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江 in Context

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The Character You Just Learned is Also a Common Word!

Usage 1 - "river": 

Sentence:

有人跳江了。  

English:

Someone has jumped into the river. 

Top-Down Words:

跳 tiào - to jump, to leap 


Sentence:

江水不流了。 

English:

The river water has stopped flowing. 

Top-Down Words:

水 shuǐ - water
流 liú - to flow


*Sentence:

中国有很多条江。  

English:

China has a lot of rivers.

Top-Down Words:

条 tiáo - measure word for long, narrow, or thin things (e.g. rivers)



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Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

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Clayton Lee

What's the difference between 河 and 江?

Mandarin Blueprint

江 is formal, and only used alone to mean river in rather formal writing (e.g. 沿江 yán jiāng - "Along the river"), or in combination with other characters to form names of places or rivers e.g. 长江 chángjiāng - Yangtze River, or 䢺江 chūjiāng - Chujiang (A City in Sichuan province). 河 is what you would usually use to refer to a river.

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Kolia

Which reminds me of the amazing Chinese TV show 大江大河 (aka 'Like a flowing river') , which I would recommend to anyone wanting to practice their Chinese and learn about China during the economic reform period (end 1970's to 90's). It's available on YouTube, even with English subtitles.

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MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jaebh_qgjTQ&t=2827s

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