1. noun a pagoda; a stupa
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Especially a Buddhist structure (CC-CEDICT '塔' 2; CCD '塔' 2; Guoyu '塔' n 1; XHZD '塔' 2).
  2. noun a tower
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 水塔 'water tower' or 灯塔 'light house' (CC-CEDICT '塔'; CCD '塔' 2; Guoyu '塔' n 2; XHZD '塔' 2)
  3. noun a tart
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 蛋塔 egg tart (Guoyu '塔' n 3)
  4. noun a pagoda; a stupa
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: stūpa, or: caitya, Pali: thūpa, Japanese: tō, Tibetan: mchod rten; the most appropriate English term can be used depending on the shape of the tower or stupa. Pagodas are taller and thinner and are common in China. Stupas shorter and bowl shaped and are more common in South Asia and Southeast Asia (BCSD '塔', p. 301; BL 'stūpa', pp. 859-860; Ding '塔'; FGDB '塔'; SH '寶塔', p. 477).

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