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堡

bǎo

HSK 6 Character

What 堡 means

1. bound formfortress; stronghold
2. (often used to transliterate -berg, -burg etc in place names)
3. bound formburger (abbr. for {汉堡|hàn bǎo})

Other readings

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

• bǔvillage (used in place names)
• pùvariant of {铺|pù}; used in place names

Example sentences

• 城堡好美。
  The castle is beautiful.
• 我喜欢城堡。
  I like castles.
• 我来自林堡。
  I'm from Limburg.
• 你说林堡语吗？
  Nǐ shuō Línbǎo yǔ ma?
  Do you speak Limburgish?
• 点了两个汉堡。
  I ordered two hamburgers.
• 我吃腻了汉堡。
  I'm sick and tired of hamburgers.

Words starting with 堡

• 堡垒bǎo lěifort
• 堡子bǔ zivillage or town surrounded by earthen walls; village; Taiwan pr. bǎo zi
• 堡寨bǎo zhàifort; fortress
• 堡垒机bǎo lěi jī(computing) bastion host; jump server
• 堡礁bǎo jiāobarrier reef

Words containing 堡

• 城堡chéng bǎocastle; rook (chess piece)
• 汉堡hàn bǎo(loanword) hamburger
• 古堡gǔ bǎoancient castle
• 圣彼得堡Shèng bǐ dé bǎoSaint Petersburg (city in Russia)
• 碉堡diāo bǎo(military) pillbox; blockhouse; humorous way of writing 屌爆
• 卢森堡Lú sēn bǎoLuxembourg
• 汉堡包hàn bǎo bāo(loanword) hamburger
• 爱丁堡Ài dīng bǎoEdinburgh, capital of Scotland
• 海德堡Hǎi dé bǎoHeidelberg
• 彼得堡Bǐ dé bǎoPetersburg (place name); Saint Petersburg, Russia
• 纽伦堡Niǔ lún bǎoNuremberg, town in Bavaria, Germany
• 地堡dì bǎobunker (underground fortification)
• 君士坦丁堡Jūn shì tǎn dīng bǎoConstantinople, capital of Byzantium
• 林堡Lín bǎoLimburg, Netherlands; Limbourg, Belgium
• 沙堡shā bǎosandcastle
• 红堡Hóng bǎoRed Fort (historic building in Delhi, India)
• 古登堡Gǔ dēng bǎo(name) Gutenberg; Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400–1468), inventor in Europe of the printing…
• 哥德堡Gē dé bǎoGothenburg (city in Sweden)
• 拉夫堡Lā fū bǎoLoughborough, English city
• 海森堡Hǎi sēn bǎoWerner Heisenberg (1901–1976), German physicist
• 满福堡mǎn fú bǎo(Taiwan) McDonald's McMuffin or similar breakfast sandwich made with an English muffin
• 艾登堡Ài dēng bǎo(name) Attenborough; David Attenborough (1926–), British naturalist and broadcaster
• 伊斯坦堡Yī sī tǎn bǎo(Taiwan) Istanbul
• 伊斯兰堡Yī sī lán bǎoIslamabad, capital of Pakistan

Characters built on 保

These share the phonetic component 保 (bǎo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 褒bāoto praise; to commend; to honor
• 煲bāodeep cooking pot; to cook slowly in such a pot
• 葆bǎodense foliage; to cover
• 褓bǎoused in 襁褓; used in 褓姆

Characters that look like 堡

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

• 营yíngcamp; barracks; battalion
• 替tìto substitute for; to take the place of; to replace
• 婴yīnginfant; baby
• 萱xuānorange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)
• 煲bāodeep cooking pot; to cook slowly in such a pot
• 骛wù(bound form) to rush about; to strive for

Sounds the same

Read bǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饱to eat till full; satisfied
• 保to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure…
• 宝jewel; gem; treasure
• 鸨Chinese bustard; procuress
• 葆dense foliage; to cover
• 褓used in 襁褓; used in 褓姆
• 媬governess; nurse