岗哨 (gǎngshào): sentry post

Measure Word

一个岗哨 gè

边境上设有多个岗哨。

Biānjìng shàng shèyǒu duō gè gǎngshào.

Multiple sentry posts are set up along the border.

战士们日夜守卫岗哨。

Zhànshì men rìyè shǒuwèi gǎngshào.

Soldiers guard the sentry posts day and night.

memory

岗 (gǎng) means a post or station (as in 岗位, job post), and 哨 (shào) means a whistle or a sentry. A 岗哨 is the place where a sentry stands watch.

岗 gǎng

哨 shào