箱包 (xiāng bāo) — luggage and bags; suitcases and handbags

Definition

A category/industry term for luggage and bags as a class — suitcases, handbags, backpacks. Use it for shops, brands, or products, not as a count noun for one item.

noun
luggage and bagssuitcases and handbags
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 箱包，。
    Zhè jiā diàn zhuān mén mài xiāng bāo, zhì liàng hěn hǎo.
    This store specializes in luggage and bags, and the quality is very good.
  • 箱包。
    Lǚ xíng qián tā mǎi le yí gè xīn xiāng bāo.
    She bought a new suitcase before the trip.
  • 箱包。
    Zhè ge xiāng bāo pǐn pái zài guó jì shàng hěn yǒu míng.
    This luggage brand is very famous internationally.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

箱xiāngtrunk
包bāobag

'箱' (trunks) and '包' (bags) are listed together as luggage.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
𥫗Written in full as竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
相
相xiāng箱xiāng
Same sound today

箱 combines 竹, showing bamboo, with 相 as a sound part, to write a bamboo box or case.

Open 箱 →

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.

Open 包 →

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