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城堡

城堡 chéngbǎo

城堡 chéngbǎo Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 城堡 chéngbǎo .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chéngbǎo | cheng2 bao3
English translation
castle
rook (chess piece)

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Traditional form

城堡 chéngbǎo

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng
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Etymology of 城堡 chéngbǎo

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chéng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Chéng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Chéng

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

土成

Number of Strokes

9
bǎo

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Bǎo represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

保土

Number of Strokes

12

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Example sentences using 城堡 chéngbǎo

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城堡 chéngbǎo yǒu tiáo hěn shēn de 流入 liú rù de 护城河 hù chéng hé .

The castle had a deep moat which emptied into the lake.

咱们 zámen 这个 zhè ge 犯人 fàn rén Guān zài 城堡 chéngbǎo .

Let's wall the prisoner up in the castle.

城堡 chéngbǎo Dōng 厢房 xiāng fáng mǒu chǔ de 玻璃 bōli bèi 打碎 dǎ suì le .

Somewhere behind the east wing of the castle a glass shattered.

赶走 gǎn zǒu de 军队 jūnduì ! zài ǒu de 城堡 chéngbǎo 外面 wài miàn , zhè shì gān shá ?

Disperse your troops! are they doing here, outside my castle?

大概 dàgài Sān 英里 Yīng lǐ Hòu , Xiàng Dōng 绕到德雷 Nán 城堡 chéngbǎo .

After about three miles, you detour east to Dresternan Castle.

城堡 chéngbǎo Decomposition

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城堡 chéngbǎo Compounds

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