Word information
Simplified土坝
Traditional土壩
Pinyintǔ bà
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Chinese word dictionary
土坝
tǔ bà · earth dam; dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete)
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土tǔ
Tu (ethnic group); surname Tu; earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
土地tǔdìland; soil; territory; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
土豆tǔdòupotato (CL:個|个[ge4]); (Tw) peanut (CL:顆|颗[ke1])
本土běntǔone's native country; native; local; metropolitan territory
土壤tǔrǎngsoil
坝bà(used in place names) plain; flatland; (dialect) sandbar; shoal; dam; dike; embankment; CL:條|条[tiao2]