桥台 (qiáotái): bridge abutment (architecture /…

Meanings

1 bridge abutment (architecture / engineering)

Characters

桥

Examples

桥台连接桥梁与路基。

Qiáotái liánjiē qiáoliáng yǔ lùjī.

The abutment connects the bridge with the road bed.

工程师正在加固桥台。

Gōngchéngshī zhèngzài jiāgù qiáotái.

The engineers are reinforcing the bridge abutment.

Tips

usage

Civil engineering term. The supports in the middle of a bridge are 桥墩 (qiáodūn, piers); the supports at each end (where the bridge meets land) are 桥台.

Stroke Order

桥 qiáo

台 tái

Related Words

桥接 qiáojiē

to bridge (connect across a gap) / (networking) to bridge networks / (finance) bridge financing

桥面 qiáomiàn #51,886

bridge deck / bridge surface / roadway of a bridge

大渡桥横铁索寒 dàdùqiáohéngtiěsuǒhán

the Dadu Bridge stretches across, its iron chains cold / (fig.) the Red Army's Luding Bridge crossing — a canonical Long March image / (lit.) Great-Crossing bridge crosswise iron-chain cold

桥上 qiáoshàng

on the bridge / atop the bridge

桥 qiáo HSK 3 #2,283

bridge

桥墩 qiáodūn #34,978

bridge pier / bridge pillar

一桥飞架南北 yīqiáofēijiànánběi

a single bridge flies across, north to south / one bridge spans the two shores

铁路桥 tiělùqiáo #50,438

railway bridge / railroad bridge

大桥 dàqiáo #9,185

large bridge / great bridge

桥下 qiáoxià #16,374

under a bridge / beneath a bridge