过胶

過膠
guòjiāo
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to laminate (a document, photo, ID card)
  2. 2 to seal in plastic film

Examples

Wǒqù wénjù diàn bǎ zhèngshū guòjiāo le.
I went to the stationery shop and had the certificate laminated.
Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn guòjiāo hòu kěyǐ bǎocún de gèng jiǔ.
Once this photo is laminated, it can be preserved much longer.

Tips

usage
Stationery-shop vocabulary. Literally 'to pass through glue/film'. Northern Mandarin more often says (sùfēng, 'plastic-seal'); 过胶 is widely understood and especially common in Cantonese-influenced Mandarin and Southern China.

Stroke Order

guò
jiāo