打包

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)
simp. and trad. (打包)		打	包

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎbāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daa² baau¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): a² bau⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tá-pâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎbāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎbao
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-pao¹
    • Yale: dǎ-bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daabau
    • Palladius: дабао (dabao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² baau¹
    • Yale: dá bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ paːu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: a² bau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /a⁵⁵ pau²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tá-pâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: da` bau´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: da³ bau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ta³¹ pau̯²⁴/

Verb

打⫽包 (verb-object)

1. to pack (an object)
2. to put food in a takeaway box; to put leftovers in a doggy bag or to order food as takeaway
3. to unpack (a box)
4. (Cantonese) to wrap a dead body

Synonyms

• (Hokkien, Teochew) 拍包

Descendants

• → English: tapao (via Cantonese)
• → Malay: tapau (via Cantonese)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “打包” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].