bao

See also: Bao and Appendix:Variations of "bao"

English

Alternative forms

bau

Etymology 1

From the Mandarin 包 (bāo) and Cantonese 包 (baau1)

Noun

bao (countable and uncountable, plural baos)

Any of various types of steamed bread or bun used in Chinese cuisine

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:dim sum

Translations

Chinese steamed stuffed bun

Burmese: ပေါက်စီ (my) (paukci)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 包 (baau¹), 包子 (baau¹ zi²)

Dungan: бозы (bozɨ)

Mandarin: 包子 (zh) (bāozi)

Min Nan: 包仔 (zh-min-nan) (pau-á)
Indonesian: pau, bakpao (id)
Japanese: 包子 (ja) (paozu), パオズ (paozu), 焼包, シャオパオ, バインバオ

Korean: 바오쯔 (baojjeu), 바인 바오 (bain bao)
Malay: pau
Mongolian: бууз (mn) (buuz)
Russian: ба́оцзы pl (báoczy)
Tagalog: siopao
Thai: ซาลาเปา (saa-laa-bpao)
Vietnamese: bánh bao (vi)

Etymology 2

From Swahili.

Noun

bao (uncountable)

A mancala board game played in East Africa.

Anagrams

ABO, AOB, Abo, OAB, Oba., a.o.b., abo, boa, oba

Cebuano

Pronunciation

(General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʔoʔ/
Rhymes: -oʔ
Hyphenation: ba‧o

Noun

bao

a tortoise
a turtle

Hiligaynon

Noun

baó

tortoise, turtle

Mandarin

Romanization

bao

Nonstandard spelling of bāo.
Nonstandard spelling of báo.
Nonstandard spelling of bǎo.
Nonstandard spelling of bào.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu, *bahuq.

Noun

bao

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbao/

Noun

bao m (plural baos)

bao (Chinese bread)

Swahili

Noun

bao (ma class, plural mabao)

board (piece of wood)
goal
board game

Venetian

Noun

bao m (plural bai)

worm
bug

Derived terms

baéto

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *pɔː (“sheath”). Sino-Vietnamese word from 包.

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) bao

bag; sack; pack
box; packet

Derived terms

bao kiếm

Verb

bao

to enclose; to envelope; to cover
to guarantee; to assure
to take on everything; to undertake (the whole of) something as someone's proxy
to treat; to pay (for someone else); to foot the bill; to cover (someone else); to stand

Etymology 2

Adjective

bao

how; how much; how many
so much; so many

Vietnamese demonstratives
Laurence Thompson (1965), Vietnamese Grammar
		Unspecified		Close to the speaker or newly introduced		Remote, already identified
PLACE đ- (first register)		đâu ‘wherever’		đây ‘here’		đấy ‘there’
REFERENCE n- (second register)		nào ‘whichever’		này ‘this’		nọ ‘that’
PROPORTION b- (first register)		bao ‘to whatever extent’		bây ‘to this extent’		bấy ‘to that extent’
MANNER s- (first register) v- (second register)		sao ‘however’		vầy ‘this way’		vậy ‘that way’
Nguyễn Phú Phong (1992), “Vietnamese Demonstratives Revisited”
	D^• (Indefinite)		D1 (Proximal)		D2 (Medial)		D3 (Distal)
+NOM(inal)	đâu `place-what`		đây `place-this`		đấy `place-that₁`
±NOM(inal)					đó `(place-)that₁`		kia `(place-)that₂`
–NOM(inal)	nào `what`		nầy `this`		nấy/ấy `that₁`		nọ `that₂`

Waray-Waray

Noun

baó

turtle; tortoise

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