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携带

xié dài · xie dai

Traditional 攜帶

HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to carry (on one's person)
  2. to support (old)
  3. Taiwan pr. [xī dài]
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What to bring

  1. Dengdeng

    牌子(páizi)上(shàng)写着(xiězhe)：请(qǐng)携带(xiédài)身份证(shēnfènzhèng)。

    The sign says: please bring your ID card.

  2. Liangliang

    携带(xiédài)就是(jiùshì)带着(dàizhe)，对(duì)吗(ma)？

    Carry means bring along, right?

  3. Dengdeng

    对(duì)。你(nǐ)带(dài)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Right. Did you bring it?

  4. Liangliang

    带(dài)了(le)！我(wǒ)还(hái)携带(xiédài)了(le)三包(sānbāo)零食(língshí)。

    I did! I also brought three bags of snacks.

  5. Dengdeng

    零食(língshí)不(bù)要紧(yàojǐn)，身份证(shēnfènzhèng)才(cái)要紧(yàojǐn)。

    Snacks do not matter. The ID card does.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)架(jià)飞(fēi)机(jī)一(yí)次(cì)可(kě)以(yǐ)携(xié)带(dài)40名(míng)乘(chéng)客(kè)。

This airplane is capable of carrying 40 passengers at a time.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)电(diàn)子(zǐ)辞(cí)典(diǎn)的(de)好(hǎo)处(chu)就(jiù)是(shì)便(biàn)于(yú)携(xié)带(dài)。

The good thing about this electronic dictionary is that it's easy to carry.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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