坝
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(used in place names) plain; flatland; (dialect) sandbar; shoal
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 土 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 垻
- Common rank
- #1,963
- Unicode
- U+575D
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Formation & memory
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Words with 坝
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平坝区 | Pingba, a district of Anshun City 安順市|安顺市[An1 shun4 Shi4], Guizhou | |
| 阿坝藏族羌族自治州 | Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3] | |
| 阿坝县 | Ngawa, a county 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[A1 ba… | |
| 绿坝·花季护航 | Green Dam Youth Escort, Internet content-control software, in use during 2009-2010 (abbr. … | |
| 阿坝州 | see 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] | |
| 边坝县 | Banbar, a county in Chamdo City 昌都市[Chang1 du1 Shi4], Tibet | |
| 阿斯旺高坝 | the Aswan dam in south Egypt | |
| 向家坝 | Xiangjiaba Dam, Yunnan, site of a hydropower station | |
| 留坝县 | Liuba, a county in Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市[Han4 zhong1 Shi4], Shaanxi | |
| 三峡大坝 | Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River | |
| 大坝 | dam | |
| 水坝 | dam; dike | |
| 平坝 | see 平壩區|平坝区[Ping2 ba4 Qu1] | |
| 阿坝 | see 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]; see 阿壩縣|阿坝县[A1 ba4 Xi… | |
| 沙坪坝区 | Shapingba, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] | |
| 土坝 | earth dam; dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete) | |
| 沙坝 | a sandbank; a sand bar | |
| 边坝 | see 邊壩縣|边坝县[Bian1 ba4 Xian4] | |
| 院坝 | (dialect) courtyard | |
| 绿坝 | Green Dam, content-control software, in use during 2009-2010 (abbr. for 綠壩·花季護航|绿坝·花季护航[Lu… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 贝 — compare how they read.