坝
bà HSK7

embankment

坝 (垻) bà frequency
plain noun
plain or flatland, frequently used in place names in Southwest China

这里的坝子非常适合耕种。

zhè​lǐ de bà zi fēi​cháng shì​hé gēng​zhòng.

The small plain here is very suitable for farming.

sandbar noun
a sandbar or shoal in a river or body of water

枯水季节，河中露出了大片的沙坝。

kū​shuǐ jì​jié, hé zhōng lù​chū le dà piàn de shā​bà.

During the dry season, large sandbars are exposed in the river.

坝 (壩) bà
dam noun
a barrier constructed across a river or stream to hold back water and raise its level

这座大坝可以用来水力发电。

zhè zuò dà​bà kě​yǐ yòng​lái shuǐ​lì fā​diàn.

This dam can be used for hydroelectric power generation.

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,786th most common 13.2 per million
Movie subtitles
2,916th most common 3.95 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.420 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
15.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
壩垻
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+575D

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)