HSK 6 · Society

包庇 bāobì “to shield (wrongdoing)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 包庇 means

  1. to shield (wrongdoing)
  2. to cover up
  3. to shield
  4. to harbour

How to say 包庇

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale包bāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale庇bì4th tone, falling

包庇 in a sentence

  1. 老师不应该包庇犯错的学生。

    Lǎoshī bù yīnggāi bāobì fàncuò de xuésheng.

    Teachers shouldn’t cover up for students who do wrong.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他因为包庇朋友也受到了批评。

    Tā yīnwèi bāobì péngyou yě shòudào le pīpíng.

    He was criticised too, for covering for his friend.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 包庇 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 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.

The character 庇 (bì) with each of its parts in a different colour
庇bìto protect
  • 广shelter · guǎngMeaning part
  • 比compare · bǐSound part

广 hints at the meaning (shelter); 比 (bǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with bì.

How to write 包庇

包 5 strokes · 庇 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 包庇

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打包dǎbāo · to pack up承包chéngbāo · to contract

More words: Society & Law

拜年bàinián · to give New Year greetings颁布bānbù · to promulgate颁发bānfā · to award绑架bǎngjià · to kidnap报警bàojǐng · to call the police暴力bàolì · violence保卫bǎowèi · to defend保障bǎozhàng · to ensure

FAQs

包庇 (bāobì) means “to shield (wrongdoing)” or “to cover up”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bāobì: bāo with a 1st tone, then bì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 包庇 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baobi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 包庇 from the suggestions. Typing baobi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
包庇 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.