边寨

邊寨

biānzhài

noun #81,805

Measure Word

一座边寨 zuò

Meanings

1 frontier stockade
2 border village (typically of an ethnic minority)

Characters

stockade; mountain village

Examples

HSK 3

他从小生长在西南边寨。

Tā cóngxiǎo shēngzhǎng zài xīnán biānzhài.

He grew up in a frontier village in the southwest.

HSK 6

云南的边寨风景如画。

Yúnnán de biānzhài fēngjǐng rú huà.

Yunnan's frontier villages are picturesque.

Tips

culture

边寨 conjures the romanticized image of remote ethnic-minority villages along China's southwestern borders - Yunnan and Guangxi especially, home to Dai (傣), Wa (佤), and Hani (哈尼) communities. The 1965 film 景颇姑娘 and many tourism brochures lean heavily on the word.

Stroke Order

边 biān

寨 zhài