HSK 6 · Transport

停泊 tíngbó “to anchor” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 停泊 means

  1. to anchor
  2. to moor
  3. anchorage
  4. mooring (of a ship)

How to say 停泊

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale停tíng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale泊bó2nd tone, rising

停泊 in a sentence

  1. 港口里停泊着很多大船。

    Gǎngkǒu lǐ tíngbó zhe hěn duō dà chuán.

    Many big ships are anchored in the harbour.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这艘船会在上海停泊两天。

    Zhè sōu chuán huì zài Shànghǎi tíngbó liǎng tiān.

    This ship will be in port in Shanghai for two days.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 停泊 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 停 (tíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
停tíngto stop
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 亭pavilion · tíngSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 亭 (tíng) hints at the sound. Compare it with tíng.

The character 泊 (pō) with each of its parts in a different colour
泊bóto moor
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 白white · báiSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 白 (bái) hints at the sound. Compare it with bó.

How to write 停泊

停 11 strokes · 泊 8 strokes

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

Words related to 停泊

Words with 停

停tíng · to stop停顿tíngdùn · to pause停滞tíngzhì · to stagnate

Words with 泊

湖泊húpō · lake

More words: Everyday Things

启程qǐchéng · to set out (on a journey)刹车shāchē · to brake失事shīshì · (of a plane or ship) to crash隧道suìdào · tunnel托运tuōyùn · to check in (luggage)向导xiàngdǎo · guide引擎yǐnqíng · engine滞留zhìliú · to be stranded

FAQs

停泊 (tíngbó) means “to anchor” or “to moor”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tíngbó: tíng with a 2nd tone, then bó with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 停泊 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tingbo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 停泊 from the suggestions. Typing tingbo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
停泊 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.