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塔
tǎ
What 塔 means
- pagoda (abbr. for {塔婆|tǎ pó}, a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon
- loanword(pastry) tart
Other readings
Example sentences
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那是一座塔。That's a tower.
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拉塔来了吗？Has Lata come?
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我爱娜塔莎。I love Natasha.
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我住在塔什干。Wǒ zhù zài Tǎshígān.I live in Tashkent.
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那是一座宝塔。That is a pagoda.
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我说拉科塔语。I speak Lakota.
Words starting with 塔
- 塔楼tǎ lóutower (of building)
- 塔利班Tǎ lì bānthe Taliban, Islamist organization that emerged in the mid-1990s in Afghanistan
- 塔吉克Tǎ jí kèTajik ethnic group; (Tw, HK) Tajikistan
- 塔尔寺Tǎ ěr sìKumbum Monastery in Qinghai
- 塔公Tǎ gōngLhagang grassland in Dartsendo county 康定县
- 塔勒tǎ lèthaler or taler (currency of various Germanic countries in 15th-19th centuries) (loanword)
- 塔口tǎ kǒu(loanword) taco
- 塔可tǎ kě(loanword) taco
- 塔台tǎ táicontrol tower
- 塔国Tǎ guóTajikistan
- 塔州Tǎ ZhōuTasmania (abbr. for 塔斯曼尼亚州)
- 塔林Tǎ línTallinn, capital of Estonia
- 塔罗tǎ luó(loanword) tarot
- 塔防tǎ fáng(gaming) tower defense
- 塔城市Tǎ chéng ShìTacheng, a county-level city in Tacheng Prefecture 塔城地区
- 塔塔儿Tǎ tǎ rTartar (person)
- 塔塔尔Tǎ tǎ ěrTatar ethnic group
- 塔希提Tǎ xī tíTahiti, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia
- 塔拉瓦Tǎ lā wǎTarawa, capital of Kiribati
- 塔斯社Tǎ sī shèTASS; Information Telegraph Agency of Russia
- 塔罗卡tǎ luó kǎtarot card
- 塔城地区Tǎ chéng Dì qūTarbaĝatay, prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆维吾尔自治区
- 塔塔儿人Tǎ tǎ r rénTartar (person)
- 塔塔尔族Tǎ tǎ ěr zúTatar ethnic group
Words containing 塔
- 金字塔jīn zì tǎpyramid (building or structure)
- 灯塔dēng tǎlighthouse
- 铁塔tiě tǎiron tower
- 宝塔bǎo tǎpagoda
- 象牙塔xiàng yá tǎivory tower
- 卡塔尔Kǎ tǎ ěrQatar
- 佛塔fó tǎpagoda
- 电视塔diàn shì tǎTV tower
- 高塔gāo tǎtower
- 贝塔bèi tǎbeta (Greek letter Β, β)
- 尖塔jiān tǎspire; minaret
- 大雁塔Dà yàn tǎGiant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an
- 水塔shuǐ tǎwater tower
- 伊塔yī tǎeta (Greek letter Η, η)
- 约塔yāo tǎiota (Greek letter Ιι)
- 艾塔ài tǎeta (Greek letter Η, η)
- 冲塔chōng tǎ(gaming, esp. MOBA) to recklessly enter the attack range of an enemy tower – a stationary…
- 西塔xī tǎtheta (Greek letter Θθ)
- 转塔zhuàn tǎrotating turret
- 电塔diàn tǎelectricity pylon; transmission tower
- 北塔区Běi tǎ QūBeita, a district of Shaoyang City 邵阳市
- 巴别塔Bā bié tǎTower of Babel, in Genesis 11:5-foll.
- 德尔塔dé ěr tǎdelta (Greek letter Δ, δ)
- 托卡塔tuō kǎ tǎtoccata (music) (loanword)
Characters built on 荅
These share the phonetic component 荅 (dā), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 搭dāto put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole)
- 嗒dā(onomatopoeia) used in words that describe machine gunfire, the ticking of a clock or the…
- 瘩daused in 疙瘩
- 褡dāpouch; sleeveless jacket
Characters that look like 塔
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
- 搭dāto put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole)
- 塌tāto collapse; to droop; to settle down
- 嗒dā(onomatopoeia) used in words that describe machine gunfire, the ticking of a clock or the…
- 瑛yīng(literary) translucent stone similar to jade; (literary) luster of jade
- 瑁mào(jade)
Sounds the same
Read tǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.
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