Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
trad. 大沽口砲臺
Also written 大沽口砲臺【Dà gū kǒu pào tái】
Characters in this word
5大
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- Pinyin
- dà
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 199 of 2500
沽
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abbr. for Tianjin 天津 (also 津沽)
- Pinyin
- Gū
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 31948 of 2500
口
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mouth, classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc), classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- Pinyin
- kǒu
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 4127 of 2500
炮
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to sauté, to fry, to dry by heating
- Pinyin
- bāo
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 8823 of 2500
台
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Taiwan (abbr.), surname Tai
- Pinyin
- Tái
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 4020 of 2500