携带 meaning in English

xiédài

to carry (on one's person); to support (old)

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 攜帶22 strokes

Meaning of 携带

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiédài
  1. to carry (on one's person)
  2. to support (old)
  3. Taiwan pr. [xi1 dai4]

携带 in example sentences

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

携xié带dài武wǔ器qì是shì违wéi法fǎ的de。
It's against the law to carry weapons.
这zhè个ge箱xiāng子zi太tài重zhòng了liǎo无wú法fǎ携xié带dài。
The box is too heavy to carry.
这zhè架jià飞fēi机jī一yī次cì可kě以yǐ携xié带dài40名míng乘chéng客kè。
This airplane is capable of carrying 40 passengers at a time.
汤tāng姆mǔ想xiǎng要yào个gè小xiǎo得de易yì于yú携xié带dài的de电diàn脑nǎo。
Tom wants a computer small enough to easily carry.
你nǐ需xū要yào携xié带dài两liǎng张zhāng白bái底dǐ的de个gè人rén证zhèng件jiàn照zhào。
You will need to bring two passport-sized photos of yourself taken with a white background.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

携 xié · to carry · 13 strokes

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带 dài · band · 9 strokes

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  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 携带.

带来dàiláito bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
带领dàilǐngto guide; to lead
带动dàidòngto spur; to provide impetus; to drive
领带lǐngdàinecktie
地带dìdàizone
一带yīdàiregion; area
带有dàiyǒuto have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, male
胶带jiāodàiadhesive tape; magnetic tape
磁带cídàimagnetic tape
带路dàilùto lead the way; to guide; to show the way; (fig.) to instruct
绷带bēngdài(loanword) bandage
皮带pídàistrap; leather belt

Questions about 携带

What does 携带 mean?

携带 (xiédài) means "to carry (on one's person); to support (old)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 携带?

携带 is made of 2 characters: 携 (13 strokes), 带 (9 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

Is 携带 an HSK word?

Yes. 携带 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 携带 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 携带 is written 攜帶.