"请给我一包苹果。"

Translation: Please give me a bag of apples.

[Keith_APP]

Someone asked about the difference of 袋 and 包. I answered but did not really think they make much a difference.

I must now admit that they do, even I have seen apples sold in sealed bags. I still call that 一袋.

[Cinnamon5230]

The difference is that 包 is usually a sealed container and 袋 is a half-opening container.

I wrote an comment about this somewhere else but I can't find it...

[Cinnamon5230]

I found it. Here: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/25283741

[martinmyth]

Thanks

[akavel]

Umm, so what's the difference in the end? I'm now even more confused than before after reading this post... :/

[doge157700]

包還有其他的意思

[EdgarDomng12]

包 es un paquete cerrado, porque también es envolver. 袋 es una bolsa con una abertura, una bolsa común, también es bolsillo.

[chuy277]

谢谢

[MJ9YQm]

My Chinese wife says 一包苹果 is not something a native would use, as they use 包 for cloth handbags/schoolbags or small bag of chips/snacks. They rather use 袋 (bag, plastic bag) in combination with fruit and vegetables. So the sentence should be 一袋苹果

[user7122]

請送一袋蘋果給我。would be better because (送) sòng means to give. and (給) gěi means to. like for me, dislike for duolingo. ;3

[LesitaOpenSource]

我提交了“Please give me a pack of apples”，但是系统拒绝了。其实，这样是可以的。

[hello73682]

Bag is same as packet ?

[Keith_APP]

包 can mean both of them.

[kurzeme]

How much apples fit in a standard Chinese "bag"?

[The_Laniakean]

in the Living Language book, 请给我 also means "please bring me"
shouldnt that answer be accepted here, too?