过胶

過膠

guòjiāo

verb

Meanings

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

Characters

to pass through

Examples

HSK 5

这张照片过胶后可以保存得更久。

Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn guòjiāo hòu kěyǐ bǎocún de gèng jiǔ.

Once this photo is laminated, it can be preserved much longer.

HSK 6

我去文具店把证书过胶了。

Wǒ qù wénjù diàn bǎ zhèngshū guòjiāo le.

I went to the stationery shop and had the certificate laminated.

Tips

usage

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

Stroke Order

过 guò

胶 jiāo