粵

包baau1圍wai4

simp包围
baau1 wai4bāo wéi

English

  1. to surround; to encircle; to hem in
  2. to surround; to besiege; to encircle; to close in

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 有甲以乙為中心,佔據乙周邊嘅空間

Examples

  • 個電影明星俾好多影迷包圍住。

    The movie star was surrounded by lots of fans.

  • 我哋一落巴士,就即刻俾一大班喺條村到嚟嘅細路包圍住。

    When we stepped off the bus we were immediately surrounded by a throng of children from the village.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 一種陰暗嘅氣氛包圍住個劇團,好似卡魯塔嘅會議變成咗一個一百故事嘅會議,所有人都沉默咗。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 丹麥2010年嘅年度詞語係「火山灰雲」、「包圍丹麥」、「 vuvuzela 」同「維基解密」。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 當你行落街,你會有個印象,你由1月1號開始就畀啲人包圍,而好多時,原來呢個唔單止係一個視覺錯覺,而係現實。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 我們被包圍了。

    We were surrounded.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 他被一大群記者包圍著。

    He was surrounded by a throng of reporters.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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