bǎo

an earthwork; castle; position of defense

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2Readings & Meanings

  • bǎoan earthwork; castle; position of defense
  • variant of 铺[pù]; used in place names

4Common Words with

伊斯坦堡Yī sī tǎn bǎo

Istanbul (Tw)

伊斯兰堡Yī sī lán bǎo

Islamabad, capital of Pakistan

勃兰登堡Bó lán dēng bǎo

Brandenburg (e.g. gate, concertos)

匹兹堡Pǐ zī bǎo

Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)

古堡gǔ bǎo

ancient castle

古登堡Gǔ dēng bǎo

Gutenberg (name); Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400-1468), inventor in Europe of the printing press; Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale

Other Characters Pronounced “bao” / “pu”