堡

bǎo

noun #5,519

Measure Word

一座堡 zuò

Meanings

1 fort
2 fortress
3 castle

Characters

Examples

那座古堡已经有几百年历史了。

Nà zuò gǔbǎo yǐjīng yǒu jǐ bǎi nián lìshǐ le.

That ancient castle is already several hundred years old.

汉堡是德国的一座城市。

Hànbǎo shì Déguó de yī zuò chéngshì.

Hamburg is a city in Germany.

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usage

堡 has multiple pronunciations: bǎo (fortress), bǔ (in place names like 堡子 bǔzi), and pù (in some northern place names like 十里堡).

Stroke Order

堡 bǎo