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袋

dài

HSK 4 Character

What 袋 means

1. pouch
2. bag
3. sack
4. pocket

Example sentences

• 袋子有吗？
  Do you have a bag?
• 我扛着米袋。
  I carry a bag of rice.
• 这是珍的袋子。
  This is Jane's bag.
• 我口袋里没钱。
  I don't have any money in my pockets.
• 他帮我提袋子。
  He helped me carry the bag.
• 他背着一个袋子。
  Tā bèi zhe yī gè dàizi.
  He carries a bag on his back.

Words starting with 袋

• 袋子dài zibag
• 袋鼠dài shǔkangaroo
• 袋鼠国Dài shǔ guó(slang) Australia
• 袋熊dài xióngwombat (Australian marsupial)
• 袋狼dài lángthylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus)

Words containing 袋

• 塑料袋sù liào dàiplastic bag
• 脑袋nǎo daihead; skull; brains
• 口袋kǒu dàipocket; bag; sack
• 麻袋má dàisack; burlap bag
• 睡袋shuì dàisleeping bag
• 衣袋yī dàipocket (in a garment)
• 布袋bù dàipouch; sack; bag
• 纸袋zhǐ dàipaper bag
• 旅行袋lǚ xíng dàitravel bag
• 烟袋yān dàitobacco pipe
• 沙袋shā dàisandbag; punching bag (trad. filled with sand)
• 内袋nèi dàiinner pocket
• 冰袋bīng dàiice bag
• 包袋bāo dàibag
• 小袋xiǎo dàipouch
• 暗袋àn dàicamera bag (for changing film)
• 皮袋pí dàileather bag; leather pouch (for liquid)
• 眼袋yǎn dàipuffiness under the eyes; bags under the eyes
• 福袋fú dàifukubukuro or "lucky bag", Japanese New Year custom where merchants offer grab bags…
• 网袋wǎng dàistring bag; mesh bag; net bag
• 茶袋chá dàitea bag
• 血袋xuè dàiblood bag
• 装袋zhuāng dàito bag; to fill (a bag); bagging
• 邮袋yóu dàimailbag

Characters built on 代

These share the phonetic component 代 (dài), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 贷dàito lend on interest; to borrow; a loan
• 黛dàiumber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
• 岱DàiMt Tai in Shandong; same as 泰山
• 玳dàitortoise shell; turtle

Characters that look like 袋

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 案àn(legal) case; incident; record
• 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay
• 惕tìfearful; respectful
• 缇tíorange-red silk; orange-red colored
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard
• 啜chuò(literary) to drink; to sip; to sob

Sounds the same

Read dài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 带band; belt; girdle
• 戴to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear
• 代to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…
• 待to wait; to treat; to deal with
• 贷to lend on interest; to borrow; a loan
• 逮(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕
• 怠idle; lazy; negligent
• 黛umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
• 殆(literary) dangerous; perilous; (literary) almost; well-nigh
• 玳tortoise shell; turtle
• 岱Mt Tai in Shandong; same as 泰山
• 埭dam