壩
See also: 坝
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Translingual
Han character
壩 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+21, 24 strokes, cangjie input 土一月月 (GMBB), four-corner 41127, composition ⿰土霸)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 242, character 33
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5630
- Dae Jaweon: page 482, character 31
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 502, character 25
- Unihan data for U+58E9
Chinese
| trad. | 壩 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 坝* | |
| alternative forms | 垻 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (霸) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *praːɡs): semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 霸 (OC *praːɡs).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): baa3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pa
- Eastern Min (BUC): bá
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5po
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ba4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bà
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bà
- Wade–Giles: pa4
- Yale: bà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bah
- Palladius: ба (ba)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pä⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: baa3
- Yale: ba
- Cantonese Pinyin: baa3
- Guangdong Romanization: ba3
- Sinological IPA (key): /paː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pa
- Hakka Romanization System: ba
- Hagfa Pinyim: ba4
- Sinological IPA: /pa⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pà
- Tâi-lô: pà
- Phofsit Daibuun: pax
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pa⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /pa²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /pa¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pèr
- Tâi-lô: pèr
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pə⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pè
- Tâi-lô: pè
- Phofsit Daibuun: pex
- IPA (Taipei): /pe¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /pe²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Note:
- pà - literary;
- pèr/pè - vernacular.
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*praːɡs/
Definitions
壩
- dam; embankment; dike
- alternative form of 垻 / 坝 (“plain; beach”)
- beach (sandy, on a river, lake or coast, used chiefly in place names)
Synonyms
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
壩
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
壩 • (pae) (hangeul 패, revised pa, McCune–Reischauer p'ae)
Vietnamese
Han character
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