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包含

bāo hán

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

包含 (bāo hán) means "to contain, include". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 包含 means

1. to contain
2. to embody
3. to include

The characters in 包含

• 包bāoto cover; to wrap; to hold
• 含hánto keep in the mouth; to contain

Example sentences

• 它包含了什幺？
  What does it contain?
• 这个价格不包含这个箱子。
  Zhège jiàgé bù bāohán zhège xiāngzi.
  The price does not include the box.
• 这本字典包含了约4万个词条。
  This dictionary contains about 40,000 headwords.
• 严格来说，中文包含几百种方言。
  Yángéláishuō, Zhōngwén bāohán jǐ bǎi zhǒng fāngyán.
  Strictly speaking, Chinese consists of hundreds of dialects.
• 在同一句中不要包含多个可选单词。
  Zài tóngyī jù zhōng bù yào bāohán duō ge kěxuǎn dāncí.
  Don't include multiple alternative words inside the same sentence.
• 大部份的保险计划不包含整容手术。
  Cosmetic surgery is not covered by most insurance plans.

Where 包含 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Inclusion, Components & Structure (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bāo hán correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.