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Definitions

  1. 1. pagoda
  2. 2. tower
  3. 3. minaret

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 塔

塔斯社
tǎ sī shè

TASS

西塔
xī tǎ

theta (Greek letter Θθ)

塔加路族语
tǎ jiā lù zú yǔ

Tagalog (language)

板式塔
bǎn shì tǎ

distillation tower

塔崩
tǎ bēng

tabun (loanword)

电塔
diàn tǎ

electricity pylon

肯塔基州
kěn tǎ jī zhōu

Kentucky, US state

大雁塔
dà yàn tǎ

Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an

肯塔基
kěn tǎ jī

Kentucky, US state

奥古斯塔
ào gǔ sī tǎ

Augusta (place name: capital of Maine, city in Georgia etc)

灯塔
dēng tǎ

lighthouse

纳塔乃耳
nà tǎ nǎi ěr

Nathaniel

托塔天王
tuō tǎ tiān wáng

the pagoda bearing god

聚沙成塔
jù shā chéng tǎ

sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity

古塔
gǔ tǎ

Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning

北塔区
běi tǎ qū

Beita District of Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市[shào yáng shì], Hunan

佛塔
fó tǎ

pagoda

冰塔
bīng tǎ

serac

仰光大金塔
yǎng guāng dà jīn tǎ

Great Pagoda of Yangon (Rangoon)

格里姆斯塔
gé lǐ mǔ sī tǎ

Grimstad (city in Agder, Norway)

灯塔市
dēng tǎ shì

Dengta, county-level city in Liaoyang 遼陽|辽阳[liáo yáng], Liaoning

贝塔
bèi tǎ

beta (Greek letter Ββ)

塔河
tǎ hé

Tahe county in Daxing'anling prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区, Heilongjiang

乌什塔拉乡
wū shí tǎ lā xiāng

Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[bā yīn guō léng měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

布列塔尼
bù liè tǎ ní

Brittany or Bretagne, area of western France

东方明珠电视塔
dōng fāng míng zhū diàn shì tǎ

Oriental Pearl Television Tower

红塔区
hóng tǎ qū

Hongta district of Yuxi city 玉溪市[yù xī shì], Yunnan

塔拉瓦
tǎ lā wǎ

Tarawa, capital of Kiribati

艾菲尔铁塔
ài fēi ěr tiě tǎ

Eiffel Tower

法马古斯塔
fǎ mǎ gǔ sī tǎ

Famagusta (Ammochostos), Cyprus

埃菲尔铁塔
āi fēi ěr tiě tǎ

Eiffel Tower

莫塔马湾
mò tǎ mǎ wān

Gulf of Martaban, Myanmar (Burma)

塔拉哈西
tǎ lā hā xī

Tallahassee, capital of Florida

塔斯科拉
tǎ sī kē lā

Tuscola (county in Michigan)

西斯塔尼
xī sī tǎ ní

Sistani (name of a prominent Iraqi Ayatollah)

圣塔伦
shèng tǎ lún

Santarém (Portugal)

艾伯塔
ài bó tǎ

Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[āi dé méng dùn]

转塔
zhuàn tǎ

rotating turret

东京塔
dōng jīng tǎ

Tokyo Tower

单层塔
dān céng tǎ

single-storied pagoda

九层塔
jiǔ céng tǎ

basil

艾尔米塔奇
ài ěr mǐ tǎ jī

Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg

泡罩塔
pào zhào tǎ

distillation tower

塔里木盆地
tǎ lǐ mù pén dì

Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang

塔吊
tǎ diào

tower crane

桑塔纳
sāng tǎ nà

Santana (name)

托卡塔
tuō kǎ tǎ

toccata (music) (loanword)

塔林
tǎ lín

Tallinn, capital of Estonia

厄什塔
è shén tǎ

Ørsta (city in Norway)

塔塔尔族
tǎ tǎ ěr zú

Tatar ethnic group of Xinjiang

巴别塔
bā bié tǎ

Tower of Babel, in Genesis 11:5-foll.

