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Meaning of 坝

Pinyin bà

Radical

土

Strokes

Definition

dam / dyke / embankment

Usage

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坝 bà 名词【本义】: 堤坝【造字法】: 形声。从土，霸声。 1. 截河拦水的堤堰。堤坝 (dam) Example: 拦河坝 (a dam blocking a river). 堤坝 (a dam). 2. 堤岸 (dyke; embankment). Example: 堤岸旁边的田地 (fields next to the embankment); 在山沟里打坝，拦流土而淤成的农田 (farmland formed by blocking soil in a gully). 3. 平地 (flatland; plain). Example: 中国西南地区称平地或平原 (the southwest region of China refers to flat land or plains as "坝子"); 坪坝; 晒坝 (also referring to flat lands). Additional Meanings: 1. 截住河流的构筑物 (a structure that blocks river flow). 2. 河工险要处、巩固堤防的构筑物 (a structure at a critical point of a river or to reinforce embankments). 3. 方言，沙滩，沙洲 (dialect, referring to a sandbank or sandy shore). 4. 坝子（多用于地名） (a term often used in place names): 平坝 (in Guizhou). 留坝 (in Shaanxi).

葛洲坝 Gé zhōu bà

name of a place, Gezhouba Dam on the Changjiang River, in Sichuan

坝址 bà zhǐ

damsite

拦河坝 lán hé bà

a dam across a river

堤坝 dī bà

dam / dike

大坝 dà bà

dam

水坝 shuǐ bà

dam / dike

坝顶 bà dǐng

dam crest

坝体 bà tǐ

dam body

重力坝 zhòng lì bà

gravity dam

拱坝 gǒng bà

an arch dam

筑坝 zhù bà

damming

阿坝 Ā bà

Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇[Ma3 er3 kang1 zhen4] / also Ngawa county

平坝 Píng bà

Pingba county in Anshun 安順|安顺[An1 shun4], Guizhou

土坝 tǔ bà

earth dam / dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete)

坝基 bà jī

dam foundation / the base of a dam

坝区 bà qū

Dam area

溢流坝 yì liú bà

overflow dam

马坝人 mǎ bà rén

Mapa man

堆石坝 duī shí bà

rock-fill dam / rockfill dam

主坝 zhǔ bà

main dam / key dam

沙坪坝区 Shā píng bà qū

Shapingba district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

阿坝藏族羌族自治州 Ā bà Zàng zú Qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu

闸坝 zhá bà

gate dam