粵

要jiu3塞coi3

jiu3 coi3yào sài

English

  1. stronghold
  2. fort
  3. fortification
  4. fort; fortress; stronghold

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 泛指大型嘅軍事防禦建築,可以俾軍隊長期駐紮同防守,阻礙敵人進攻

Examples

  • 呢個法國要塞話就話堅不可摧,但係唔使兩個禮拜就俾人攻陷。

    This French fortress was famed to be impregnable yet only lasted two weeks under siege.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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