打包

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)
simp. and trad. (打包)		打	包

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎbāo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄠ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daa² baau¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): a² bau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tá-pâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎbāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎbao
  - Wade–Giles: ta³-pao¹
  - Yale: dǎ-bāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daabau
  - Palladius: дабао (dabao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    打包
    打苞
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daa² baau¹
  - Yale: dá bāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daa² baau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: da² bao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ paːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: a² bau⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a⁵⁵ pau²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tá-pâu
  - Hakka Romanization System: da^ˋ bau^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: da³ bau¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ta³¹ pau̯²⁴/

Verb

打⫽包 (verb-object)

to pack (an object)
(originally Mandarin) to put food in a takeaway box; to put leftovers in a doggy bag or to order food as takeaway
to unpack (a box)
(Cantonese) to wrap a dead body

Synonyms

(Hokkien, Teochew) 拍包

Descendants

→ English: tapao (via Chinese Mandarin)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “打包” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].