塔城市
tǎ chéng shì

Tarbaghatay or Tacheng city in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[tǎ chéng dì qū], Xinjiang

北塔
běi tǎ

North tower

塔什库尔干自治县
tǎ shí kù ěr gān zì zhì xiàn

Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous county (Tashqurqan Tajik aptonom nahiyisi) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang

斜塔
xié tǎ

leaning tower

坎塔布连海
kǎn tǎ bù lián hǎi

Bay of Biscay (Spanish: Mare Cantabrico)

雅尔塔
yǎ ěr tǎ

Yalta

佛骨塔
fó gǔ tǎ

stupa (Buddhist shrine)

高塔
gāo tǎ

tower

关塔纳摩
guān tǎ nà mó

Guantanamo, Cuba

象牙塔
xiàng yá tǎ

ivory tower

塔里木河
tǎ lǐ mù hé

Tarim River of Xinjiang

塔城地区
tǎ chéng dì qū

Tarbaghatay wilayiti or Tacheng prefecture in Xinjiang

塔公
tǎ gōng

Lhagang grassland in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[kāng dìng xiàn], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan

卡塔尔
kǎ tǎ ěr

Qatar

白塔区
bái tǎ qū

Baita district of Liaoyang city 遼陽市|辽阳市[liáo yáng shì], Liaoning

泽塔
zé tǎ

zeta (Greek letter Ζζ)

阿尔伯塔
ā ěr bó tǎ

Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[āi dé méng dùn]

塔刹
tǎ chà

Buddhist ornamentation decorating the upper story of a pagoda

俄塔社
é tǎ shè

Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (ITAR-TASS), Russian news agency

斯塔西
sī tǎ xī

Stacy (name)

塔公寺
tǎ gōng sì

Lhagang temple in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[kāng dìng xiàn], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan

约塔
yāo tǎ

iota (Greek letter Ιι)

昆汀·塔伦蒂诺
kūn tīng · tǎ lún dì nuò

Quentin Tarantino (1963-), American film director

潘塔纳尔
pān tǎ nà ěr

Pantanal (wetland area in Brazil)

乌什塔拉
wū shí tǎ lā

Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[bā yīn guō léng měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

密檐塔
mì yán tǎ

multi-eaved pagoda

塔列朗
tǎ liè lǎng

Talleyrand (name)

铁塔
tiě tǎ

iron tower

塔克拉马干
tǎ kè lā mǎ gān

Taklamakan (desert)

灵塔
líng tǎ

memorial pagoda

塔利班
tǎ lì bān

the Taliban, Islamist organization that emerged in the mid-1990s in Afghanistan

达科塔·芬妮
dá kē tǎ · fēn nī

Dakota Fanning, American actress

舍利塔
shè lì tǎ

stupa

塔吉克族
tǎ jí kè zú

Tajik ethnic group

塔吉克人
tǎ jí kè rén

Tajik (person)

蛋塔
dàn tǎ

see 蛋撻|蛋挞[dàn tà]

艾塔
ài tǎ

eta (Greek letter Ηη)

庙塔
miào tǎ

temples and pagodas

骰塔
tóu tǎ

dice tower

塔什库尔干乡
tǎ shí kù ěr gān xiāng

Taxkorgan township in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang

塔塔粉
tǎ tǎ fěn

cream of tartar

得尔塔
děi ěr tǎ

delta (Greek letter Δδ)

冰塔林
bīng tǎ lín

serac band

乌什塔拉回族乡
wū shí tǎ lā huí zú xiāng

Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[bā yīn guō léng měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

墓塔
mù tǎ

funerary pagoda

艾尔米塔什
ài ěr mǐ tǎ shí

Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg

娜塔莉
nà tǎ lì

Natalie (name)

东方明珠塔
dōng fāng míng zhū tǎ

Oriental Pearl Tower

塔塔尔
tǎ tǎ ěr

Tatar ethnic group of Xinjiang

塔罗卡
tǎ luó kǎ

tarot card

阿斯塔纳
ā sī tǎ nà

Astana, capital of Kazakhstan

倍塔
bèi tǎ

beta (loanword)

灵骨塔
líng gǔ tǎ

columbarium

宝塔菜
bǎo tǎ cài

Chinese artichoke

雷峰塔
léi fēng tǎ

Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake)

