Chinese symbol for “seawall”
防波堤
fáng bō dī
breakwater; seawall; fig. defensive buffer zone
The closest CC-CEDICT match for seawall is 防波堤 (fáng bō dī), defined as: breakwater; seawall; fig. defensive buffer zone.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “seawall”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 防波堤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 防止 | fáng zhǐ | to prevent; to guard against |
| 预防 (預防) | yù fáng | to prevent; to take precautions against |
| 国防 (國防) | guó fáng | national defense |
| 防御 (防禦) | fáng yù | defense; to defend |
| 防治 | fáng zhì | to prevent and cure; prevention and cure |
| 防范 (防範) | fáng fàn | to be on guard; wariness |
| 波动 (波動) | bō dòng | to undulate; to fluctuate |
| 波音 | bō yīn | mordent (music) |
| 堤防 | dī fáng | dike; embankment |
See also: Japanese symbol for “seawall”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.