(dài) — bag, sack, pouch, pocket

Definition

noun
bagsackpouchpocket
Measure word ·

Examples

  • Zhè ge dài lǐ zhuāng le hěn duō shuǐ guǒ.
    This bag contains a lot of fruit.
  • Qǐng bǎ shū fàng jìn zhǐ dài lǐ.
    Please put the books into the paper bag.
  • Tā bēi zhe yí gè dà dài qù lǚ xíng.
    He carried a big bag and went traveling.

Origin

Sound + meaning
六书liùshū
形声xíngshēng

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
clothes
Sound part声符shēngfú
dàidài
Same sound today

袋 combines 衣 (clothes) with 代, where 衣 gives the meaning and 代 gives the sound.

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