How do you say "tape it" as in, "taping a package"? 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?"
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 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.