HSK 5 · Verbs

包裹 bāoguǒ “parcel” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 包裹 means

  1. parcel
  2. package
  3. to wrap up
  4. to bind up
  5. bundle

Measure word 个 gè · 一个包裹 yí ge bāoguǒ

How to say 包裹

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale裹guǒ3rd tone, dipping

包裹 in a sentence

  1. 他在邮局给朋友寄包裹。

    Tā zài yóujú gěi péngyou jì bāoguǒ.

    He’s at the post office sending a package to a friend.

    Sentence #2200452 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我的包裹到哪里了？

    Wǒ de bāoguǒ dào nǎlǐ le?

    Where’s my parcel?

    Sentence #10913660 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你收到我寄给你的包裹了吗？

    Nǐ shōudào wǒ jì gěi nǐ de bāoguǒ le ma?

    Did you get the parcel I sent you?

    Sentence #874280 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 包裹 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 裹 (guǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
裹guǒto wrap around
  • 衣clothes · yīMeaning part
  • 果fruit · guǒSound part

衣 hints at the meaning (clothes); 果 (guǒ) hints at the sound. Compare it with guǒ.

How to write 包裹

包 5 strokes · 裹 14 strokes

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

Words related to 包裹

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

包括bāokuò · to comprise把握bǎwò · to grasp (also fig.)摆bǎi · to arrange办理bànlǐ · to handle包含bāohán · to contain保持bǎochí · to keep保存bǎocún · to conserve背bēi · to carry on one’s back

FAQs

包裹 (bāoguǒ) means “parcel” or “package”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it bāoguǒ: bāo with a 1st tone, then guǒ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 包裹 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one parcel is 一个包裹 (yí ge bāoguǒ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baoguo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 包裹 from the suggestions. Typing baoguo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
包裹 is an HSK 5 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.