a sudden
  2. (obsolete) alternative form of (háng, “boat; ship”)
  3. (obsolete) alternative form of (háng, “to cross a stream; to ferry”)
  4. (obsolete) alternative form of (háng, “to sail; to navigate”)
  5. a surname
  6. alternative form of (háng, “boat; ship”)
  7. alternative form of (háng, “to cross a stream; to ferry”)
  8. alternative form of (háng, “to sail; to navigate”)
  9. short for 杭州 (Hángzhōu, “Hangzhou”)
  10. suddenly; all of a sudden
=2 kāng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (kāng, “broad road”)
  2. alternative form of (kāng, “broad road”)
=2 kàng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (kàng, “high”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (kàng, “to raise; to lift up”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (kàng, “to resist; to fight”)
  4. alternative form of (kàng, “high”)
  5. alternative form of (kàng, “to raise; to lift up”)
  6. alternative form of (kàng, “to resist; to fight”)
=3 大运河 Yùn the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
=3 大运河 yùn short for 京杭大運河京杭大运河 (Jīng-Háng Dàyùnhé, “Grand Canal”)