裹 guǒ to wrap
to wrap; to encircle; bundle; parcel; package
怎么记住“裹”: 亠 lid + 果 fruit + 𧘇 dress = to wrap. On a frosty market morning the old seller lifts the lid of her crate and cuts up an old dress to wrap every fruit against the cold.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
裹 = 亠 lid + 果 fruit + 𧘇 dress
- 亠 lid meaning
- 果 fruit sound
- 𧘇 dress meaning
On a frosty market morning the old seller lifts the lid of her crate and cuts up an old dress to wrap every fruit against the cold.
How it came to be
The clothes, opened in two, wrap around the fruit: the clothes give the meaning and the fruit gives the sound.
用法
- To wrap something up tightly, bundling it. 用毯子把孩子裹起来 (yòng tǎnzi bǎ háizi guǒ qǐlai) wrap the child in a blanket.
- Almost always in 包裹 (bāoguǒ) = a parcel/package: 收到一个包裹 (shōudào yí ge bāoguǒ) received a package.
- Note the shape trap: 裹 (guǒ) wrap vs 里 hidden inside 衣; not to be confused with 果 (guǒ) fruit though they share the sound.
含“裹”的词语
例句
- 妈妈用毛巾把婴儿裹起来。 Māma yòng máojīn bǎ yīng'ér guǒ qǐlái.The mother wraps the baby in the towel.