坝
bà
dam; embankment
Character
Example phrases
- 上游水位持续上涨，工程师决定加固坝体，以免发生连锁灾害。 Shàngyóu shuǐwèi chíxù shàngzhǎng, gōngchéngshī juédìng jiāgù bà tǐ, yǐmiǎn fāshēng liánsuǒ zāihài. As the upstream water level continued to rise, the engineers decided to reinforce the dam body to avoid a chain of disasters.
- 河上新修了一座大坝，下游的农田再也不怕洪水了。 Hé shàng xīn xiū le yí zuò dà bà, xiàyóu de nóngtián zài yě bú pà hóngshuǐ le. A big dam has been built on the river, and the farmland downstream no longer fears floods.
- 夏天傍晚，我们常常坐在河坝上看鸟。 Xiàtiān bàngwǎn, wǒmen chángcháng zuò zài hébà shàng kàn niǎo. On summer evenings we often sit on the river embankment watching birds.
Related words
- 堤坝 dībà dam; dike; embankment
- 堤 dī dike; embankment
- 放水 fàngshuǐ to release water; to go easy deliberately
- 防汛 fángxùn flood prevention; to guard against floods
- 打捞 dǎlāo to salvage; to recover from water
- 泛滥 fànlàn to overflow; to spread unchecked; to be rampant
- 登陆 dēnglù to land; to log in; to enter a market
- 混浊 hùnzhuó muddy; turbid; cloudy
- 搁浅 gēqiǎn to run aground; to be stranded; to stall
- 潮水 cháoshuǐ tide; tidal water
- 发源 fāyuán to originate; to rise from
- 激荡 jīdàng to surge; to reverberate; to stir