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Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
wu4
Short definition lake
Usage frequency Common
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All available English definitions lakeCdict iconMDBG iconAdso icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: lake
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: sameadso
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: lake; CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: lake; lacus; lago; loch; lough
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: lake'
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这个(zhè gè) this one
(hú) lake
有多( yǒu duō)
(shēn) late

What is the depth of the lake?

(hú) lake
(dòng) to freeze
冰了(bīngle)

The lake was frozen.

(hú) lake
(miàn) noodles
上有(shàngyǒu)
(jǐ) a few
([missing]) classifier for ships
(chuán) ship

Some boats are on the lake.

(zhè) these
(hú) lake
(lǐ) village
(yǒu) some
许多(xǔ duō) many
(yú) fish

There are many fish in this lake.

这个(zhè gè) this one
(hú) lake
(zài) (located) at
这个(zhè gè) this one
地方(dì fang) area
很深( hěn shēn)

The lake is deep here.

(tiān) sky
冷得(lěngde)
足以(zú yǐ) to be enough
(ràng) to yield
(hú) lake
结冰(jié bīng) frazil

The weather was so cold that the lake froze over.

巨大的( jù dà de) vasty
柱子(zhù zi) pillar
遮住(zhē zhù) to block
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright
视线(shì xiàn) view line
让人(ràng rén) to make people
看不到(kànbúdào) to not see
(hú) lake

A large pillar obstructs the view of the lake.

这是(zhèshì)
(hú) lake
(dedì) of
最深处(zuì shēn chǔ) innermost

The lake is deepest at this point.

(dàng) when
我们( men) us
走到(zǒudào) to go to
转角处(zhuǎnjiǎochù)
(hú) lake
(jiù) only
映入(yìng rù) to shine into
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright
眼帘(yǎn lián) eyelid

As we went around the corner, the lake came into view.

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