出包

chūbāo

verb

Meanings

1 to outsource / contract out
2 to run into trouble, to mess up (Taiwan colloquial)

Characters

to go out, send out

package, bundle, to wrap

Examples

公司把这个项目出包给了第三方。

Gōngsī bǎ zhège xiàngmù chūbāo gěile dìsānfāng.

The company outsourced this project to a third party.

系统又出包了，赶紧修一下。

Xìtǒng yòu chūbāo le, gǎnjǐn xiū yíxià.

The system messed up again — fix it quickly.

Tips

register

Two distinct meanings split by region. Mainland business-speak: 出包 = to subcontract / hand work out (literally "send out the bundle"). Taiwanese colloquial: 出包 = to screw up / a glitch. Context disambiguates.

Stroke Order

出 chū

包 bāo