刈包

Chinese

		to cut	bun; bread
simp. and trad. (刈包)		刈	包

Etymology

刈 is an alternative form of 割 (koah, “to cut”) in Taiwanese Hokkien. The yìbāo reading in Mandarin, which is rare, is an orthographic borrowing from Hokkien, while the much more common guàbāo is directly borrowed from Hokkien.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìbāo, guàbāo, gēbāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄅㄠ, ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄠ, ㄍㄜ ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaat³ baau¹ / gwaa³ baau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koah-pau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìbāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìbao
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-pao¹
    • Yale: yì-bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihbau
    • Palladius: ибао (ibao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (imitating Min Nan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàbāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàbao
    • Wade–Giles: kua⁴-pao¹
    • Yale: gwà-bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahbau
    • Palladius: гуабао (guabao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēbāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gebao
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-pao¹
    • Yale: gē-bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gebau
    • Palladius: гэбао (gɛbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaat³ baau¹ / gwaa³ baau¹
    • Yale: gwaat bāau / gwa bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaat⁸ baau¹ / gwaa³ baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guad³ bao¹ / gua³ bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːt̚³ paːu̯⁵⁵/, /kʷaː³³ paːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koah-pau
    • Tâi-lô: kuah-pau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koahpaw
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ pau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pau⁴⁴/

Noun

A takeaway guabao.

刈包

1. gua bao (a Taiwanese snack food consisting of a slice of stewed meat and other condiments sandwiched between flat steamed bread)

Synonyms

• 割包 (gēbāo)
• 虎咬豬／虎咬猪 (hǔyǎozhū)
• 扣肉包
• (Singapore Hokkien) 炕肉包 (khòng-bah-pau)

See also

• 肉夾饃／肉夹馍 (ròujiāmó)