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壩 bà

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bà | ba4
English translation
embankment; dam

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About 壩 bà

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Number of strokes

24

Traditional form

壩 bà

Contains the radical

土 Tǔ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of 壩 bà

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰土霸

Semantic compound

土 Tǔ

Phonetic compound

霸 bà

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 土 Tǔ represents the meaning and 贝 Bèi represents the sound. Simplified form of 壩 bà .

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Words with 壩 bà

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
坝 bà dam壩 bà
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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