干打垒

Traditional form:

乾打壘

Pinyin (reading):

gāndǎlěi

Definitions:

• rammed earth
• adobe house

Characters:

• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 垒 - rampart; base (in baseball)

Traditional characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 壘 - rampart; base (in baseball)