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bầu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bau"

Vietnamese edit

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Etymology 1 edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 匏 (“gourd”, SV: biều, bào).

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(classifier cây) bầu • (蔀, ⿱艹瓿)

  1. Lagenaria siceraria (calabash vine, bottle gourd)
  2. (by extension) Any plant of genus Lagenaria
  3. Various varieties of Oryza sativa rice that are usually planted as lúa Chiêm in deep paddies, and are relatively colorful, rather strong, and can be planted in paddies high in alum, for red rice or low-quality rice.
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  • (variety of summer rice): soi, hom
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(classifier quả, trái) bầu • (蔀, ⿱艹瓿)

  1. gourd (hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria)
  2. gourd (dried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit)
  3. (botany) ovary (lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules)
  4. (horticulture) rootball
  5. (nautical) bulbous bow; bulbous stern
  6. bosom (seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.)
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(classifier cái) bầu

  1. (dialectal) womb; baby bump
  2. a space of something
    Chú chim lượn trên bầu trời. ― The bird hovers in the sky.
    Chúng tôi không muốn thở cùng một bầu không khí. ― We didn't want to breathe the same air.
  3. pregnancy
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bầu

  1. pregnant
  2. (used in compounds) bulging, plump
    má bầu
    bulging cheeks
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Verb edit

bầu

  1. to be pregnant
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Etymology 2 edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 保 (SV: bảo).

 
bầu

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bầu

  1. to vote
  2. to elect
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