裹 (guǒ): to wrap around, bundle, parcel, package, to press into service, to pressgang, to make off with (sth)
裹 (guǒ) is a Chinese character meaning “to wrap around.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 衣 (semantic) and 果 (phonetic). It ranks #2314 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 裹 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
- to wrap around
- bundle
- parcel
- package
- to press into service
- to pressgang
- to make off with (sth)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 裹
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 裹足不前 | guǒ zú bù qián | to stand still without advancing (idiom) |
| 马革裹尸 | mǎ gé guǒ shī | to be buried in a horse hide (idiom) |
| 联合包裹服务公司 | lián hé bāo guǒ fú wù gōng sī | United Parcel Service (UPS) |
| 杜口裹足 | dù kǒu guǒ zú | too frightened to move or speak |
| 装裹 | zhuāng guo | to dress a corpse |
| 裹包 | guǒ bāo | to wrap up |
| 裹尸布 | guǒ shī bù | shroud |
| 紧裹 | jǐn guǒ | to wrap tightly |
| 裹脚 | guǒ jiǎo | foot-binding |
| 封裹 | fēng guǒ | to wrap up |
| 卷裹 | juǎn guǒ | to wrap up |
| 裹胁 | guǒ xié | to compel |
| 敷裹 | fū guǒ | medical dressing |
| 裹挟 | guǒ xié | to sweep along |
裹 appears in 15 compound words: 40 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 20 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 裹 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
学习裹字需要反复练习,才能写得工整。
xué xí guǒ zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the art of writing characters requires repeated practice to achieve neatness.
“包手阿志头”店员乱丢包裹 拍摄者超商嘻笑:寄了会碎
bāo shǒu ā zhì tóu diàn yuán luàn diū bāo guǒ pāi shè zhě chāo shāng 嘻 xiào : jì le huì suì
"Bao Shou A Zhi Tou" Store Clerk Tosses Packages Around; Video Filmer Laughs at Convenience Store: "It'll Break If You Send It"
陆女北漂生病!爸妈听1句话寄巨大包裹 她打开惊呼:是一头牛
lù nǚ běi piāo shēng bìng ! bà mā tīng 1 jù huà jì jù dà bāo guǒ tā dǎ kāi jīng hū : shì yī tóu niú
A young woman from the mainland fell ill while living in Beijing! After hearing just one sentence from her parents, they sent her a huge package. When she opened it, she gasped in surprise: it was a cow!
到桃园虎头山区埋大麻包裹 越籍逃逸外劳被判3年徒刑
dào táo yuán hǔ tóu shān qū mái dà má bāo guǒ yuè jí táo yì wài láo bèi pàn 3 nián tú xíng
Burying marijuana packages in the Hutou Mountains of Taoyuan Vietnamese fugitive foreign workers were sentenced to 3 years in prison
...院判决或掀连锁反应 特朗普急签令守小额包裹关税防线
. . . yuàn pàn jué huò xiān lián suǒ fǎn yīng tè lǎng pǔ jí qiān lìng shǒu xiǎo é bāo guǒ guān shuì fáng xiàn
... The court's judgment may set off a chain reaction Trump urgently signed an order to guard the small parcel tariff defense line
春节“不打烊”年货包裹奔赴千家万户 “机器集群+A..
chūn jié bù dǎ 烊 nián huò bāo guǒ bēn fù qiān jiā wàn hù jī qì jí qún A . .
Spring Festival "does not close" New Year's goods packages go to thousands of households "machine cluster + A....
汤姆收到我们寄给他的包裹吗?
Tāngmǔ shōudào wǒmen jì gěi tā de bāoguǒ ma?
Did Tom get the package we sent him?
她用绳子把包裹紧紧绑好了。
Tā yòng shéngzi bǎ bāoguǒ jǐnjǐn bǎng hǎo le.
She tied up the parcel with string.
她用一条毯子把自己裹起来。
Tā yòng yī tiáo tǎnzi bǎ zìjǐ guǒ qǐlai.
She wrapped herself in a blanket.
他把一个包裹挟在腋下。
Tā bǎ yī gè bāoguǒ jiā zài yèxià.
He held a package under his arm.
Character Family
衤 Radical Family — Characters sharing the clothing radical
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