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

他承包了这个工程项目。

Tā chéngbāo le zhège gōngchéng xiàngmù.

He contracted this engineering project.

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