堡
bǎobǔpù HSK7

fortress

堡 bǎo frequency
burger noun
shortened form for hamburger (汉堡 hàn​bǎo) (bound form)

这家的牛肉堡分量很足，味道也很正宗。

zhè jiā de niú​ròu bǎo fèn​liàng hěn zú, wèi​dao yě hěn zhèng​zōng.

The beef burger here is very generous in size and tastes very authentic.

fortress noun
a military stronghold or fortified structure (bound form)

士兵们在山顶修建了一座简易的土堡。

shì​bīng men zài shān​dǐng xiū​jiàn le yī zuò jiǎn​yì de tǔ bǎo.

The soldiers built a simple earthen fort on the hilltop.

place names place name
phonetic component used to transliterate suffixes such as -berg or -burg

海德堡是德国著名的历史文化名城。

Hǎi​dé bǎo shì Dé​guó zhù​míng de lì​shǐ wén​huà míng​chéng.

Heidelberg is a famous historical and cultural city in Germany.

堡 bǔ
village place name
village (used in place names)

他家住在张家堡。

tā jiā zhù zài Zhāng jiā bǔ.

His family lives in Zhangjiapu.

堡 pù
place name component place name
used in place names

他住在北京的十里堡。

tā zhù zài Běi​jīng de shí lǐ pù.

He lives in Shilipu, Beijing.

Cross-References

Variant of

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,521st most common 69.9 per million
Movie subtitles
1,313th most common 58.1 per million appears in 19% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
9.51 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
13.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+5821

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