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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bà | ba4
English translation
dam
dike
embankment
CL: tiáo
> tiáo [tiáo]
embankment; dam

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

earth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

土贝

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Bèi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Bèi represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Gāo 50.

The dam is 50 metres in height.

双手 shuāng shǒu 赞成 zànchéng lán 筑坝.

I'll raise both hands in favour of damming the river.

那儿 nà r ,我们 wǒmen 看见 kànjiàn zuò 巨型 jù xíng lán 大坝 dà bà .

There we saw a huge dam backing up the lake.

Cóng 山上 Shān shàng 冲刷 chōng shuā 下来 xià lai de 泥土 ní tǔ 就要 jiù yào ràng 水电 shuǐ diàn 大坝 dà bà 淤塞 yū sè le

The soil washed from the hills is silting up the hydroelectric dams.

一道 yī dào 拦河坝 lán hé bà 将会 jiāng huì zài 上游 shàngyóu 拦住 lán zhù 水流 shuǐ liú 抬升水位 shuǐ wèi

A barrage would halt the flow upstream and lift the water level.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dam
大坝 dà bà dam大壩
水坝 shuǐ bà dam水壩
堤坝 dībà dam堤壩
葛洲坝 Gé zhōu bà name of a place, Gezhouba Dam on the Changjiang River, in Sichuan葛洲壩
沙坪坝区 Shā píng bà qū Shapingba district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan沙坪壩區
平坝 Píng bà Pingba county in Anshun 安順|安顺 Ān shùn [An​shùn], Guizhou平壩
阿坝 Ā bà also Ngawa county阿壩
平坝县 Píng bà xiàn Pingba county in Anshun 安順|安顺 Ān shùn [An​shùn], Guizhou平壩縣
院坝 yuàn bà (dialect) courtyard院壩
阿坝州 Ā bà zhōu Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇 Mǎ ěr kāng zhèn [Mǎ​'ěr​kāng​zhèn]阿壩州
拦河坝 lán hé bà a dam across a river攔河壩
土坝 tǔ bà earth dam土壩
阿坝藏族羌族自治州 Ā bà Zàng zú Qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇 Mǎ ěr kāng zhèn [Mǎ​'ěr​kāng​zhèn]阿壩藏族羌族自治州
冰坝 bīng bà freezing blockage冰壩
阿坝县 Ā bà xiàn Ngawa county (Tibetan: rnga ba rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州 Ā bà Zàng zú Qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu [A​bà​Zàng​zú​Qiāng​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], northwest Sichuan阿壩縣
留坝 Liú bà Liuba County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中 Hàn zhōng [Hàn​zhōng], Shaanxi留壩
元坝区 Yuán bà qū Yuanba district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市 Guǎng yuán shì [Guǎng​yuán​shì], Sichuan元壩區
留坝县 Liú bà Xiàn Liuba County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中 Hàn zhōng [Hàn​zhōng], Shaanxi留壩縣
边坝 Biān bà Banbar county, Tibetan: Dpal 'bar rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区 Chāng dū dì qū [Chāng​dū​dì​qū], Tibet邊壩
边坝县 Biān bà xiàn Banbar county, Tibetan: Dpal 'bar rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区 Chāng dū dì qū [Chāng​dū​dì​qū], Tibet邊壩縣
妥坝 Tuǒ bà replaced by Qamdo, Zhag'yab and Jomdo counties in 1999妥壩

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