HSK 3 · Verbs

包 bāo “to cover” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 包 means

  1. to cover
  2. to wrap
  3. to hold
  4. include
  5. to take charge of
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to contract (to or for)

Measure word 个 gè or 只 zhī · 一个包 yí ge bāo

How to say 包

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale包bāo1st tone, high and level

包 in a sentence

  1. 我需要个包。你能借我一个吗？

    Wǒ xūyào ge bāo. Nǐ néng jiè wǒ yí ge ma?

    I need a bag. Can you lend me one?

    Sentence #4267419 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我找不到我的包了。

    Wǒ zhǎo bu dào wǒ de bāo le.

    I can’t find my bag.

    Sentence #8599728 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我的包非常重。

    Wǒ de bāo fēicháng zhòng.

    My bag is very heavy.

    Sentence #10617224 from Tatoeba

How 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 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 包

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.

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

Words related to 包

Words with 包

书包shūbāo · schoolbag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包庇bāobì · to shield (wrongdoing)

More words: Common Verbs

送sòng · to give as gift走zǒu · to walk搬bān · to move帮忙bāngmáng · to help变化biànhuà · change参加cānjiā · participate迟到chídào · arrive late打扫dǎsǎo · to clean

FAQs

包 (bāo) means “to cover” or “to wrap”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it bāo: bāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 包 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè) or 只 (zhī). For example, one to cover is 一个包 (yí ge bāo).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 包 from the suggestions. Typing bao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
包 is an HSK 3 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.