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Contain in Chinese

to contain · HSK 5

包含 bāo hán

  1. 包 bāo to wrap
  2. 含 hán to hold in the mouth

这个价格包含早餐吗? Does this price include breakfast?

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How do you say contain in Chinese?

Contain in Chinese is 包含 (bāo hán). You can also say 含有 (hán yǒu), 含 (hán), 盛 (chéng).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

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Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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