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打包
  daa2 baau1   jyutping
[1] to wrap up the leftover food that one does not finish eating in a restaurant; to take a "doggie bag" (as opposed to 拎走, 行街 and 外賣 which all mean buying food in a restaurant and take home to eat)
[2] to finish off, to kill; to deal with
[3] to wrap a dead body

Be careful when using this expression, see: [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk] for more discussion

verb

Level: 3   Google Frequency: 2,840,000

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
打包

This word was added by tym on 16th Jul 2004 18:40 and last edited on 21st Dec 2008 06:59
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Characters in this word:

 daa2 daa1  -  hit; strike | dozen
 baau1  -  wrap; package; bun

4 compounds containing this word:

打包單 - to guarantee or promise
打包踭 - to nudge; to hit sth with the elbow
打包機 - bale press; baler; packager; packer; packing press; press
Common Formations:
打包貸款 - packing credit (loan)

Showing 1 example containing 打包
detail 唔該打包拎走
Please wrap it up for me to take away!
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