HSK 4 · Objects

塑料袋 sùliàodài “plastic bag” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 塑料袋 means

  1. plastic bag

How to say 塑料袋

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale塑sù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale料liào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale袋dài4th tone, falling

塑料袋 in a sentence

  1. 不，谢谢。我不需要塑料袋。

    Bù, xièxie. Wǒ bù xūyào sùliàodài.

    No, thank you. I don’t need a plastic bag.

    Sentence #1545675 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我拒绝使用塑料袋。

    Wǒ jùjué shǐyòng sùliàodài.

    I refuse to use plastic bags.

    Sentence #10524988 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 塑料袋 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 塑 (sù) with each of its parts in a different colour
塑sùto model in clay
  • 朔beginning · shuòSound part
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 朔 (shuò) hints at the sound. Compare it with sù.

The character 料 (liào) with each of its parts in a different colour
料liàomaterial
  • 米rice · mǐ
  • 斗dipper · dǒu

Memory aidRice 米 measured with a dipper 斗: material, to estimate.

The character 袋 (dài) with each of its parts in a different colour
袋dàipouch
  • 代era · dàiSound part
  • 衣clothes · yīMeaning part

衣 hints at the meaning (clothes); 代 (dài) hints at the sound. Compare it with dài.

How to write 塑料袋

塑 13 strokes · 料 10 strokes · 袋 11 strokes

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塑料袋 (sùliàodài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 塑料袋 (sùliàodài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 塑料袋

Words with 塑

塑造sùzào · to shape雕塑diāosù · sculpture

Words with 料

饮料yǐnliào · beverage材料cáiliào · (raw) material资料zīliào · material原料yuánliào · raw material调料tiáoliào · seasoning意料yìliào · expectation预料yùliào · to expect不料búliào · unexpectedly

Words with 袋

脑袋nǎodai · head

More words: Everyday Things

沙发shāfā · sofa数量shùliàng · amount数字shùzì · numeral速度sùdù · speed条件tiáojiàn · condition文章wénzhāng · article橡皮xiàngpí · rubber效果xiàoguǒ · result

FAQs

塑料袋 (sùliàodài) means “plastic bag”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it sùliàodài: sù with a 4th tone, then liào with a 4th tone, then dài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 塑料袋 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type suliaodai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 塑料袋 from the suggestions. Typing suliaodai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
塑料袋 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.