包袱

包袱 bāofu

Bundle (burden)

包袱 in a sentence HSK 6 baofu

What 包袱 means

Bundle (burden)

These meanings come from the same dictionary that powers the Chinese to Pinyin translator and the Chinese to English translator, so a whole sentence containing 包袱 will read it the same way this page does.

Recognise a piece of 包袱 but not the character it belongs to? Pick the parts in the component character finder and it will name the character for you — free for every character, with nothing to sign in to.

Character by character

包袱 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

包

bāo

Bag (wrap - package - packet - include - be contracted)

袱

fú

Wrapper

Words that share a character with 包袱

How to write 包袱

Stroke order is not decoration — it is what makes handwriting legible and what dictionary lookup by stroke count depends on.

Practise 包袱 on printable 田字格 sheets, trace it in the writing practice tool, or watch any other character in the Stroke Order Animator.

包袱 in a sentence

别把考试当成沉重的思想包袱。

Bié bǎ kǎoshì dàngchéng chénzhòng de sīxiǎng bāofu.

Don't treat the exam as a heavy psychological burden.

她背着一个蓝布包袱走进车站。

Tā bēizhe yí ge lán bù bāofu zǒujìn chēzhàn.

She walked into the station carrying a blue cloth bundle.

Every sentence on this site that uses 包袱 is collected on the 包袱 sentence page. Want pinyin above a sentence of your own? Paste it into the Pinyin Annotator.

Sounds the same as 包袱

These are also written baofu without tone marks. Tones and context are what keep them apart — which is why the tone is part of the word, not an accent on it.

报复 bàofù 抱负 bàofù

Train the difference in the Tone Trainer or the Similar Sounds Quiz.

Questions about 包袱

What does 包袱 mean in English?

包袱 is pronounced bāofu and means Bundle (burden).

How do you pronounce 包袱?

包袱 is bāofu in pinyin — written baofu without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 包袱?

包袱 is written with 2 characters: 包 (bāo) Bag (wrap - package - packet - include - be contracted), 袱 (fú) Wrapper. Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

Is 包袱 an HSK word?

Yes — 包袱 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

Studied around the same time

绑架 bǎngjià 榜样 bǎngyàng 磅 bàng 包庇 bāobì 包围 bāowéi 包装 bāozhuāng 饱和 bǎohé 饱经沧桑 bǎojīngcāngsāng

Keep going

Translate a whole sentence containing 包袱 with the Chinese to Pinyin translator, study it alongside the rest of HSK 6, drill it with HSK flashcards, or save it above and review it on your review deck.

Browse the dictionary

Every word on this site links to its entry — tap any word in a graded reader, a translation result or an HSK list to land on a page like this one.

Dictionary index