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坝

Traditional: 垻 · 壩

bà

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

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bà · baa3 (Jyutping)

  1. (used in place names) plain; flatland
  2. (dialect) sandbar; shoal
  3. dam
  4. dike; embankment
  5. CL:條|条[tiao2]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

坝

Meaning
embankment; dam
Radical
土
Strokes
7
Components
⿰土贝
Cangjie
GBO
Four-corner
4718

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