dam; dike

(used in place names) plain; flatland; (dialect) sandbar; shoal

freezing blockage; dam of ice on river

earth dam; dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete)

dam; dike

see 平壩區|平坝区[Ping2 ba4 Qu1]

an arch dam

a sandbank; a sand bar

(of a dam) to be breached; to burst

see 留壩縣|留坝县[Liu2 ba4 Xian4]

Green Dam, content-control software, in use during 2009-2010 (abbr. for 綠壩·花季護航|绿坝·花季护航[Lu:4 ba4 · Hua1 ji4 Hu4 hang2])

see 邊壩縣|边坝县[Bian1 ba4 Xian4]

see 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]; see 阿壩縣|阿坝县[A1 ba4 Xian4]

(dialect) courtyard

Xiangjiaba Dam, Yunnan, site of a hydropower station

a dam across a river

see 沙坪壩區|沙坪坝区[Sha1 ping2 ba4 Qu1]

name of a place, Gezhouba Dam on the Changjiang River, in Sichuan

Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River

Zipingpu Dam, Sichuan

the Aswan dam in south Egypt