打包 meaning in English

dǎbāo

to wrap; to pack; to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out

HSK 510 strokes

Meaning of 打包

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dǎbāo

to wrap; to pack
to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out
(computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file)

How to use 打包

打包 is very common in restaurants when you want to take leftovers home, and also for packing luggage or packing up items. In computing it means to package files into an archive. Example: 服务员，这个菜帮我打包。(Fúwùyuán, zhège cài bāng wǒ dǎbāo.) Waiter, please pack this dish up for me.

打 (dǎ) is a general action verb meaning to do or hit, and 包 (bāo) means to wrap or a bundle. Picture yourself doing the wrapping: you 打包 your things into a bundle to carry away.

Common mistake: Learners sometimes say 打包 when they mean ordering takeout from the start. To order food to go, people often say 带走 (dàizǒu), while 打包 is mainly about packing the food up. Also keep 包 in the first tone (bāo), not the fourth tone of 抱 (bào, to hug).

打包 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

看kàn来lái我wǒ们men得de打dǎ包bāo了le。

I think we need a doggy bag.

您nín是shì在zài这zhè儿ér用yòng餐cān，还hái是shì给gěi您nín打dǎ包bāo带dài走zǒu？

Are you going to eat here or do you want us to wrap it?

我wǒ当dāng时shí正zhèng忙máng着zhe打dǎ包bāo，因yīn为wèi我wǒ两liǎng天tiān后hòu要yào去qù法fǎ国guó。

I was busy packing, because I was leaving for France in two days.

她tā帮bāng我wǒ打dǎ包bāo我wǒ的de手shǒu提tí箱xiāng。

She helped me pack my suitcase.

Tom把bǎ除chú了le厨chú房fáng水shuǐ槽cáo之zhī外wài的de所suǒ有yǒu东dōng西xī都dōu打dǎ包bāo了le。

Tom seems to have packed everything but the kitchen sink.

Stroke order for each character

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打 dǎ · to hit · 5 strokes

包 bāo · to cover · 5 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 打包.

打电话	dǎ diànhuà	to make a telephone call
打开	dǎkāi	to open; to show (a ticket)
面包	miànbāo	bread
钱包	qiánbāo	purse; wallet
打球	dǎ qiú	to play a ball sport
包子	bāozi	baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
书包	shūbāo	schoolbag; satchel
打车	dǎchē	to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift
打算	dǎsuàn	to plan; to intend
打工	dǎgōng	to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or d
打印	dǎyìn	to affix a seal; to stamp
打破	dǎpò	to break; to smash

Questions about 打包

What does 打包 mean?

打包 (dǎbāo) means "to wrap; to pack; to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out".

How do you write 打包?

打包 is made of 2 characters: 打 (5 strokes), 包 (5 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 打包 an HSK word?

Yes. 打包 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How do I ask for a doggy bag in a Chinese restaurant?

You can say 可以打包吗？(Kěyǐ dǎbāo ma?) meaning Can I get this packed up? Staff will usually bring a box or bag for your leftovers.

Can 打包 be split with other words in between?

Yes. It works like a verb plus object, so you can say 打个包 (dǎ ge bāo) or 打好包 (dǎ hǎo bāo), meaning to finish packing.