趵突泉

Bàotū Quán
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Baotu Spring, the best-known spring of Jinan, Shandong

Examples

HSK 6
Bàotū Quán yìnián-sìjì dōu zài wǎngwài mào shuǐ.
Baotu Spring keeps bubbling up water all year round.
HSK 7-9
Bàotū Quán shì Jǐnán zuì yǒumíng de quánshuǐ.
Baotu Spring is Jinan's most famous spring.

Tips

mistakes
趵 is bào here. 趵突 describes water leaping and bursting up, which is what the spring's three jets do.
culture
Jinan is called 泉城, "City of Springs", and Baotu heads its 72 famous springs. A Qing emperor is said to have named it the finest spring under heaven, 天下第一泉.

Stroke Order

趵 bào
突 tū
泉 quán