dài
noun/measure word HSK 4 #2,234

Meanings

  1. 1 bag; sack; pouch
  2. 2 (measure word) bag of; sack of

Characters

Contains the clothing radical (at the bottom as ), since bags were originally made from cloth.

Examples

Qǐng gěi wǒ yī ge sùliào dài.
Please give me a plastic bag.
Tā mǎi le yī dài mǐ.
He bought a bag of rice.
Kǒudài lǐ yǒu shénme?
What's in your pocket?

Tips

usage
doubles as a measure word: (a bag of rice), 面粉 (two bags of flour). Common compounds: 口袋 (kǒudài, pocket), 塑料袋 (sùliào dài, plastic bag), 袋子 (dàizi, bag).
grammar
As a measure word, directly follows the number: (a bag of salt). As a noun, it needs its own measure word: 一个袋子 (a bag).

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