大沽砲臺 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 大沽炮台 dàgūpàotái ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨ ㄆㄠˋ ㄊㄞˊ Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860) Character by character 大(dà)big 沽(gū)buy 砲(pào) 臺(tái)Taiwan A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0