钱塘江

Traditional form:

錢塘江

Pinyin (reading):

Qiántáng Jiāng

Definitions:

• Qiantang River, the principal river of Zhejiang Province, eastern China, flowing through Hangzhou and into Hangzhou Bay, noted for its spectacular tidal bore 錢塘潮／钱塘潮 ( Qiántángcháo)

Characters:

• 钱 - money, currency, coins
• 塘 - pond, tank; dike, embankment
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname

Traditional characters:

• 錢 - money, currency, coins
• 塘 - pond, tank; dike, embankment
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname