堡U+582112 STROKES
Entry·pron. bǎo
ㄅㄠˇ
“Fortress or stronghold; a fortified position; a village or small town, especially in northern China; used in transliterating foreign place names ending in -burg or -berg.”
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- 城堡ㄔㄥˊ ㄅㄠˇcastle; fortified stronghold; rook in chess.
- 漢堡ㄏㄢˋ ㄅㄠˇHamburg (German city); hamburger; sandwich with a patty (beef, chicken, or pork) between bread buns
- 堡壘ㄅㄠˇ ㄌㄟˇa fortified stronghold or fortress; a heavily fortified military structure; a metaphor for something hard to overcome or a stubborn person
- 碉堡ㄉㄧㄠ ㄅㄠˇmilitary fortification built of brick, stone, or reinforced concrete for troop defense; bunker
- 古堡ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄠˇold castle; ancient fortress
- 伊斯坦堡ㄧ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ ㄅㄠˇIstanbul; largest city and chief seaport of Turkey, situated on the Bosphorus Strait; formerly known as Byzantium and later Constantinople; major commercial, industrial, political, religious, and military center; strategic gateway between Europe and Asia
- 愛丁堡ㄞˋ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄅㄠˇEdinburgh; capital city of Scotland, United Kingdom
- 聖彼得堡ㄕㄥˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄠˇCity on the Gulf of Finland; Russia's largest Baltic port and former imperial capital; briefly renamed Leningrad during the Soviet era
- 盧森堡ㄌㄨˊ ㄙㄣ ㄅㄠˇLuxembourg; a landlocked country in Western Europe, and its capital city of the same name
- 匹茲堡ㄆㄧ ㄗ ㄅㄠˇPittsburgh; city in southwestern Pennsylvania, USA, historically known as a major steel industry center and inland port.
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