Chinese symbol for “stronghold”
寨
zhài
stronghold; stockade; camp; (stockaded) village
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stronghold is 寨 (zhài), defined as: stronghold; stockade; camp; (stockaded) village.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “stronghold”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 据点 (據點) | jù diǎn | stronghold; defended military base |
| 要塞 | yào sài | stronghold; fort |
| 堡 | bǎo | (bound form) fortress; stronghold; (often used to transliterate -berg, -burg etc in place names) |
| 老巢 | lǎo cháo | (fig.) lair; den; stronghold (esp. of criminals or hostile forces) |
| 票仓 (票倉) | piào cāng | safe seat (in an election); stronghold (for a political party or candidate); a district in which a majority of voters consistently votes for a particular party or candidate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 寨.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山寨 | shān zhài | fortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits) |
| 大寨 | dà zhài | Dazhai |
| 村寨 | cūn zhài | (stockaded) village |
| 营寨 (營寨) | yíng zhài | barracks |
| 安营扎寨 (安營紮寨) | ān yíng zhā zhài | to set up camp; Taiwan pr. [an1 ying2 zha2 zhai4] |
| 堡寨 | bǎo zhài | fort; fortress |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stronghold”.
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.