kǒu dài
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我把手机放在口袋里。
wǒ bǎ shǒujī fàng zài kǒudàlǐ.
I put my phone in my pocket.
他从口袋里掏出一张纸条。
tā cóng kǒudàlǐ tāochū yī zhāng zhǐtiáo.
He took out a note from his pocket.
她的口袋里装满了钱。
tā de kǒudàlǐ zhuāng mǎnle qián.
Her pockets were full of money.
衣袋 (yī dài)
口袋 (kǒu dài)
钱包 (qiánbāo)
wallet
手提包 (shǒutíbāo)
handbag
The Chinese word 口袋 (kǒudài) for "pocket" is a compound of two characters: 口 (kǒu), meaning "mouth", and 袋 (dài), meaning "bag" or "sack". The character 口 is a pictograph of a person's mouth, while the character 袋 is a pictograph of a bag or sack. Together, the two characters form the compound 口袋, which literally means "mouth bag" or "mouth sack". This compound is used to refer to a pocket, which is a small bag or sack that is attached to a garment or other object.