库姆塔格沙漠
kù mǔ tǎ gé shā mò

Kumutage (or Kumtag) Desert, northwestern China

塔拉斯河
tǎ lā sī hé

Talas River, originating in Kyrgyzstan and flowing west into Kazakhstan

吊塔
diào tǎ

a tower crane

金塔县
jīn tǎ xiàn

Jinta county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu

双塔区
shuāng tǎ qū

Shuangta district of Chaoyang city 朝陽市|朝阳市, Liaoning

皮塔饼
pí tǎ bǐng

pita bread (Middle eastern flat bread) (loanword)

格式塔疗法
gé shì tǎ liáo fǎ

Gestalt therapy

金字塔式
jīn zì tǎ shì

downward-facing dog (yoga pose)

塔台
tǎ tái

control tower

阿尔坎塔拉
ā ěr kǎn tǎ lā

Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain

琉璃塔
liú lí tǎ

glazed tile pagoda

津塔
jīn tǎ

Jin Tower

柯夫塔
kē fū tǎ

kofta

塔尖
tǎ jiān

spire

哈里发塔
hā lǐ fā tǎ

Burj Khalifa, skyscraper in Dubai, 830 m high

奥腊涅斯塔德
ào là niè sī tǎ dé

Oranjestad, capital of Aruba

毛里塔尼亚
máo lǐ tǎ ní yà

Mauritania

比萨斜塔
bǐ sà xié tǎ

Leaning Tower of Pisa

卡纳塔克邦
kǎ nà tǎ kè bāng

Karnataka, southwest Indian state, capital Bangalore 班加羅爾|班加罗尔[bān jiā luó ěr]

博尔塔拉蒙古自治州
bó ěr tǎ lā měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu

Börtala Mongol autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang

塔克拉玛干沙漠
tǎ kè lā mǎ gān shā mò

Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang

格式塔
gé shì tǎ

Gestalt (loanword)

坎塔布连山脉
kǎn tǎ bù lián shān mài

Cantabrian mountain range in north Spain dividing Asturias from Castilla-Leon

艾尔伯塔
ài ěr bó tǎ

Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[āi dé méng dùn]

双塔
shuāng tǎ

Shuangta district of Chaoyang city 朝陽市|朝阳市, Liaoning

截塔
jié tǎ

zeta (Greek letter Ζζ)

小雁塔
xiǎo yàn tǎ

Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an

塔斯曼尼亚岛
tǎ sī màn ní yà dǎo

Tasmania

塔木德经
tǎ mù dé jīng

Talmud

宝塔
bǎo tǎ

pagoda

塔罗
tǎ luó

tarot (loanword)

塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县
tǎ shí kù ěr gān tǎ jí kè zì zhì xiàn

Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous county (Tashqurqan Tajik aptonom nahiyisi) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang

塔河县
tǎ hé xiàn

Tahe county in Daxing'anling prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区, Heilongjiang

伊塔
yī tǎ

eta (Greek letter Ηη)

塔勒
tǎ lè

thaler or taler (currency of various Germanic countries in 15th-19th centuries) (loanword)

贝塔斯曼
bèi tǎ sī màn

Bertelsmann, German media company

楼阁塔
lóu gé tǎ

multistory pagoda

塔那那利佛
tǎ nà nà lì fó

Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar

古斯塔夫·多雷
gǔ sī tǎ fū · duō léi

Gustave Dore (1832-1883), French artist and sculptor

金塔
jīn tǎ

Jinta county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu

普罗列塔利亚
pǔ luó liè tǎ lì yà

proletariat (loanword)

冷却塔
lěng què tǎ

cooling tower

电缆塔
diàn lǎn tǎ

a pylon (for electric power line)

罗塞塔石碑
luó sāi tǎ shí bēi

Rosetta Stone

塔吉克
tǎ jí kè

Tajik ethnic group

关塔那摩
guān tǎ nà mó

Guantanamo

昆汀·塔伦提诺
kūn tīng · tǎ lún tí nuò

Quentin Tarantino (1963-), American film director

塔玛尔
tǎ mǎ ěr

Tamar (name)

洛皮塔瀑布
luò pí tǎ pù bù

Lawpita Falls on the Balu Chaung river, location of Myanmar's biggest hydroelectric plant

