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Word Components Pinyin Meanings
艹阜 1. Simplified form of 薩
1. Variant of 陽
fáng 1. (literary, or in compounds) dam; embankment
2. (obsolete) fortress; stronghold
3. (obsolete) to dam; to block; to build an embankment
4. to prevent; to guard against
     防癌 - to prevent cancer
      不得 。 - You must guard against people like this.
5. (literary, or in compounds) to defend; to safeguard
     防線 - line of defense
6. (literary, or in compounds) matters pertaining to defense
     邊防 - border defense
     國防 - national defense
tuó 1. steep bank; rough terrain
duò 2. (literary) to collapse
lóng, lōng 1. plentiful; abundant; magnificent
2. deep; profound
3. prosperous; thriving
4. protruding; swollen; high
5. (onomatopoeia) sound of thunder or explosion
6. (, Malaysia, Singapore) (zh-short, 吉隆坡)
1. to separate; to partition
2. to block; to obstruct
3. (Hakka) to pull something apart (with hand)
4. Variant of 擊
qiān 1. (literary) footpaths between fields going north to south
táo 1. pottery; ceramics
2. to make pottery
3. to cultivate; to educate; to mould
4. contented; happy
      - - Tao Xingzhi (renowned Chinese educator and reformer)
     陶家嶺 - Taojialing (a village in Yonglong, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)
yáo 5. Alternative form of ?
     (zh-used in, 皋陶)
6. (zh-used in, 陶陶, tr=yáoyáo)
7. Alternative form of 窯
dào 8. Only used in 陶陶 (tr=dàodào)
1. Variant of 墮
2. Variant of 惰
3. Variant of 隳
4. Variant of 橢
suí 5. (zh-div, 朝) Sui dynasty
bǎn 1. hillside farmland
2. slope
ài 1. narrow; confined
     隘路 - narrow passage
2. strategic pass that is dangerous or difficult to access
è 3. to isolate
4. to block; to defend
1. (literary) footpaths between fields going east to west
2. street; path; road
土阜 bù, fù 1. pier; wharf; dock
2. port city
3. commercial or trading port
4. city; town
     外埠 - other cities
     fau6 - small city; small town
5. usage. Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian ((lw, zh, pref=《, 现代汉语规范词典, suf=》)) proscribes the use of the pronunciations m, cmn, fù and m, cmn, fǔ.
6. usage. Historically used as a suffix for many foreign port cities, such usage is now obsolete and replaced with (zh-m, 市, city).