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书包shū bāo
school bag
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 书包 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 書包 | ||
| 書包 | shūbāo | |
| 1. n. schoolbag; bookbag; backpack | ||
| Components | ||
| 书 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 書 | ||
| 書 | shū | |
| 1. book; codex | ||
| 我 對 這 本 書 產生 了 共鳴。 - I resonated with this book. | ||
| 唔記得 買 書 - to forget to buy textbooks | ||
| 2. letter; document | ||
| 證明書 - certificate | ||
| 推薦書 - recommendation letter | ||
| 情書 - love letter | ||
| 家書 - letter to or from one's family or home | ||
| 《w:zh:告臺灣同胞書\告.臺灣.同胞.書》 - Message to the Compatriots in Taiwan | ||
| 3. form of a written or printed Chinese character; style of calligraphy; script; font | ||
| 楷書 - regular script | ||
| 隸書 - clerical script | ||
| 4. (literary) Chinese character | ||
| 5. (literary) the art of calligraphy | ||
| 6. (historical) ancient government post in charge of secretarial duties | ||
| 7. (historical) imperial edict | ||
| 8. storytelling | ||
| 說書 - to perform pingshu (storytelling) | ||
| 聽書 - to listen to performance of pingshu (storytelling) | ||
| 9. to write | ||
| 書寫 - to write | ||
| 罄竹難書 - (of crimes) to be too many to mention | ||
| 10. (Cantonese, education) teaching materials | ||
| 聽書 - | ||
| 11. Short for 書經 (gloss=the Classic of History) | ||
| 包 | bāo | |
| 1. to wrap up; to enwrap; to bundle up | ||
| 2. to include; to encompass | ||
| 3. to cover; to place under cover | ||
| 4. to assure; to ensure; to guarantee | ||
| 包 你 滿意 - You're guaranteed to be pleased - | ||
| 5. to reserve or dedicate for a specific purpose | ||
| 6. to make a wrapped item | ||
| 包 餃子zi - to make dumplings - | ||
| 包 雲吞 - to make wontons - | ||
| 包 粽 - to make zongzi - | ||
| 7. to surround | ||
| 8. (Malaysia, Singapore, slang) Short for 打包, to take away (food) | ||
| 9. bundle; bunch | ||
| 10. parcel; package | ||
| 11. (software) package | ||
| 包管理器 - package manager | ||
| 12. bag; sack | ||
| 書包 - schoolbag; backpack | ||
| 13. bump; swelling | ||
| 14. yurt | ||
| 15. (food) baozi | ||
| 叉燒包 - char siu bao | ||
| 小籠包 - xiaolongbao | ||
| 16. (food) bun; bread (any small baked good) | ||
| (Alternative form 飽) | ||
| 麵包 - bread | ||
| 漢堡包 - hamburger | ||
| 一 包 薯片 - a bag of potato chips | ||
| 包 拯 - Bao Zheng (Chinese politician during the Song dynasty) | ||
| 17. Only used in 包來 | ||
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Pronunciation
shū bāo
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