山洪

shānhóng
noun #45,293

Meanings

  1. 1 flash flood
  2. 2 mountain torrent

Examples

HSK 7-9
Xià dàyǔ de shíhou búyào zài hébiān lùyíng, xiǎoxīn shānhóng.
Don't camp by the river when it rains hard; watch out for flash floods.
HSK 7-9
Shānhóng bàofā yǐhòu, fùjìn de jǐ ge cūnzi dōu bèi chōnghuǐ le.
After the flash flood broke out, several nearby villages were washed away.

Tips

mistakes
The usual verb is 暴发 'to break out suddenly', written with 暴 'violent': 山洪暴发. The 爆发 with 爆 'to explode' is for volcanoes and wars. Both are read bàofā.

Stroke Order

山 shān
洪 hóng