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ㄅㄠ ˇ

bǎo

fortress

堡 is a 12 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as bǎo in the third tone, however it can also be pronounced as .

It is made up of the components (protect) and (earth).

  • ㄅㄠ ˇ

    bǎo

    fortress

    • ㄅㄠ ˇ

      bǎo

      protect

    • ㄊㄨ ˇ

      earth

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Mark your territory with a fort.
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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 堡

bǎo

Definitions for 堡 pronounced as bǎo

  • an earthwork
  • castle
  • position of defense
  • stronghold
  • used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad"

Definitions for 堡 pronounced as pù

  • variant of 鋪|铺[pu4]
  • used in place names

Vocabulary

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Book 5 part 1

by Junon 188 characters

Lição 4

by Chihyu1008 25 characters

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