堡 (bou2 | bao3) : fortress; stronghold

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

堡

bou2

bao3

[1] [n] walled village; town [2] [n] petty military station; fort; fortress; stronghold

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 土 (#32)

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

堡

This word has been viewed 6550 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

Output this character as a high resolution image

城堡 sing4 bou2 cheng2 bao3 = castle

堡壘 bou2 leoi5 bao3 lei3 = fort, fortress, stronghold, citadel, bulwark

愛丁堡 ngoi3 ding1 bou2 ai4 ding1 bao3 = Edinburgh

漢堡包 hon3 bou2 baau1 = hamburger

漢堡牛肉餅 hon3 bou2 ngau4 juk6 beng2 = Hamburger steak

辣椒醬漢堡 laat6 ziu1 zoeng3 hon3 bou2 = chiliburger

漢堡 hon3 bou2 han4 bao3 = Hamburg (German city); [loan.] hamburger

暗堡 am3 bou2 an4 bao3 = a bunker

堡礁 bou2 ziu1 bao3 jiao1 = barrier reef

漢堡扒 hon3 bou2 paa2 = hamburger steak
See all 32 compounds

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/322/]堡[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/322/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">堡</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 堡
Unicode code for this character: U+5821 (off-site link)

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the character in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation) Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu^4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
a detailed description of all the meanings
the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)


Characters \| Words \| Sentences \| Chinese Translation \| Chinese Tests \| Forums \| Search Customise CantoDict \| My Vocab Lists \| Useful Reports and Stats \| CantoDict Forum