沟

gōu

ditch

gutter; groove; gully; ravine; CL:道[dao4]

water (氵) + sound gōu (勾) = a water-carved channel

The water radical tells you this is a water channel carved into the earth. 勾 contributes the sound gōu and doesn't add meaning here.

氵+勾→沟
勾HookPhonetic
氵WaterSemantic

路边有一条小沟,走路要小心。

lù biān yǒu yī tiáo xiǎo gōu,zǒu lù yào xiǎo xīn。

There is a small ditch by the road, be careful when walking.

大雨过后,山里的沟里都是水。

dà yǔ guò hòu,shān lǐ de gōu lǐ dōu shì shuǐ。

After the heavy rain, the gullies in the mountains were all filled with water.

Words with 沟

地沟油

dì gōu yóu

illegally recycled waste cooking oil

九寨沟

jiǔ zhài gōu

Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan

卢沟桥事变

lú gōu qiáo shì biàn

Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]

垄沟

lǒng gōu

furrow (agriculture)

扶沟县

fú gōu xiàn

Fugou, a county in Zhoukou City 周口市[Zhou1 kou3 Shi4], Henan

门头沟

mén tóu gōu

see 門頭溝區|门头沟区[Men2 tou2 gou1 Qu1]

门头沟区

mén tóu gōu qū

Mentougou, a district of Beijing

阴沟

yīn gōu

sewer; underground drainage channel

阴沟里翻船

yīn gōu lǐ fān chuán

to meet with unexpected failure (idiom)

阳沟

yáng gōu

open drainage channel; ditch

马里亚纳海沟

mǎ lǐ yà nà hǎi gōu

Mariana Trench

鸿沟

hóng gōu

(fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap

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