袋 (dài): bag, pocket
袋 (dài) is a Chinese character meaning “bag, pocket.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 代 (phonetic) and 衣 (semantic). It ranks #1302 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 袋 clothes. Its radical form 衤 (clothing) appears in many related characters such as 衣 (yī, clothing), 表 (biǎo, exterior surface), 装 (zhuāng, dress, install).
Definitions
- bag, pocket
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 袋
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 塑料袋 | sù liào dài | plastic bag |
| 袋鼠 | dài shǔ | kangaroo |
| 睡袋 | shuì dài | sleeping bag |
| 沙袋 | shā dài | sandbag |
| 麻袋 | má dài | sack |
| 纸袋 | zhǐ dài | paper bag |
| 冰袋 | bīng dài | ice bag |
| 眼袋 | yǎn dài | puffiness under the eyes |
| 行李袋 | xíng li dài | travel bag |
| 钱袋 | qián dài | purse |
| 衣袋 | yī dài | |
| 旅行袋 | lǚ xíng dài | travel bag |
| 热水袋 | rè shuǐ dài | hot-water bottle |
| 育儿袋 | yù ér dài | marsupial pouch |
| 烟袋 | yān dài | tobacco pipe |
袋 appears in 70 compound words: 7 as the first character, 69 as the last, and 24 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 袋 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
请把垃圾装进袋子里，不要随地乱扔。
Qǐng bǎ lājī zhuāng jìn dàizi lǐ, búyào suídì luàn rēng.
Please put garbage in bags; don't litter.
瞄准WBC热潮 乖乖限量应援袋登场
miáo zhǔn W B C rè cháo guāi guāi xiàn liàng yīng yuán dài dēng chǎng
Aiming at the WBC craze, obediently limited support bags appeared
尿袋新监管!内地3月起增设行动电源新“3C”...
niào dài xīn jiān guǎn ! nèi dì 3 yuè qǐ zēng shè háng dòng diàn yuán xīn 3 C . . .
New supervision of urine bags! The mainland has added a new "3C" of mobile power since March...
...!藝人中獎祕訣曝光 1號碼至少6000入袋
. . . ! 藝 rén zhōng 獎 祕 訣 pù guāng 號 碼 zhì shǎo rù dài
...! Celebrity Lottery Winning Secrets Revealed: Number 1 Yields at Least $6,000
怕發福?蕭美琴發福袋順便「練深蹲」 網讚:誠懇就在細節裡
pà 發 fú ? 蕭 měi qín 發 fú dài 順 biàn 練 shēn cún 網 讚 誠 懇 jiù zài 細 節 裡
Worried about gaining weight? Hsiao Mei-chin hands out red envelopes while "practicing squats" Netizens praise: Sincerity is in the details
發福袋一蹲再蹲!蕭美琴笑曝:順便練深蹲
發 fú dài yī cún zài cún ! 蕭 měi qín xiào pù 順 biàn 練 shēn cún
Squatting again and again with the lucky money bags! Hsiao Mei-chin jokes: "Might as well practice my squats while I'm at it."
汤姆把钥匙拿出了口袋。
Tāngmǔ bǎ yàoshi náchū le kǒudài.
Tom took his keys out of his pocket.
我拒绝使用塑料袋。
Wǒ jùjué shǐyòng sùliàodài.
I refuse to use plastic bags.
男子从口袋中掏出枪，吓了我一跳。
Nánzǐ cóng kǒudài zhōng tāochū qiāng, xià le wǒ yī tiào.
To my horror, the man took a gun out of his pocket.
他从他外套内袋里拿出皮夹。
Tā cóng tā wàitào nèidài lǐ náchū píjiā.
He took out the wallet from his inside jacket pocket.
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