出包

chūbāo

verb

Meanings

1 to outsource; to contract out
2 to run into trouble; to mess up

Characters

to go out, send out

package, bundle, to wrap

Examples

HSK 5

公司把这个项目出包给了第三方。

Gōngsī bǎ zhège xiàngmù chūbāo gěi le dìsānfāng.

The company outsourced this project to a third party.

HSK 5

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