HSK 6 · Verbs

包围 bāowéi “to surround” in Chinese

Traditional 包圍

What 包围 means

  1. to surround
  2. to encircle
  3. to hem in

How to say 包围

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale围wéi2nd tone, rising

包围 in a sentence

  1. 我们被包围了。

    Wǒmen bèi bāowéi le.

    We’re surrounded.

    Sentence #10356774 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 包围 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 围 (wéi) with each of its parts in a different colour
围wéito encircle
  • 囗enclosure · wéiMeaning part
  • 韦tanned leather · wéiSound part

囗 hints at the meaning (enclosure); 韦 (wéi) hints at the sound. Compare it with wéi.

How to write 包围

包 5 strokes · 围 7 strokes

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

Words related to 包围

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打包dǎbāo · to pack up承包chéngbāo · to contract包庇bāobì · to shield (wrongdoing)

Words with 围

周围zhōuwéi · environs围巾wéijīn · scarf围绕wéirào · to revolve around范围fànwéi · range

More words: Common Verbs

爆发bàofā · to break out报复bàofu · to retaliate保管bǎoguǎn · to look after暴露bàolù · to expose爆炸bàozhà · to explode背叛bèipàn · to betray奔波bēnbō · to rush about奔驰bēnchí · to speed

FAQs

包围 (bāowéi) means “to surround” or “to encircle”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bāowéi: bāo with a 1st tone, then wéi with a 2nd 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, 包围 is written 包圍. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baowei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 包围 from the suggestions. Typing baowei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
包围 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.