沙堡

shābǎo

noun #47,637

Measure Word

一座沙堡 zuò

Meanings

1 sandcastle

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

海浪冲走了我们的沙堡。

Hǎilàng chōngzǒu le wǒmen de shābǎo.

The waves washed away our sandcastle.

HSK 7-9

他用小桶和铲子堆了一座带塔楼的沙堡。

Tā yòng xiǎo tǒng hé chǎnzi duī le yí zuò dài tǎlóu de shābǎo.

He used a little bucket and a spade to build a sandcastle with towers.

Tips

usage

The verb is 堆 ("to pile up"): 堆沙堡 is "to build a sandcastle", like 堆雪人 "to build a snowman". 堡 is the "fort" of 城堡 (castle).

Stroke Order

沙 shā

堡 bǎo