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桥

qiáo

HSK 3 · word 1788 of 3,000

Meaning

Measure word

座 zuò

Example sentence

桥下很黑。

qiáo xià hěn hēi

It was pretty dark under the bridge.

The character 桥

桥 is 木, wood, beside 乔, tall: a timber bridge. 过桥 to cross one, 大桥 the long one over a river — and it counts with 座, like everything built and fixed to the ground.

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