堡
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(bound form) fortress; stronghold; (often used to transliterate -berg, -burg etc in place names); (bound form) burger (abbr. for 漢堡|汉堡[han4 bao3])
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 土 +9
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 堡
- Common rank
- #1,107
- Unicode
- U+5821
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Words with 堡
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斯特拉斯堡 | Strasbourg | |
| 拉夫堡大学 | Loughborough University | |
| 海德尔堡 | Heidelberg | |
| 马尔堡病毒 | Marburg virus | |
| 马格德堡 | Magdeburg (German city) | |
| 萨尔普斯堡 | Sarpsborg (city in Østfold, Norway) | |
| 哈里斯堡 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | |
| 哈布斯堡 | Hapsburg (European dynasty) | |
| 海德堡 | Heidelberg | |
| 河西堡 | Hexipu, a town in Yongchang County 永昌縣|永昌县[Yong3 chang1 Xian4], Jinchang 金昌[Jin1 chang1], … | |
| 拉夫堡 | Loughborough, English city | |
| 普雷斯堡 | Pressburg (Slovakia) | |
| 伊斯兰堡 | Islamabad, capital of Pakistan | |
| 哥尼斯堡 | Königsberg, Baltic port city, capital of East Prussia (until WWII) | |
| 巨无霸汉堡包指数 | Big Mac Index, a measure of the purchasing power parity (PPP) between currencies | |
| 堡子 | village or town surrounded by earthen walls; village; Taiwan pr. [bao3 zi5] | |
| 地堡 | bunker (underground fortification) | |
| 汉堡包 | (loanword) hamburger | |
| 汉堡王 | Burger King (fast food restaurant) | |
| 沃尔夫斯堡 | Wolfsburg |