HSK 6 · Places

城堡 chéngbǎo “castle” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 城堡 means

  1. castle
  2. rook (chess piece)

How to say 城堡

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale城chéng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale堡bǎo3rd tone, dipping

城堡 in a sentence

  1. 国王住在城堡里。

    Guówáng zhù zài chéngbǎo lǐ.

    The king lives in the castle.

    Sentence #10854501 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 许多年前这里有一座城堡。

    Xǔduō nián qián zhèlǐ yǒu yí zuò chéngbǎo.

    There was a castle here many years ago.

    Sentence #808265 from Tatoeba

  3. 这座城堡比那座漂亮。

    Zhè zuò chéngbǎo bǐ nà zuò piàoliang.

    This castle is more beautiful than that one.

    Sentence #618048 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 城堡 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 城 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
城chéngcity walls
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 成to accomplish · chéngSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 成 (chéng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chéng.

The character 堡 (bǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
堡bǎofortress; stronghold
  • 保to safeguard · bǎo
  • 土earth · tǔ

How to write 城堡

城 9 strokes · 堡 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

城堡 (chéngbǎo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 城堡 (chéngbǎo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 城堡

Words with 城

城市chéngshì · city or town城chéng · city长城Chángchéng · the Great Wall

More words: Places & Geography

别墅biéshù · villa仓库cāngkù · warehouse岔chà · fork (in a road)场所chǎngsuǒ · place赤道chìdào · the equator地势dìshì · terrain方位fāngwèi · position方圆fāngyuán · surrounding area

FAQs

城堡 (chéngbǎo) means “castle” or “rook (chess piece)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chéngbǎo: chéng with a 2nd tone, then bǎo with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 城堡 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chengbao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 城堡 from the suggestions. Typing chengbao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
城堡 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.