bǎo HSK7

fortress

Senses

bǎo fortress

(bound form) fort; fortress; castle; also used to transliterate names ending in -burg or -berg, or as an abbreviation for 汉堡 hàn​bǎo

village

(bound form) walled village; used mostly in northern Chinese place names such as 堡子 bǎo​zi

relay station

(bound form) a relay station or village used in place names, often appearing as a variant of

bǎo surname

a Chinese surname

References

abbreviation 堡/堡 汉堡/漢堡
variant 堡/堡 铺/鋪
variant 葆/葆 堡/堡