Definition
裹 (guǒ) means 'to wrap up' by covering or enveloping something, often tightly with cloth or paper. It is less common than the general 包 (bāo 'wrap') and more specific than 包裹 (bāoguǒ 'wrap up as a parcel') or 打包 (dǎbāo 'pack for moving/takeout'); 捆 (kǔn) means 'tie together' with string. 裹 also has colloquial extended senses: 'to coerce into' and 'to make off with'.
verb
to wrap (up)to bundleto coerce or drag (sb) into sth against their will(colloquial) to make off withto take away (sth)
Easily confused
- 棵kēlook-alike(classifier) for trees, cabbages, plants, and other growing vegetation
- 过guòsound-aliketo cross, to go over
- 课kèlook-alikeclass; lesson; subject; course
- 过guosound-alike(aspect particle) indicates that an action has been experienced or happened at least once in the past
- 颗kēlook-alike(classifier) for small roundish objects such as pearls, grains, teeth, hearts, stars, satellites
- 国guósound-alikecountry, nation, state
- 裸luǒlook-alike(verb) to be naked; to be bare
- 锅guōsound-alikepot; pan; wok; cauldron
Examples
- 裹，。Tā bǎ lǐwù jīngxīn guǒ hǎo, jì shàng sīdài.She carefully wrapped the gift and tied it with a ribbon.
- 裹。Tā wúyì zhōng bèi guǒ jìn le zhè chǎng fùzá de zhēnglùn.He was unwittingly drawn into this complicated debate.
- 裹。Xiǎotōu chèn luàn guǒ zǒu le diàn lǐ de xiànjīn.The thief took advantage of the chaos to make off with the shop's cash.
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