Traditional: 包圍
包围 (bāo wéi) means “to surround; to encircle; to hem in”. It is an HSK 6 Chinese word (traditional 包圍) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
敌军包围了城市。
Díjūn bāowéi le chéngshì.
Enemy forces surrounded the city.
Updated: 2026-05-27