粵

運wan6河ho4

simp运河
wan6 ho4Yùn héyùn hé

English

  1. see 運河區|运河区[Yun4 he2 Qu1]
  2. canal
  3. canal; artificial waterway

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 由人工開鑿,用嚟引水灌溉、疏導洪水同畀船隻航行嘅水道(量詞:條)

Examples

  • 開鑿運河

    to build a canal

  • 巴拿馬運河

    Panama Canal

  • 蘇彝士運河管理局長話,擴闊運河,船家駛得快啲、平啲,咁未來十年收入就多兩倍。

    The expansion will more than double the canal’s income over the next 10 years by making the trip faster and cheaper for shippers, said the head admiral of the Suez Canal Authority.

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 船開過蘇伊士運河。

    The ship sailed through the Suez Canal.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 这艘船穿过巴拿马运河

    The ship went through the Panama Canal.

    Tatoeba · Wedd CC BY

  • 这艘船太大,没法通过运河。

    This ship is too big to pass through the canal.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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