大坝

大壩
dàbà
dam

CEDICT

  1. (countable) dam (structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow) (Classifier: 條／条 m; 座 m)
  2. dam (structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow) (Classifier: 條／条 m; 座 m)

Wiktionary

水坝

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=2 坝 bà
  1. (used in place names) plain; flatland
  2. (dialect) sandbar; shoal
=2 坝 bà
  1. dam
  2. dike; embankment

classifier: 條

Containing this entry

三峡大坝 Sānxiá Dàbà Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River
紫坪铺大坝 Zǐpíngpū Dàbà Zipingpu Dam, Sichuan

Related entries

埭 dài dam
堤坝 dībà
  1. dam
  2. dike
堤坝保护了城市免受洪灾。

The bank secured the city from a flood.

Source: Tatoeba

堨 è
  1. dam
  2. to stop
  3. check
坝 bà
  1. dam
  2. dike; embankment

classifier: 條
水坝 shuǐbà
  1. dam
  2. dike
这个水坝给我们提供水和电。

This dam supplies us with water and electricity.

Source: Tatoeba

水闸 shuǐzhá
  1. sluice
  2. water gate
  3. waterlocks
  4. floodgate
  5. lock
  6. dam