包 bāo in a sentence
Bag (wrap - package - packet - include - be contracted)
包 (bāo) means Bag (wrap - package - packet - include - be contracted). Below are 24 of the 67 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请到前台取 包 裹。
Qǐng dào qiántái qǔ bāoguǒ.
Please collect the parcel at the front desk.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 取
背 包 压得肩膀疼。
Bèibāo yā de jiānbǎng téng.
The backpack made my shoulders ache.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 肩膀
纸终究 包 不住火。
Zhǐ zhōngjiū bāo bu zhù huǒ.
Paper cannot in the end wrap up fire.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 终究
我们一起 包 饺子吧。
Wǒmen yìqǐ bāo jiǎozi ba.
Let us make dumplings together.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 饺子
面 包 的原料是面粉。
Miànbāo de yuánliào shì miànfěn.
The ingredient of bread is flour.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 原料
他把书装进了 包 里。
Tā bǎ shū zhuāng jìn le bāo lǐ.
He put the books into his bag.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 装
这种面 包 又圆又扁。
Zhè zhǒng miànbāo yòu yuán yòu biǎn.
This kind of bread is round and flat.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 扁
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From the graded readers
鸡蛋、牛奶、面 包 、水果和茶。
jīdàn, niúnǎi, miànbāo, shuǐguǒ hé chá.
Eggs, milk, bread, fruit and tea.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
她的行李只有一个箱子和一个 包 。
tā de / dì xíngli zhǐyǒu yīgè xiāngzi hé yīgè bāo.
Her luggage was one suitcase and one bag.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
From the travel phrasebook
包 装破损了。
Bāozhuāng pòsǔn le.
The packaging is damaged.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
请把 包 放上去。
Qǐng bǎ bāo fàng shàngqù.
Put your bag on the belt.
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
能帮我 包 起来吗？
Néng bāng wǒ bāo qǐlái ma?
Could you wrap it for me?
Travel phrasebook · Shopping and bargaining
包 装是怎么样的？
Bāozhuāng shì zěnmeyàng de?
What's the packaging like?
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
包 appears in 67 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 包
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 包
How is 包 used in a sentence?
This page shows 67 sentences using 包 (bāo, "Bag (wrap - package - packet - include - be contracted)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 包 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 包 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 包 an HSK word?
Yes — 包 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 包?
The dictionary page for 包 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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