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Meaning of 壕

Pinyin háo

Radical

土

Strokes

Definition

air-raid shelter / trench

Usage

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壕 [háo] 1. 护城河: 城～。 Moat: city moat. 2. 沟: ～沟。～堑。战～。防空～。沟满～平。 Trench: trench. fortification ditch. battle trench. air defense trench. trench full and flat. 【本义】: 护城河 Original meaning: moat. 【造字法】: 形声。从土，豪声。 Character formation: phono-semantic; from 土 (earth) and 豪 (hao). 同本义 ([En.] moat) Same as original meaning ([En.] moat). 引: 1. 唐· 许浑《登洛阳故城》：雁迷寒雨下空壕。 Tang Dynasty poet Xu Huan's "Ascending the Ruins of Luoyang": "The wild geese drift in the cold rain over the empty moat." 例: 又如: 壕闸(壕堑的闸门); 壕池(城壕。护城河); 壕堑(护城河; 壕沟，战壕). Also: moat gate (gate of the moat); moat pond (city moat. moat); fortification ditch (moat; trench, battle trench). 【引】: 1. 杜甫《新安吏》：掘壕不到水，牧马役亦轻。 From Du Fu's "New An Official": "Digging trenches does not reach water; even tending horses is light work." 例: 又如: 掘壕; 战壕; 空壕(无人的战壕). Also: digging trenches; battle trench; empty trench (unmanned trench).

壕沟 háo gōu

trench / moat

堑壕 qiàn háo

trench / entrenchment / pit

壕堑 háo qiàn

Trench

交通壕 jiāo tōng háo

communication trench / trench / approach trench

战壕 zhàn háo

trench / entrenchment

防空壕 fáng kōng háo

air-raid shelter / antiaircraft dugout

沟壕 gōu háo