渡 (dù): to cross, to pass through, to ferry
渡 (dù) is a Chinese character meaning “to cross.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 度 (phonetic). It ranks #1398 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 渡 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- to cross
- to pass through
- to ferry
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 渡
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 渡过 | dù guò | to cross over |
| 偷渡 | tōu dù | illegal immigration |
| 渡轮 | dù lún | ferry boat |
| 引渡 | yǐn dù | to extradite |
| 渡船 | dù chuán | ferry |
| 渡口 | dù kǒu | ferry crossing |
| 轮渡 | lún dù | ferry |
| 偷渡者 | tōu dù zhě | smuggled illegal alien |
| 摆渡 | bǎi dù | ferry |
| 横渡 | héng dù | to cross (a body of water) |
| 远渡重洋 | yuǎn dù chóng yáng | to travel across the oceans |
| 渡边 | dù biān | Watanabe (Japanese surname) |
| 暗渡陈仓 | àn dù chén cāng | lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Li... |
| 渡鸦 | dù yā | (bird species of China) common raven (Corvus corax) |
| 普渡 | pǔ dù | (Buddhism, Daoism) to deliver all sentient beings from suffering |
渡 appears in 46 compound words: 24 as the first character, 37 as the last, and 39 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 渡 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
short for 明修棧道,暗渡陳倉/明修栈道,暗渡陈仓 (míngxiūzhàndào, àndùchéncāng, “to do one thing under cover of another”)
Showing 5 of 6 idioms containing 渡.
Example Sentences
这条渡流经三个省份,滋养了沿岸的农田。
zhè tiáo dù liú jīng sān gě shěng fèn , zī yǎng le yán àn de nóng tián .
This river flows through three provinces, nourishing the farmlands along its banks.
诱骗同乡偷渡来马劳动剥削 移民局捕4孟加拉男
yòu piàn tóng xiāng tōu dù lái mǎ láo dòng bāo xiāo yí mín jú bǔ 4 mèng jiā lā nán
Deceiving fellow villagers to smuggle into Malaysia for labor exploitation, the immigration bureau arrested 4 Bangladeshi men
...起的士需提供电子支付 业界冀初期执法设过渡期 口头警告代替即时票控
. . . qǐ de shì xū tí gōng diàn zǐ zhī fù yè jiè 冀 chū qī zhí fǎ shè guò dù qī kǒu tóu jǐng gào dài tì jí shí piào kòng
... Taxis need to provide electronic payment, and the industry hopes that there will be a transitional period for law enforcement in the early stage, and verbal warnings will replace instant ticket control
菲律宾渡轮沉没增至65人死 14人下落不明
菲 lǜ bīn dù lún chén méi zēng zhì 6 5 rén sǐ 1 4 rén xià luò bù míng
The sinking of a ferry in the Philippines has risen to 65 dead and 14 people are missing
电商转型对软体/AI过渡的启示
diàn shāng zhuǎn xíng duì ruǎn tǐ A I guò dù de qǐ shì
The enlightenment of e-commerce transformation on software/AI transition
我们在夏威夷渡过了圣诞。
Wǒmen zài Xiàwēiyí dùguò le Shèngdàn.
We stayed in Hawaii over Christmas.
他用30天横渡了太平洋。
Tāyòng 30 tiān héngdù le Tàipíng Yáng.
He crossed the Pacific Ocean in thirty days.
我想和你共渡余生。
Wǒ xiǎng hé nǐ gòng dù yú shēng.
I want to spend my life with you.
渡轮上的乘客不多于一百人。
Dùlún shàng de chéngkè bù duōyú yī bǎi rén.
There were not more than one hundred passengers on board the ferry.
我见过狗游泳渡河。
Wǒ jiàn guo gǒu yóuyǒng dù hé.
I saw a dog swim across the river.
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