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包扎

bāo zā

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 包紮

包扎 (bāo zā) means "variant of 包扎; to wrap up; to pack". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 包扎 means

1. to wrap up
2. to pack
3. to bind up (a wound)

Other readings

包扎 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• bāo zāvariant of {包扎|bāo zā}

The characters in 包扎

• 包bāoto cover; to wrap; to hold
• 扎zhāto prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer…

Example sentences

• 他用绷带包扎了伤口。
  Tāyòng bēngdài bāozā le shāngkǒu.
  He wound a bandage around the wound.
• 绷带把伤口包扎住了。
  Bēngdài bǎ shāngkǒu bāozā zhù le.
  The bandage was wound around the wound.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bāo zā correctly.
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