| 河 | hé | river; CL:条,道 |
| 河南 | Hé nán | Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫, capital Zhengzhou 郑州 |
| 河北 | Hé běi | Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, abbr. 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家庄 |
| 黄河 | Huáng Hé | Yellow River or Huang He |
| 河流 | hé liú | river; CL:条 |
| 运河 | yùn hé | canal |
| 河内 | Hé nèi | Hanoi, capital of Vietnam |
| 山河 | shān hé | mountains and rivers; the whole country |
| 河口 | hé kǒu | estuary; the mouth of a river |
| 河道 | hé dào | river way; course of a river |
| 河床 | hé chuáng | riverbed |
| 河川 | hé chuān | rivers |
| 大河 | dà hé | large river (esp the Yellow River) |
| 小河 | xiǎo hé | brook |
| 河西 | Hé xī | land west of the Yellow river; Shaanxi, Qinghai and Gansu provinces |
| 银河系 | Yín hé xì | Milky Way Galaxy; the galaxy (our galaxy) |
| 河岸 | hé àn | riverside; river bank |
| 河东 | Hé dōng | Hedong district of Linyi city 临沂市, Shandong |
| 顿河 | Dùn hé | Don River |
| 河蟹 | hé xiè | river crab; internet censorship (pun on 'harmonious' 和谐, which is blocked by the great firewall of China) |
| 大运河 | Dà yùn hé | the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC |
| 尼罗河 | Ní luó hé | Nile (river) |
| 沙河 | Shā hé | Shahe county level city in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei |
| 伏尔加河 | Fú ěr jiā hé | Volga River |
| 两河 | liǎng hé | two rivers; Mesopotamia |
| 苏伊士运河 | Sū yī shì yùn hé | Suez Canal |
| 河套 | hé tào | river bend; the Great Bend of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia |
| 湄公河 | Méi gōng hé | Mekong River |
| 大渡河 | Dà dù hé | Dadu river in Sichuan |
| 河外星系 | hé wài xīng xì | extragalactic star system; galaxy (not including our Galaxy) |
| 辽河 | Liáo hé | Liao river of northeast China, passing through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Jilin and Liaoning |
| 海河 | Hǎi hé | Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口) |
| 河畔 | hé pàn | riverside; river plain |
| 约旦河 | Yuē dàn hé | Jordan River |
| 红河 | Hóng hé | Honghe county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan; Red River in China; Northern Vietnam |
| 河北省 | Hé běi shěng | Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, abbr. 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家庄 |
| 清河 | Qīng hé | Qinghe county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei; Qinghe district of Tieling city 铁岭市, Liaoning |
| 莱茵河 | Lái yīn hé | Rhine river |
| 亚马孙河 | Yà mǎ sūn hé | Amazon river |
| 巴拿马运河 | Bā ná mǎ Yùn hé | Panama Canal |
| 永定河 | Yǒng dìng hé | the Yongding river to the West of Beijing |
| 北戴河 | Běi dài hé | Beidaihe district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇岛市, Hebei |
| 白河 | Bái hé | Baihe county in Ānkāng 安康, Shǎnxī; Paiho town in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan |
| 石河子 | Shí hé zǐ | Shixenze shehiri (Shixenze city) or Shíhézǐ subprefecture level city in north Xinjiang |
| 七台河 | Qī tái hé | see 七台河市 |
| 七台河市 | Qī tái hé shì | Qitaihe prefecture level city, Heilongjiang province |
| 七河州 | qī hé zhōu | Semirechye region of Kazakhstan, bordering Lake Balkash 巴尔喀什湖 |
| 七里河 | Qī lǐ hé | Qilihe district of Lanzhou city 兰州市, Gansu |
| 七里河区 | Qī lǐ hé qū | Qilihe district of Lanzhou city 兰州市, Gansu |
| 三河 | Sān hé | Three rivers; Sanhe county level city in Langfang 廊坊, Hebei |
