承包

chéngbāo

verb HSK 7-9 #26,304

Meanings

1 to contract
2 to undertake (a job)
3 to take on

Characters

to undertake; to bear

to wrap; to contract

Examples

HSK 4

他承包了这个工程项目。

Tā chéngbāo le zhège gōngchéng xiàngmù.

He contracted this engineering project.

HSK 4

农民承包了这片土地。

Nóngmín chéngbāo le zhè piàn tǔdì.

The farmers contracted this piece of land.

Tips

history

The 承包制 (contract responsibility system) was a key reform in the 1980s that allowed farmers to contract land from collectives, boosting agricultural productivity.

Stroke Order

承 chéng

包 bāo