小包 (xiǎo bāo) — small bag; small packet (e.g. for mailing or pa… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

small bagsmall packet (e.g. for mailing or packaging)

Measure word · 个

Examples

小包。
Qǐng bǎ zhè ge xiǎo bāo jì dào běi jīng.
Please send this small package to Beijing.
小包。
Tā suí shēn zhī dài le yí gè xiǎo bāo.
She only carried a small bag with her.
小包。
Chāo shì lǐ mài nà zhǒng xiǎo bāo de táng guǒ.
The supermarket sells that kind of small-pack candy.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

小包 combines 小 meaning small and 包 meaning bag or packet, giving a small bag.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

八八bāto divide; to separate
丨丨gǔnsmall object

The shape of 小 comes from three small dots, later elongated into its strokes; the apparent parts 八 and 丨 are a later way of seeing it.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 包 pictures a fetus in a womb, or a baby wrapped in cloth.

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