包子

Chinese

 
to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)
 
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad.
(包子)
Literally: “that (little thing) which is wrapped”.
包子

Pronunciation


Noun

包子

  1. Chinese steamed stuffed bun; baozi (Classifier: m)
  2. (figuratively, slang) weak and useless person

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 包子 (“steamed bun (with filling)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 包子
Mandarin Beijing 包子
Taiwan 包子
Xi'an 包子
Wuhan 包子
Chengdu 包子
Yangzhou 包子
Hefei 包子
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Taishan
Yangjiang 包子
Gan Nanchang 包子
Hakka Meixian 包仔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 包仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 包仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 包仔
Dongshi (Dabu)
Hsinchu (Raoping) 包仔
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 包子
Jin Taiyuan 包子
Min Bei Jian'ou 包仔
Min Dong Fuzhou
Min Nan Xiamen 包仔,
Quanzhou 包仔,
Zhangzhou 包仔,
Taipei 包仔
Penang
Philippines (Manila) 燒包
Chaozhou
Wu Shanghai 饅頭
Suzhou 饅頭
Wenzhou 饅頭
Xiang Changsha 包子
Shuangfeng 包子

Descendants

See also

Proper noun

包子

  1. (Internet slang, humorous, sarcastic) Xi Jinping

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぱお
Grade: 4

Grade: 1
Irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 包子 (bāozi).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

包子 (katakana パオズ, rōmaji paozu)

  1. a baozi

See also

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