坝
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(used in place names) plain; flatland; (dialect) sandbar; shoal
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How 坝 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
土 (semantic, “earth”) + 贝 (phonetic, bèi)
How to remember it
dam · Heisig RSH #1540
土 soil + 贝 shellfish
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 贝
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 贝 (bèi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贝 sound component | bèi | sea shell; money, currency |
| 败 | bài | failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat |
| 贼 | zéi | thief, traitor; cunning, sly |
| 赘 | zhuì | unnecessary, superfluous |
| 呗 | bài | final particle of an assertion |
| 狈 | bèi | a legendary wolf; distressed, wretched |
| 钡 | bèi | barium |
Words containing 坝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平坝区 | Píng bà Qū | Pingba, a district of Anshun City 安順市|安顺市[An1 shun4 Shi4], Guizhou |
| 阿坝藏族羌族自治州 | Ā bà Zàng zú Qiāng zú Zì zhì zhōu | Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3] |
| 阿坝县 | Ā bà Xiàn | Ngawa, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba… |
| 绿坝·花季护航 | Lǜ bà · Huā jì Hù háng | Green Dam Youth Escort, Internet content-control software, in use during 2009-2010 (abbr. … |
| 阿坝州 | Ā bà Zhōu | see 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] |
| 边坝县 | Biān bà Xiàn | Banbar, a county in Chamdo City 昌都市[Chang1 du1 Shi4], Tibet |
| 阿斯旺高坝 | Ā sī wàng gāo bà | the Aswan dam in south Egypt |
| 向家坝 | Xiàng jiā bà | Xiangjiaba Dam, Yunnan, site of a hydropower station |
| 留坝县 | Liú bà Xiàn | Liuba, a county in Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市[Han4 zhong1 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 三峡大坝 | Sān xiá Dà bà | Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River |
| 大坝 | dà bà | dam |
| 水坝 | shuǐ bà | dam; dike |
| 平坝 | Píng bà | see 平壩區|平坝区[Ping2 ba4 Qu1] |
| 阿坝 | Ā bà | see 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]; see 阿壩縣|阿坝县[A1 ba4 Xi… |
| 沙坪坝区 | Shā píng bà Qū | Shapingba, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] |
| 土坝 | tǔ bà | earth dam; dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete) |
| 沙坝 | shā bà | a sandbank; a sand bar |
| 边坝 | Biān bà | see 邊壩縣|边坝县[Bian1 ba4 Xian4] |
| 院坝 | yuàn bà | (dialect) courtyard |
| 绿坝 | Lǜ bà | Green Dam, content-control software, in use during 2009-2010 (abbr. for 綠壩·花季護航|绿坝·花季护航[Lu… |