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Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
gou1	gau1	gau1	ditch / gutter / groove / gully / ravine

Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
沟通 Learn more	gou1 tong1	gau1 tung1	gau1 tung1	to join / to connect / to link up / to communicate
山沟 Learn more	shan1 gou1	saan1 gau1	saan1 gau1	valley / gully / mountain region
鸿沟 Learn more	hong2 gou1	hung4 gau1	hung4 gau1	wide gap / gulf / chasm / lit. name of old canal in Henan that formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 漢\|汉
水沟 Learn more	shui3 gou1	seui2 gau1	seoi2 gau1	gutter / sewer
沟壑 Learn more	gou1 he4	gau1	gau1	gorge / gulch / ravine / deep ditch
壕沟 Learn more	hao2 gou1	gau1	gau1	trench / moat
代沟 Learn more	dai4 gou1	doi6 gau1	doi6 gau1	generation gap

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Simplified	Pinyin	Used for
道	dao4	long thin things (rivers, cracks); barriers (walls, doors); questions; commands; courses in a meal; steps in a process

The water stagnates in the ditch.

The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.

If the blind leads the blind, both will fall into ditch.

The enemy was strongly entrenched upon the othr side of the river.

He was conscious of a hairline border never to be crossed.

The gap between the intellectual and politician seems to be growing.

Dirt bike trails crisscrossed the grassy furrows.

In ancient mythology there was no impassable gulf separating the divine from the human beings.

A yawning North-South gulf has opened up with both sides digging in.

It'snot just that a gulf exists in living standards

Phonetics:	ni3	nǐ
Tone colors (āáǎàa):	off	on