HSK 6 · Verbs

打包 dǎbāo “to pack up” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 打包 means

  1. to pack up
  2. to take leftovers home (from a restaurant)
  3. to wrap
  4. to pack
  5. to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file)

How to say 打包

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale打dǎ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale包bāo1st tone, high and level

打包 in a sentence

  1. 您是在这儿用餐，还是给您打包带走？

    Nín shì zài zhèr yòngcān, háishi gěi nín dǎbāo dàizǒu?

    Are you eating here, or would you like it packed to take away?

    Sentence #4915629 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我当时正忙着打包，因为我两天后要去法国。

    Wǒ dāngshí zhèng máng zhe dǎbāo, yīnwèi wǒ liǎng tiān hòu yào qù Fǎguó.

    I was busy packing at the time, because I was leaving for France in two days.

    Sentence #1323585 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她帮我打包我的手提箱。

    Tā bāng wǒ dǎbāo wǒ de shǒutíxiāng.

    She helped me pack my suitcase.

    Sentence #861016 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 打包 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 打 (dǎ) with each of its parts in a different colour
打dǎto hit; to strike
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 丁part of the characterSound part

Memory aidA hand 扌 striking a nail 丁: to hit. It is now used for many actions, such as 打电话 (dǎ diànhuà) “to phone”.

The character 包 (bāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
包bāoto cover
  • 勹wrap · bāo
  • 巳part of the character

Memory aidWrapping 勹 around a baby 巳: to wrap.

How to write 打包

打 5 strokes · 包 5 strokes

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

Words related to 打包

Words with 打

打电话dǎ diànhuà · to make a phone call打dǎ · to hit打车dǎchē · to take a taxi (in town)打开dǎkāi · to open打篮球dǎlánqiú · to play basketball打扫dǎsǎo · to clean打算dǎsuàn · to plan打扮dǎban · to decorate打扰dǎrǎo · to disturb打印dǎyìn · to print (with a printer)

Words with 包

书包shūbāo · schoolbag包bāo · to cover面包miànbāo · bread包子bāozi · bao (steamed stuffed bun)包括bāokuò · to comprise包裹bāoguǒ · parcel包含bāohán · to contain包围bāowéi · to surround承包chéngbāo · to contract包庇bāobì · to shield (wrongdoing)

More words: Common Verbs

窜cuàn · to flee摧残cuīcán · to ruin搓cuō · to rub (between the hands)搭dā · to put up达成dáchéng · to reach (an agreement)带领dàilǐng · to lead怠慢dàimàn · to neglect (a guest)打击dǎjī · to strike

FAQs

打包 (dǎbāo) means “to pack up” or “to take leftovers home (from a restaurant)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dǎbāo: dǎ with a 3rd tone, then bāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 打包 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dabao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 打包 from the suggestions. Typing dabao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
打包 is an HSK 6 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.