DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

板梁橋

简板梁桥 · 繁板梁橋

Mandarin · pinyin bǎn liáng qiáo

plate girder bridge

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

板: bǎn · plank, board; iron or tin plate
梁: liáng · bridge; beam; rafters; surname
橋: qiáo · bridge; beam, crosspiece
桥: qiáo · bridge; beam, crosspiece

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–2–2 · ban3 liang2 qiao2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

板梁橋 · find source passages ↗ · 板梁桥 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