埔 (bou3 | pu3 bu4 ) : placename

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埔

bou3

pu3 bu4

placename

Pinyin pu3 is used for 黃埔軍校 (Huangpu Military Academy), Guangzhou.
Pinyin bu4 is used for placename like 大埔 (Tai Po), Hong Kong

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 土 (#32)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

埔

This word has been viewed 5604 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Dec 2009 03:57

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大埔 daai6 bou3 = Tai Po

黃埔 wong4 bou3 huang2 pu3 = Whampoa (harbor in Guangdong)

柬埔寨 gaan2 bou3 zaai6 jian3 pu3 zhai4 = Cambodia

北埔鄉 bak1 bou3 hoeng1 bei3 bu4 xiang1 = Peipu (village in Taiwan)

埔鹽鄉 bou3 jim4 hoeng1 bu4 yan2 xiang1 = Puyan (village in Taiwan)

埔心鄉 bou3 sam1 hoeng1 bu4 xin1 xiang1 = Puhsin (village in Taiwan)

大埔鄉 daai6 bou3 hoeng1 da4 bu4 xiang1 = Tapu (village in Taiwan)

外埔鄉 ngoi6 bou3 hoeng1 wai4 bu4 xiang1 = Waipu (village in Taiwan)

內埔鄉 noi6 bou3 hoeng1 nei4 bu4 xiang1 = Neipu (village in Taiwan)

中埔鄉 zung1 bou3 hoeng1 zhong1 bu4 xiang1 = Chungpu (village in Taiwan)
See all 16 compounds (CantoDict reports 17 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 埔
Unicode code for this character: U+57d4 (off-site link)

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