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袱

fú
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 cloth wrapper; bundle

Examples

HSK 5
别背这么重的思想包袱，放松一点。
Bié bēi zhème zhòng de sīxiǎng bāofu, fàngsōng yìdiǎn.
Don't carry such a heavy mental burden; relax a little.
HSK 6
她用布包了一个包袱就上路了。
Tā yòng bù bāo le yí gè bāofu jiù shànglù le.
She wrapped her clothes in a cloth bundle and set off.

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
衤 yīzìpáng
clothing; cloth
The side clothing radical 衤 (a left form of 衣, clothing) marks this as a piece of cloth, the wrapping sheet of a bundle.
phonetic
伏 fú
to lie hidden
伏 (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

袱 fú