裹 guǒ
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 衣 — cloth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
裹
guǒ
to wrap; to envelop
Character
Example phrases
- 她把证据裹在防水袋里，直到抵达法院才交给律师。 Tā bǎ zhèngjù guǒ zài fángshuǐdài lǐ, zhídào dǐdá fǎyuàn cái jiāo gěi lǜshī. She wrapped the evidence in a waterproof bag and handed it to the lawyer only after arriving at the court.
- 天太冷了，她把自己裹在厚厚的毯子里。 Tiān tài lěng le, tā bǎ zìjǐ guǒ zài hòuhòu de tǎnzi lǐ. It was so cold that she wrapped herself in a thick blanket.
- 他用报纸把几个杯子裹起来，免得打碎。 Tā yòng bàozhǐ bǎ jǐ gè bēizi guǒ qǐlái, miǎnde dǎsuì. He wrapped the cups in newspaper so they wouldn't break.
Related words
- 包裹 bāoguǒ parcel; package
- 缝 féng to sew; to stitch
- 点火 diǎnhuǒ to ignite; to light; ignition
- 编织 biānzhī to weave; to knit; to construct
- 烘 hōng to bake; to heat by fire
- 裁 cái to cut; to reduce; to dismiss staff
- 烘干 hōnggān to dry by heating
- 掰 bāi to break off with the hands; to bend apart
- 过滤 guòlǜ to filter; to screen out
- 糊 hú to paste; to plaster; to stick on
- 冲洗 chōngxǐ to rinse; to flush; to wash out
- 钉 dìng to nail; to fasten with nails