Sentence #13863135 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters
How 书包 is built
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书shūbook
书 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidSimplified from 書: a hand holding a brush 聿 over words: to write, a book.
包bāoto cover
勹wrap · bāo
巳part of the character
Memory aidWrapping 勹 around a baby 巳: to wrap.
How to write 书包
书 4 strokes · 包 5 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 书包 (shūbāo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
书包 (shūbāo) means “schoolbag” or “satchel”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it shūbāo: shū with a 1st 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 书包 is written 書包. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè) or 只 (zhī). For example, one schoolbag is 一个书包 (yí ge shūbāo).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shubao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 书包 from the suggestions. Typing shubao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
书包 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older 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.
书shū1st tone, high and level
