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泡子

Word · NounTraditional拋子

dialect; small lake; used in place names

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

small lake; pond (in dialect, especially in place names)

dialect

This word is primarily used in specific northern Chinese dialects, particularly in the context of geographic names. It is not common in standard Mandarin outside of this function.

Pāo抛
yán沿
shì是
Liáo辽
níng宁
Shěng省
de的
yī一
gè个
dì地
fang方
 。

Paoyan is a place in Liaoning Province.

Nèi内
Měng蒙
gǔ古
de的
Shuāng双
pāo抛
shì是
yī一
gè个
měi美
lì丽
de的
dì地
fang方
 。

Shuangpao in Inner Mongolia is a beautiful place.

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Cūn村
zi子
páng旁
biān边
yǒu有
yī一
gè个
xiǎo小
pāo抛
zi子
 ,
shuǐ水
hěn很
qīng清
chè澈
 。

There is a small pond next to the village, and the water is very clear.