bao

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

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English

Alternative forms

• bau

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bao (countable and uncountable, plural baos)

1. 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)

See also

• Baozi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Swahili.

Noun

bao (uncountable)

1. A mancala board game played in East Africa.

See also

• Bao (mancala game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bao

1. a tortoise
2. a turtle

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Hiligaynon

Noun

baó

1. tortoise, turtle

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Mandarin

Romanization

bao

1. Nonstandard spelling of bāo.
2. Nonstandard spelling of báo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of bǎo.
4. 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.

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Maranao

Etymology

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

Noun

bao

1. smell
2. scent
3. odour

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbao/

Noun

bao m (plural baos)

1. bao (Chinese bread)

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Swahili

Noun

bao (ma class, plural mabao)

1. board (piece of wood)
2. goal
3. board game
4. a traditional Swahili mancala board game played in most of East Africa

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Venetian

Noun

bao m (plural bai)

1. worm
2. bug

Derived terms

• baéto

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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

1. bag; sack; pack
2. box; packet

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bao kiếm

 

See also

• bị
• túi

Verb

bao

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

Etymology 2

Adjective

bao

1. how; how much; how many
2. so much; so many

See also

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

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Waray-Waray

Noun

baó

1. turtle; tortoise