noun

Meanings

  1. 1 cloth wrapper; bundle (used in 包袱)

Examples

Tā yòng bù bāo le yí gè bāofu jiù shànglù le.
She wrapped her clothes in a cloth bundle and set off.
Bié bēi zhème zhòng de sīxiǎng bāofu, fàngsōng yìdiǎn.
Don't carry such a heavy mental burden; relax a little.

Tips

usage
Used only in 包袱 (bāofu, second syllable toneless). Literally a cloth-wrapped bundle, it commonly means a mental or emotional burden, and in crosstalk comedy it means the punchline of a joke.

Components

radical
yīzìpáng
clothing; cloth
The side clothing radical (a left form of , clothing) marks this as a piece of cloth, the wrapping sheet of a bundle.
phonetic
to lie hidden (phonetic)
(fú, to lie hidden) gives the exact sound. Its sense of something tucked away under cover also faintly fits goods hidden inside a wrapped bundle.

Stroke Order