Meaning of dù:
dù
渡
Verb
to cross; to pass through; to ferry
Wǒmen xūyào dùguò zhè tiáo hé.
我们需要渡过这条河。
We need to cross this river.
Tāmen zhèng zhǔnbèi dù guò nà tiáo hé.
他们正准备渡过那条河。
They are preparing to cross that river.
Tāmen zhǔnbèi hǎo chuán lái dù guò hé.
他们准备好船来渡过河。
They prepared the boat to ferry across the river.