堤坝 meaning in English

dībà

dam; dike

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 堤壩19 strokes

Meaning of 堤坝

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dībà
  1. dam
  2. dike

堤坝 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

堤dī坝bà保bǎo护hù了le城chéng市shì免miǎn受shòu洪hóng灾zāi。
The bank secured the city from a flood.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

堤 dī · dike · 12 strokes

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坝 bà · dam · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 堤坝.

大坝dàbàdam
水坝shuǐbàdam; dike

Questions about 堤坝

What does 堤坝 mean?

堤坝 (dībà) means "dam; dike" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 堤坝?

堤坝 is made of 2 characters: 堤 (12 strokes), 坝 (7 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 堤坝 an HSK word?

Yes. 堤坝 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 堤坝 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 堤坝 is written 堤壩.