<p>Why not just say'用胶带包起来' or '用胶带包上'? That's what my Chinese wife would say every time we went through the hussle of sending a package to China.</p>

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2015-11-30T15:05:05.420Z
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Franklin Peeters
<p>To communicate the same generic sense as the English verb to tape, try 貼 (simplified: 贴), pinyin: tie1</p>

<p>Examples:</p>

<p>t: 可以幫我把它貼起來嗎?</p>

<p>s: 可以帮我把它贴起来吗?</p>

<p>e: Can you help me tape it up?</p>

<ul>
<li>appropriate for situations such as sealing a package like a present for someone</li>
<li>"tape that shut"</li>
</ul>

<p>t: 我貼好了</p>

<p>s: 我贴好了</p>

<p>e: I finished taping</p>

<ul>
<li>for example after applying duct tape to repair a hole in an air duct, you can say this</li>
</ul>

<p>Machine translation such as Google is still somewhat hit-and-miss, I'm sure you have come across <a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/funny-chinese-translation-fails/">translation fails</a> that make you wonder <em>Did they use Google Translate?</em>. Better to use machine translation as a last resort when no native language speaker is available.</p>

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clarity123
<p>用胶带捆 (literally: bind with tape) seems a good translation.<br>
Ancient Chinese has many similar verbs directly from nouns, but there are much fewer, if not none, in Modern Chinese. So there are some cases that a single English word must be translated into a long phrase in Chinese. </p>

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2015-11-30T09:02:03.590Z
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Winfred Huang
<p>Google translate says "tape" is 胶带, and "tape it" is 用胶带.</p>

<p>But to me, that's just saying "use tape".</p>

<p>Is there a verb for the act of taping something?</p>

<p>For example, how would you say "could you tape that package?"
or "can you tape that shut?"</p>

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2015-11-29T22:01:13.743Z
"Could you tape that package" 你能 **用胶带捆好** (or 用胶带封上) 那个包裹吗? It seems we don't have a concise expression in Chinese and have to say something like "could you **tie/seal** the package **with tape**?"
Stan
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also answered by dictionaries e。g。iciba：用带子捆扎，用带子系紧， 以带子绑起 <美>缠绷带于，用绷带包扎  （anyhow somewhat of an Americanism？）
user6065
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How do you say "tape it" as in, "taping a package"?
# How do you say "tape it" as in, "taping a package"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-11-29)

Google translate says "tape" is 胶带, and "tape it" is 用胶带.

But to me, that's just saying "use tape".

Is there a verb for the act of taping something?

For example, how would you say "could you tape that package?"
or "can you tape that shut?"

**Tags:** translation
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "Could you tape that package" 你能 **用胶带捆好** (or 用胶带封上) 那个包裹吗? It seems we don't have a concise expression in Chinese and have to say something like "could you **tie/seal** the package **with tape**?"  
> **username_2**: also answered by dictionaries e。g。iciba：用带子捆扎，用带子系紧， 以带子绑起 <美>缠绷带于，用绷带包扎  （anyhow somewhat of an Americanism？）  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2015-11-30. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

用胶带捆 (literally: bind with tape) seems a good translation.  
Ancient Chinese has many similar verbs directly from nouns, but there are much fewer, if not none, in Modern Chinese. So there are some cases that a single English word must be translated into a long phrase in Chinese.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-11-30. Score: 6

Why not just say'用胶带包起来' or '用胶带包上'? That's what my Chinese wife would say every time we went through the hussle of sending a package to China.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2015-11-30. Score: 6

To communicate the same generic sense as the English verb to tape, try 貼 (simplified: 贴), pinyin: tie1

Examples:

t: 可以幫我把它貼起來嗎?

s: 可以帮我把它贴起来吗?

e: Can you help me tape it up?

* appropriate for situations such as sealing a package like a present for someone
* "tape that shut"

t: 我貼好了

s: 我贴好了

e: I finished taping

* for example after applying duct tape to repair a hole in an air duct, you can say this

Machine translation such as Google is still somewhat hit-and-miss, I'm sure you have come across [translation fails](http://www.boredpanda.com/funny-chinese-translation-fails/) that make you wonder *Did they use Google Translate?*. Better to use machine translation as a last resort when no native language speaker is available.


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