HSK 7-9
common
noun

Meaning of

坝 means dam; water-retaining structure; river bank reinforcement structure. Pronounced bà. HSK 7-9.

  • dam; water-retaining structure
  • river bank reinforcement structure
  • sandbar; sandy beach

Character Info

Radical
Strokes7
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
zuò
lán
dǎng
zhù
le
hóng
shuǐ
 
bǎo
le
xià
yóu
de
cūn
zhuāng
 

This river dam blocked the flood and protected the villages downstream.

Dāng
zhèng
huà
xiū
zuò
xīn
lái
chǔ
cún
guàn
gài
yòng
shuǐ
 

The local government plans to build a new dam to store water for irrigation.

Sān
xiá
shì
shì
jiè
shàng
zuì
de
shuǐ
shū
niǔ
gōng
chéng
zhī
 

The Three Gorges Dam is one of the largest water control projects in the world.

Zhè
zuò
yóu
dāng
cūn
mín
yòng
shí
tou
jiàn
chéng
 

This earthen dam was built by local villagers using stones and mud.

Hóng
shuǐ
lái
shí
 
jiā
de
chéng
gōng
le
shuǐ
liú
chōng
 

When the flood came, the reinforced dam successfully withstood the water flow impact.