口袋 kǒudai pocket
pocket; bag; sack
How to remember 口袋: 口 mouth (Kangxi radical 30) + 袋 bag = pocket.
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How it is used
- 裤子口袋 (kùzi kǒudai) - trouser pocket - is the everyday sense: 把手放进口袋 (bǎ shǒu fàng jìn kǒudai) - put one's hand in one's pocket.
- Can also mean a sack in general: 一口袋米 (yì kǒudai mǐ) - a sack of rice.
- Measure word for the object itself is 个: 一个口袋.
Example sentences
- 他从口袋中拿出了什么。 Tā cóng kǒudài zhōng náchū le shénme.He took something out of his pocket.
- 这男孩的口袋里有个苹果。 Zhè nánhái de kǒudài lǐ yǒu gè píngguǒ.The boy has an apple in his pocket.
- 他在口袋里摸着找他的钱包。 Tā zài kǒudài lǐ mō zhe zhǎo tā de qiánbāo.He felt in his pocket for his wallet.