Dong Chinese dictionary

bǎo, pù

fortress

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 保 represents the sound.

Components

保 Sound component

bǎo

protect

保 also serves as a meaning component.

土 Meaning component

tǔ

earth

Definitions

bǎo

fort, fortress; town, village; an earthwork; castle; position of defense; stronghold; used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad"

pù

variant of 鋪|铺[pù]; used in place names

Most common words with 堡

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