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堡 bǎo

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堡 bǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bǎo | bao3
English translation
an earthwork
castle
position of defense
stronghold
used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad"
fort, fortress; town, village
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pù | pu4
English translation
variant of 鋪 pù
>铺 pù [pù]
used in place names

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About 堡 bǎo

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

堡 bǎo

Contains the radical

土 Tǔ

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

Earthen 土 Tǔ walls built for defense 保 Bǎo ; 保 Bǎo also provides the meaning

Etymology of 堡 bǎo

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱保土

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 土 Tǔ represents the meaning and 保 Bǎo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 堡 bǎo

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他 tā 在 zài 爱丁堡 Aì dīng bǎo 的 de 一 yī 所 suǒ 学校 xuéxiào 里 lǐ 教 Jiào 音乐 yīnyuè .

He taught music at a school in Edinburgh.

培根 péi gēn 奶酪 nǎi lào 汉堡 Hàn bǎo 听 yǐn 起来 qǐlai 很 hěn 馋 chán 人 rén .

The bacon cheeseburger sounds mouth - watering.

城堡 chéngbǎo 有 yǒu 一 yī 条 tiáo 很 hěn 深 shēn 的 de 流入 liú rù 湖 hú 里 lǐ 的 de 护城河 hù chéng hé .

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

1916年 Nián 4月 yuè 2日 Rì 空袭 kōng xí 警报 jǐng bào 响彻 xiǎng chè 了 le 整个 zhěnggè 爱丁堡 Aì dīng bǎo .

On 2 April 1916 air - raid warnings sounded throughout Edinburgh.

一 yī 道 dào 神秘 shénmì 的 de 光 guāng 像 xiàng 是 shì 从 Cóng 古堡 gǔ bǎo 中射出的 de .

An uncanny light seemed to be coming from the castle.

Words with 堡 bǎo

Explore 23 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 堡 bǎo in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
城堡 chéngbǎo castle城堡 chéngbǎo
汉堡 Hàn bǎo Hamburg (German city)漢堡
堡 bǎo castle堡 bǎo
碉堡 diāo bǎo blockhouse碉堡 diāo bǎo
堡垒 bǎo lěi fort堡壘
汉堡包 hàn bǎo bāo hamburger (loanword)漢堡包
圣彼得堡 Shèng Bǐ dé bǎo Saint Petersburg (city in Russia)聖彼得堡
卢森堡 Lú sēn bǎo Luxembourg盧森堡
伊斯兰堡 Yī sī lán bǎo Islamabad, capital of Pakistan伊斯蘭堡
爱丁堡 Aì dīng bǎo Edinburgh, capital of Scotland愛丁堡
纽伦堡 Niǔ lún bǎo Nürnberg or Nuremberg, town in Bavaria, Germany紐倫堡
古堡 gǔ bǎo ancient castle古堡 gǔ bǎo
哥德堡 Gē dé bǎo Gothenburg (city in Sweden)哥德堡 Gē dé bǎo
约翰内斯堡 Yuē hàn nèi sī bǎo Johannesburg, South Africa約翰內斯堡
地堡 dì bǎo bunker (underground fortification)地堡 dì bǎo
斯特拉斯堡 Sī tè lā sī bǎo Strasbourg斯特拉斯堡 Sī tè lā sī bǎo
沃尔夫斯堡 Wò ěr fū sī bǎo Wolfsburg沃爾夫斯堡
君士坦丁堡 Jūn shì tǎn dīng bǎo Constantinople, capital of Byzantium君士坦丁堡 Jūn shì tǎn dīng bǎo
萨尔茨堡 Sà ěr cí bǎo Salzburg薩爾茨堡
匹兹堡 Pǐ zī bǎo Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)匹茲堡
勃兰登堡 Bó lán dēng bǎo Brandenburg (e.g. gate, concertos)勃蘭登堡
大堡礁 Dà bǎo jiāo Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia大堡礁 Dà bǎo jiāo
威廉斯堡 Wēi lián sī bǎo Williamsburg, Virginia威廉斯堡 Wēi lián sī bǎo

堡 bǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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堡 bǎo Decomposition

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