HSK 6 · Verbs

捆绑 kǔnbǎng “to tie up” in Chinese

Said as kúnbǎng

Traditional 捆綁

What 捆绑 means

  1. to tie up
  2. to bind

How to say 捆绑

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale捆kǔn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale绑bǎng3rd tone, dipping

Said as kúnbǎng. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

捆绑 in a sentence

  1. 他把旧报纸捆绑在一起。

    Tā bǎ jiù bàozhǐ kǔnbǎng zài yìqǐ.

    He tied the old newspapers together in a bundle.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这两种产品是捆绑销售的。

    Zhè liǎng zhǒng chǎnpǐn shì kǔnbǎng xiāoshòu de.

    These two products are sold as a bundle.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 捆绑 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 捆 (kǔn) with each of its parts in a different colour
捆kǔna bunch
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 困to surround · kùnSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 困 (kùn) hints at the sound. Compare it with kǔn.

The character 绑 (bǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
绑bǎngto tie
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 邦country · bāngSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 邦 (bāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with bǎng.

How to write 捆绑

捆 10 strokes · 绑 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 捆绑

Words with 绑

绑架bǎngjià · to kidnap

More words: Common Verbs

挎kuà · to carry on the arm or over the shoulder跨kuà · to step across款待kuǎndài · to entertain (guests)亏待kuīdài · to treat unfairly扩充kuòchōng · to expand扩散kuòsàn · to spread扩张kuòzhāng · to expand捞lāo · to fish out

FAQs

捆绑 (kǔnbǎng) means “to tie up” or “to bind”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kǔnbǎng: kǔn with a 3rd tone, then bǎng with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like kúnbǎng. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 捆绑 is written 捆綁. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kunbang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 捆绑 from the suggestions. Typing kunbang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
捆绑 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.