大埔

Dàbù
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Tai Po, a district and market town in the New Territories of Hong Kong
  2. 2 Dabu, a county in Meizhou, eastern Guangdong

Examples

HSK 7-9
Dàbù zài Xiānggǎng de Xīnjiè.
Tai Po is in the New Territories of Hong Kong.
HSK 7-9
Hěnduō Dōngnányà Huárén de lǎojiā zài Guǎngdōng Dàbù.
Many Chinese in Southeast Asia have their family roots in Dabu, Guangdong.

Tips

mistakes
埔 is bù here, not pǔ as in 黄埔. The Hong Kong district keeps its Cantonese spelling, Tai Po, on signs and maps.
culture
Dabu County (大埔县) in Guangdong is almost wholly Hakka (客家), and many of its people emigrated to Southeast Asia. Tai Po in Hong Kong grew from an old market town into one of the new towns of the New Territories.

Stroke Order

大 dà
埔 pǔ