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包括

bāo kuò

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

包括 (bāo kuò) means "to comprise". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 包括 means

1. to comprise
2. to include
3. to involve
4. to incorporate
5. to consist of

The characters in 包括

• 包bāoto cover; to wrap; to hold
• 括kuò(bound form) to tie up; to tighten up; (bound form) to include; to comprise…

Example sentences

• 包括早饭吗？
  Is breakfast included?
• 你说普通话不好的包括你自己。
  Nǐ shuō pǔtōnghuà bù hǎo de bāokuò nǐ zìjǐ.
  You yourself belong to this group of people that you're talking about - the one that doesn't speak standard Mandarin well.
• 他的薪水包括基本工资和提成。
  Tā de xīnshuǐ bāokuò jīběn gōngzī hé tíchéng.
  His remuneration consists of a base salary plus commissions.
• Ubuntu包括的软件挺多。
  Ubuntu includes lots of software.
• 风俗习惯包括食物，庆祝和舞蹈。
  Customs include food, celebrations and dancing.
• 蝙蝠的食物主要包括昆虫和水果。
  The bat's diet consists mainly of insects and fruit.

Where 包括 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Cause, effect & logic (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bāo kuò correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.