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裹

guǒ

HSK 5 Character

What 裹 means

1. to wrap around
2. bundle; parcel; package
3. to press into service; to pressgang; to make off with (sth)

Example sentences

• 帮我抬包裹。
  Help me lift the package.
• 他挟着一个包裹。
  Tā jiā zhe yī gè bāoguǒ.
  He held a package under his arm.
• 包裹被海关扣了。
  The package was confiscated by customs.
• 她去了邮局寄包裹。
  She went to the post office to send the package.
• 我的包裹到哪里了？
  Where's my package?
• 他在邮局给朋友寄包裹。
  Tā zài yóujú gěi péngyou jì bāoguǒ.
  He's at the post office sending a package to a friend.

Words starting with 裹

• 裹包guǒ bāoto wrap up; parcel
• 裹胁guǒ xiéto compel; to coerce
• 裹脚guǒ jiǎofoot-binding; long strip of cloth used for foot-binding
• 裹尸布guǒ shī bùshroud; cloth to wrap a corpse
• 裹足不前guǒ zú bù qiánto stand still without advancing (idiom); to hesitate and hold back
• 裹挟guǒ xiéto sweep along; to coerce

Words containing 裹

• 包裹bāo guǒto wrap up; to bind up; bundle
• 卷裹juǎn guǒto wrap up; (fig.) to envelop; to swallow up
• 封裹fēng guǒto wrap up; to pack up
• 紧裹jǐn guǒto wrap tightly; to wind tightly; to bind
• 装裹zhuāng guoto dress a corpse; shroud
• 杜口裹足dù kǒu guǒ zútoo frightened to move or speak
• 马革裹尸mǎ gé guǒ shīto be buried in a horse hide (idiom); to give one's life on the battlefield
• 敷裹fū guǒmedical dressing
• 联合包裹服务公司Lián hé Bāo guǒ Fú wù Gōng sīUnited Parcel Service (UPS)

Characters built on 果

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

• 裸luǒnaked
• 夥huǒ(literary) many; numerous
• 倮luǒvariant of 裸
• 猓guǒmonkey

Characters that look like 裹

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

• 蔑mièto belittle; nothing
• 罂yīngearthen jar with small mouth
• 睾gāo(bound form) testicle
• 蔗zhèsugar cane
• 褒bāoto praise; to commend; to honor
• 蕈xùnmold; mushroom

Sounds the same

Read guǒ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 果fruit; result; resolute
• 粿rice cake (typically made with glutinous rice flour and steamed)
• 椁outer coffin
• 菓fruit (old variant of 果
• 猓monkey
• 惈courageous; resolute and daring
• 蜾used in 蜾蠃
• 輠grease-pot under a cart
• 馃cake