堡壘

See also: 堡垒 and 堡塁

Chinese

		earthwork; castle; position of defence earthwork; castle; position of defence; stronghold; character used in place names	rampart
trad. (堡壘)		堡	壘
simp. (堡垒)		堡	垒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎolěi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄌㄟˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bou² leoi⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): bau² lui⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-lúi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó-lúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎolěi [Phonetic: báolěi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄌㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎolěi
  - Wade–Giles: pao³-lei³
  - Yale: bǎu-lěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baoleei
  - Palladius: баолэй (baolɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² leoi⁵
  - Yale: bóu léuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² loey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² lêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ lɵy̯¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: bau² lui⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau⁵⁵ lui²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-lúi
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˋ lui^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ lui³
  - Sinological IPA: /po³¹ lu̯i³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-lúi
  - Tâi-lô: pó-luí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poyluie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lui⁴¹/

Noun

堡壘

(literally) fortress; redoubt; fortification
(figuratively) stronghold

Derived terms

堡壘象棋 / 堡垒象棋 (bǎolěi xiàngqí)
空中堡壘 / 空中堡垒

Related terms

城堡 (chéngbǎo)
城牆／城墙 (chéngqiáng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (堡壘):

→ Japanese: 堡(ほう)塁(るい) (hōrui); 堡(ほ)塁(るい) (horui)
→ Korean: 보루(堡壘) (boru)
→ Vietnamese: bảo luỹ (堡壘)