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打包

dǎbāo

to pack

A person tying a parcel
Memory picture

Characters in this word

打 dǎ

Strokes
5
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 丁 nail
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

包 bāo

Strokes
5
Radical
勹 — wrap
Made of
勹 wrap 巳 snake
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 请帮我打包。 Qǐng bāng wǒ dǎbāo. Please help me pack it.
  • 饭菜要打包。 Fàncài yào dǎbāo. The food needs to be packed.
  • 我来打包吧。 Wǒ lái dǎbāo ba. Let me pack it.

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