沟
gōu HSK5

ditch, ravine

沟 (溝) gōu
ditch noun
an artificial or natural channel for water drainage or irrigation

雨水顺着路边的排水沟流走了。

yǔ​shuǐ shùn​zhe lù​biān de pái​shuǐ​gōu liú zǒu le.

Rainwater flowed away through the roadside ditch.

groove noun
a long, narrow cut or indentation on a surface

这种地板通过凹凸的沟槽进行拼接。

zhè zhǒng dì​bǎn tōng​guò āo tū de gōu cáo jìn​xíng pīn​jiē.

This flooring is joined using tongue and groove joints.

ravine noun
a deep, narrow valley or gully carved by water

这群羊正在山沟里寻找草场。

zhè qún yáng zhèng​zài shān gōu lǐ xún​zhǎo cǎo​chǎng.

The flock of sheep is looking for pasture in the mountain gully.

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,610th most common 60.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,986th most common 19.8 per million appears in 11% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5.72 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
22.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Traditional
溝
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+6C9F

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)