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Meaning of 堡

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Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6
Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Ideographic:Earthen walls built for defense ; also provides the meaning
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ bǎo ] to safeguard, to protect, to defend, to care for
    • [ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
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Pinyin: bǎo
English Definition:an earthwork; castle; position of defense; stronghold; used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad"
Chinese Definition:
①军事上防守用的建筑物:堡垒。城堡。桥头堡。
②古代指土筑的小城:“徐嵩、胡空各聚众五千,据险筑堡以自固”。

Example Words:
城堡HSK 6 chéng bǎo castle; rook (chess piece)
伊斯兰堡 lán bǎo Islamabad, capital of Pakistan
堡垒 bǎo lěi fort
碉堡 diāo bǎo pillbox (military fortification); blockhouse; euphemistic way of writing 屌爆
古堡 bǎo ancient castle
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2
Pinyin:
English Definition:variant of ; used in place names
Chinese Definition:
①古同“铺”,驿站(今用于地名):十里堡。
Example Words:
河西堡 Hexipu town in Yongchang county 永昌县 , Gansu
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Example Sentences
1
I really enjoy ordering hamburgers and fries.
2
The young man from the United States likes to eat hamburgers.
3
西
He had a burger for lunch today at a Western restaurant.
4
We visited an ancient castle.
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This fast food restaurant makes delicious burgers.