HSK · Level 40
120 words
Chinese word
渡
Pronunciation
Pinyindù
Meaning
- verbcross
Example
我们要渡过这条河。wǒ men yào dù guò zhè tiáo hé
We need to cross this river.
More examples
政府出台的措施帮助企业渡过经济难关。zhèng fǔ chū tái de cuò shī bāng zhù qǐ yè dù guò jīng jì nán guān
Government measures helped companies overcome their economic difficulties.
Core concept
Carries someone or something across a dividing space, with physical transport across water at its center and passage through obstacles as a wider use.
Common phrases
渡过河dù guò hé
cross a river
渡过难关dù guò nán guān
overcome a difficulty
渡海dù hǎi
cross the sea
Similar words
过guò: Going across a place or boundary from one side to the other.
通过tōng guò: Passing an obstacle or completing a procedure through a particular route or method.
穿过chuān guò: Going through a narrow place or between objects and coming out on the other side.
越过yuè guò: Going beyond a set distance, area, limit, or boundary.
Definition in Chinese
从一侧到另一侧，通常指通过水域、桥梁或其他障碍的横向移动，也可用于表示跨越困难或阶段的过渡。cóng yí cè dào lìng yí cè tōng cháng zhǐ tōng guò shuǐ yù qiáo liáng huò qí tā zhàng ài de héng xiàng yí dòng yě kě yòng yú biǎo shì kuà yuè kùn nán huò jiē duàn de guò dù
Word origin
渡 (dù, "to cross") is formed from 氵 (shuǐ, "water") + 度 (dù, "degree"), linking its written form to its early water-crossing sense before the meaning widened.
Usage tips
- In conversation, a physical crossing usually sounds more natural than an abstract one with this verb, while formal writing more readily uses the abstract sense, so register is a useful clue.