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坝

bà

HSK 6 Character Traditional 垻

What 坝 means

1. (used in place names) plain; flatland
2. dialectsandbar; shoal

Other readings

坝 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• bàdam; dike; embankment

Example sentences

• 堤坝保护了城市免受洪灾。
  Dībà bǎohù le chéngshì miǎnshòu hóngzāi.
  The bank secured the city from a flood.
• 这个水坝给我们提供水和电。
  Zhège shuǐbà gěi wǒmen tígōng shuǐ hé diàn.
  This dam supplies us with water and electricity.

Words containing 坝

• 堤坝dī bàdam; dike
• 大坝dà bàdam
• 水坝shuǐ bàdam; dike
• 冰坝bīng bàfreezing blockage; dam of ice on river
• 土坝tǔ bàearth dam; dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete)
• 拱坝gǒng bàan arch dam
• 沙坝shā bàa sandbank; a sand bar
• 溃坝kuì bà(of a dam) to be breached; to burst
• 绿坝Lǜ bàGreen Dam, content-control software, in use during 2009-2010 (abbr. for 綠壩·绿坝·花季护航
• 院坝yuàn bà(dialect) courtyard
• 向家坝Xiàng jiā bàXiangjiaba Dam, Yunnan, site of a hydropower station
• 平坝区Píng bà QūPingba, a district of Anshun City 安顺市
• 拦河坝lán hé bàa dam across a river
• 留坝县Liú bà XiànLiuba, a county in Hanzhong City 汉中市
• 葛洲坝Gé zhōu bàname of a place, Gezhouba Dam on the Changjiang River, in Sichuan
• 边坝县Biān bà XiànBanbar, a county in Chamdo City 昌都市
• 阿坝县Ā bà XiànNgawa, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿坝藏族羌族自治州
• 沙坪坝区Shā píng bà QūShapingba, a district of Chongqing 重庆
• 紫坪铺大坝Zǐ píng pū Dà bàZipingpu Dam, Sichuan
• 阿斯旺高坝Ā sī wàng gāo bàthe Aswan dam in south Egypt
• 三峡大坝Sān xiá Dà bàThree Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River
• 阿坝藏族羌族自治州Ā bà Zàng zú Qiāng zú Zì zhì zhōuNgawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan Province 四川省
• 绿坝·花季护航Lǜ bà · Huā jì Hù hángGreen Dam Youth Escort, Internet content-control software, in use during 2009-2010…
• 平坝Píng bàsee 平坝区

Characters that look like 坝

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 网wǎngnet; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
• 周zhōuto make a circuit; to circle; circle
• 均jūn(bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
• 绍shàoto continue; to carry on
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise
• 顷qǐngunit of area equal to 100 亩; a short while; a little while ago

Sounds the same

Read bà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 爸father; dad; pa
• 罢to stop; to cease; to dismiss
• 霸hegemon; tyrant; lord
• 把handle
• 耙a hoe; to harrow
• 灞name of a river
• 杷handle or shaft (of an axe etc); hoe; to harrow
• 弝the part of a bow grasped when shooting
• 鲅(bound form) Spanish mackerel
• 猈dog with short shinbone
• 伯variant of 霸
• 欛variant of 杷; variant of 把