塔城
tǎ chéng

Tarbaghatay or Tacheng city in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[tǎ chéng dì qū], Xinjiang

塔帕斯
tǎ pà sī

tapas, small Spanish snacks (loanword)

塔希提
tǎ xī tí

Tahiti, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia

塔里木
tǎ lǐ mù

the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang

白塔寺
bái tǎ sì

Baita temple in Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[lán zhōu]

金字塔
jīn zì tǎ

pyramid (building or structure)

塔尾树鹊
tǎ wěi shù què

(bird species of China) ratchet-tailed treepie (Temnurus temnurus)

麦金塔电脑
mài jīn tǎ diàn nǎo

Macintosh (brand of computers made by Apple)

格斯塔
gé sī tǎ

Gestalt (loanword)

法塔赫
fǎ tǎ hè

Fatah, Palestinian organization

古塔区
gǔ tǎ qū

Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning

塔迪奇
tǎ dí qí

Tadich (name)

坎塔布连
kǎn tǎ bù lián

Cantabria in north Spain

刀塔
dāo tǎ

Defense of the Ancients (DotA), video game

塔吉克斯坦
tǎ jí kè sī tǎn

Tajikistan

油塔
yóu tǎ

oil tank

关塔那摩湾
guān tǎ nà mó wān

Guantanamo Bay (in Cuba)

内塔尼亚胡
nèi tǎ ní yà hú

Netanyahu (name)

瓦莱塔
wǎ lái tǎ

Valletta, capital of Malta

麦金塔
mài jīn tǎ

see 麥金塔電腦|麦金塔电脑[mài jīn tǎ diàn nǎo]

古斯塔夫·施特雷泽曼
gǔ sī tǎ fū · shī tè léi zé màn

Gustav Stresemann (Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic)

雁塔区
yàn tǎ qū

Yanta District of Xi’an 西安市[xī ān shì], Shaanxi

塔扎
tǎ zā

Taza (a city in northern Morocco)

塔斯曼尼亚
tǎ sī màn ní yà

Tasmania

雁塔
yàn tǎ

Yanta District of Xi’an 西安市[xī ān shì], Shaanxi

舍利子塔
shè lì zi tǎ

stupa with Buddhist relics

塔尔寺
tǎ ěr sì

Kumbum Monastery in Qinghai

炮塔
pào tǎ

gun turret

应县木塔
yìng xiàn mù tǎ

the timber pagoda of the Fogong Temple in Ying County, Shanxi, built in 1056 (Song dynasty)

尼安德塔人
ní ān dé tǎ rén

Neanderthal man

宝塔区
bǎo tǎ qū

Baota or Pagoda district of Yan'an city 延安市[yán ān shì], Shaanxi

洛皮塔
luò pí tǎ

Lawpita Falls on the Balu Chaung river, location of Myanmar's biggest hydroelectric plant

卡塔赫纳
kǎ tǎ hè nà

Cartagena

塔什干
tǎ shí gān

Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan

塔楼
tǎ lóu

tower (of building)

卡塔尼亚
kǎ tǎ ní yà

Catania, Sicily

福斯塔夫
fú sī tǎ fū

Falstaff (Shakespearian character)

瞭望塔
liào wàng tǎ

watchtower

埃塔
āi tǎ

ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna or Basque homeland and freedom), Basque armed separatist group

尖塔
jiān tǎ

spire

塔夫绸
tǎ fū chóu

taffeta

哈尔斯塔
hā ěr sī tǎ

Harstad (city in Norway)

电视塔
diàn shì tǎ

TV tower

帕塔亚
pà tǎ yà

Pattaya or Phatthaya city in Chon Buri province of east Thailand

纳骨塔
nà gǔ tǎ

columbarium

坎塔布里亚
kǎn tǎ bù lǐ yà

Cantabria, Spanish autonomous region, capital Santander 桑坦德[sāng tǎn dé]

灯塔水母
dēng tǎ shuǐ mǔ

immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)

红塔
hóng tǎ

Hongta district of Yuxi city 玉溪市[yù xī shì], Yunnan

塔瓦斯科
tǎ wǎ sī kē

Tabasco (south Mexican state)