谷 (gǔ) means Valley (grain - corn). Below are 9 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
山 谷 里弥漫着晨雾。
Shāngǔ lǐ mímànzhe chénwù.
Morning mist filled the valley.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 弥漫
这条峡 谷 又深又长。
Zhè tiáo xiágǔ yòu shēn yòu cháng.
This gorge is deep and long.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 峡谷
河水从峡 谷 中穿过。
Héshuǐ cóng xiágǔ zhōng chuānguò.
The river runs through the canyon.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 峡谷
大雪覆盖了整个山 谷 。
Dàxuě fùgài le zhěnggè shāngǔ.
Heavy snow covered the entire valley.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 覆盖
秋天的 谷 穗又沉又丰满。
Qiūtiān de gǔsuì yòu chén yòu fēngmǎn.
The autumn ears of grain are heavy and full.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 丰满
山 谷 里笼罩着浓厚的雾。
Shāngǔ lǐ lǒngzhàozhe nónghòu de wù.
Thick fog hung over the valley.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 浓厚
他们在山 谷 里埋伏了一夜。
Tāmen zài shāngǔ lǐ máifu le yí yè.
They lay in ambush in the valley all night.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 埋伏
农民把收获的稻 谷 晒在场院里。
Nóngmín bǎ shōuhuò de dàogǔ shài zài chǎngyuàn lǐ.
The farmers spread the harvested rice out to dry in the yard.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 稻谷
秋天到了，田里的稻 谷 金黄一片。
Qiūtiān dào le, tián lǐ de dàogǔ jīnhuáng yí piàn.
Autumn came and the rice in the fields turned golden.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 稻谷
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Words that contain 谷
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How is 谷 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 谷 (gǔ, "Valley (grain - corn)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 谷 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 谷 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 谷 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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