工具包 (gōng jù bāo) — toolkit, tool bag

Definition

Literally 'tool bag', but by extension it covers both a physical kit of tools and a software/skill toolkit — whichever fits the context.

noun

toolkittool bag

Measure word · 个

工具包。
Tā bēi zhe yí gè gōng jù bāo shàng shān xiū lù qù le.
He carried a toolkit up the mountain to repair the road.
工具包。
Zhè ge ruǎn jiàn gōng jù bāo néng bāng nǐ kuài sù chǔ lǐ shù jù.
This software toolkit can help you process data quickly.
，工具包。
Zuò wéi xiàng mù jīng lǐ, nǐ de gōng jù bāo lǐ yīng gāi bāo kuò gōu tōng jì qiǎo.
As a project manager, your toolkit should include communication skills.

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.

工具tool

偏正Modifier + head

工具 means implements for work and 包 is a bag, naming a bag that holds tools.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 工 is a picture of a bladed tool used to plow ground or mark a border; some read it as a carpenter's square.

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

具 pairs 廾 (two hands) with 鼎 (a cauldron), showing hands working with a cauldron to prepare food.

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.