京 杭 大 运 河

Jīng Háng Dà Yùn hédictionary entry

the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

京杭大運河 京杭大运河 [Jing1 Hang2 Da4 Yun4 he2] /the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC/

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京
jīng
capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old)
Jīng
surname Jing / short name for Beijing 北京[Běi jīng] / Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi / Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam
杭
Háng
surname Hang / abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州[Háng zhōu]
大
dà
big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dài
see 大夫[dài fu]
运
yùn
to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate
河
hé
river (CL:條|条[tiáo],道[dào]) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[hé fěn]

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