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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 桥头堡

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
桥头堡 qiáo tóu bǎo - bridgehead (military)
- stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory
- bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge)
- (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it)
- bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 74,238 40,276 58,538

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qiáo- bridge
- CL:座[zuo4]
tóu- head
- hair style
- the top
- end
- beginning or end
- a stub
- remnant
- chief
- boss
- side
- aspect
- first
- leading
- classifier for pigs or livestock
- CL:個|个[ge4]
tou- suffix for nouns
bǎo- (bound form) fortress; stronghold
- (often used to transliterate -berg, -burg etc in place names)
- (bound form) burger (abbr. for 漢堡|汉堡[han4bao3])
- village (used in place names)
- variant of 鋪|铺[pu4]
- used in place names

Other Words Containing 桥头堡

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
桥头堡 - - 74,238 40,276 58,538