Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- tǎ
English
- tower, spire, tall building
- pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuo4])
- to handcuff and arrest a person
- lock
- tower; pagoda
- (loanword) (pastry) tart
- to lock something up
粵語
- 用手扣鎖住，引申指拘捕
- 即係鎖（量詞：個）
- 高而窄，通常頂部係尖嘅建築物（量詞：座）
- 鎖住一啲嘢
Variants
Words containing 塔
- 燈塔dang1 taap3
lighthouse
- 金塔gam1 taap3
see 金塔縣|金塔县[Jin1 ta3 Xian4]
- 鐵塔tit3 taap3
iron tower
- 塔林taap3 lam4
Tallinn, capital of Estonia
- 屎塔si2 taap3
toilet bowl (spoken)
- 塔羅牌taap3 lo4 paai4
tarot card
- 金字塔gam1 zi6 taap3
pyramid (building or structure)
- 卡塔爾kaa1 taap3 ji5
Qatar
- 塔利班taap3 lei6 baan1
the Taliban, Islamist organization that emerged in the mid-1990s in Afghanistan
- 塔吉克taap3 gat1 hak1
Tajik ethnic group
- 水塔seoi2 taap3
water tower
- 電塔din6 taap3
electricity pylon
- 象牙塔zoeng6 ngaa4 taap3
ivory tower
- 塔台taap3 toi4
control tower
- 冰塔bing1 taap3
serac
- 靈塔ling4 taap3
memorial pagoda
- 廟塔miu6 taap3
temples and pagodas
- 貝塔bui3 taap3
beta (Greek letter Β, β)
- 墓塔mou6 taap3
funerary pagoda
- 塔吊taap3 diu3
tower crane
- 塔塔粉taap3 taap3 fan2
cream of tartar
- 塔塔粉taap3 taap3 fan2
cream of tartar
- 屎塔蓋si2 taap3 goi3
lavatory cover
- 塔崩taap3 bang1
tabun (loanword)