bao
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Mandarin 包 (bāo) or Cantonese 包 (baau1). Cognate of Vietnamese bánh bao.
Alternative forms
- bau, bow
Noun
bao (countable and uncountable, plural baos or bao)
- Any of various types of steamed bread or bun used in Chinese cuisine
- A sandwich or stuffed bun made with this bread
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:dim sum
Derived terms
- char siu bao
- dan bau
- gua bao
- hum bow
- tangbao
Translations
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See also
Baozi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Swahili bao.
Noun
bao (uncountable)
- A mancala board game played in East Africa.
See also
Bao (mancala game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- A/B/O, ABO, AOB, Abo, OAB, OBA, Oba., a.o.b., abo, boa, oba
Asi
Etymology
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Noun
bao
- tortoise; turtle
Cebuano
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈbaʔoʔ/
- Rhymes: -oʔ
- Hyphenation: ba‧o
Noun
bao
- a tortoise
- a turtle
Hiligaynon
Noun
baó
- tortoise, turtle
Ilocano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧ó
- IPA(key): /baˈʔu/, [bɐˈʔo]
Noun
baó
- mouse
Derived terms
- baoen
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.
Mansaka
Etymology 1
Akin to Maranao bao'o.
Noun
bao
- turtle
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu.
Noun
baò
- smell
Marshallese
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [pˠɑːɔ], (enunciated) [pˠɑ wɔ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠæɰwɛw/
- Bender phonemes: {bahwew}
Noun
bao
- bird
- chicken
- fowl
References
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbao/ [ˈba.o]
- Rhymes: -ao
- Syllabification: ba‧o
Noun
bao m (plural baos)
- bao (Chinese bread)
Further reading
- “bao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
bao (ma class, plural mabao)
- board (piece of wood)
- goal
- Synonym: goli
- board game
- a traditional Swahili mancala board game played in most of East Africa
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧o
- IPA(key): /ˈbaʔo/, [ˈba.ʔo]
Noun
bao (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ)
- coconut shell stripped of its husk and meat
- Synonym: tsireta
- (anatomy) cranium
- Synonym: bao ng ulo
Derived terms
- bao ng ulo
- pamao
- tabong-bao
Etymology 2
See balo.
Noun
bao (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ)
- Alternative form of balo (“widow; widower”)
Derived terms
- pagkabao
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈba.o]
Noun
bao
- a water current
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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
Sino-Vietnamese word from 包.
Noun
(classifier cái, chiếc) bao
- bag; sack; pack
- box; packet
Derived terms
- bao kiếm
See also
- bị; túi
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
Derived terms
- bao phủ
- bao quanh
- bao quát
- bao trùm
Etymology 2
Part of the b-series of demonstratives, along with bây, bấy.
Determiner
bao • (包)
- (literary) so many
- bao người ― people everywhere
- bao ngày ― day after day
See also
Vietnamese demonstratives | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
- bao giờ
- bao nhiêu
Anagrams
- boa
Waray-Waray
Noun
baó
- turtle; tortoise