包子

Chinese

		to cover; to wrap; to hold 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) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (包子)		包	子
Literally: “that (little thing) which is wrapped”.

包子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bāozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ ˙ㄗ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бозы (bozɨ, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baau¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: baozi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pao¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: bāu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bau.tzy
    • Palladius: баоцзы (baoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бозы (bozɨ, II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baau¹ zi²
    • Yale: bāau jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 包子 孢子

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 包子

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 包子 (“steamed bun (with filling)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		包子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	包子
	Taiwan	包子
	Harbin	包子
	Singapore	包
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	包子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	包子
	Wanrong	包子
	Xi'an	包子
	Dingbian	包子
	Xuzhou	包子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	包子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	包子
	Wuhan	包子
	Guiyang	包子
	Guilin	包子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	包子
	Yangzhou	包子
	Hefei	包子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	包
	Hong Kong	包
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	包
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	包
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	包仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	包仔
	Macau	包
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	包
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	包
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	包
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	包
	Foshan	包
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	包
	Foshan (Shunde)	包
	Foshan (Sanshui)	包
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	包
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	包
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	包
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	包
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	包
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	包
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	包
	Taishan	包
	Kaiping (Chikan)	包
	Enping (Niujiang)	包
	Heshan (Yayao)	包
	Dongguan	包
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	包
	Yangjiang	包子
	Beihai	包子
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	包子
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	包子
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	包子
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	包
	Singapore (Guangfu)	包
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	大包
	Móng Cái	包子
Gan	Nanchang	包子
	Lichuan	包子
	Pingxiang	包子
Hakka	Meixian	包仔
	Xingning	包哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	包
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	包
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	包
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	包仔
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	包
	Yudu	包子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	包仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	包仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	包仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	包
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	包仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	包子
	Hong Kong	包
	Senai (Huiyang)	包
Huizhou	Jixi	饅頭
Jin	Taiyuan	包子
	Xinzhou	包子, 圪組子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	包仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	包
Southern Min	Xiamen	包仔, 包
	Quanzhou	包仔, 包
	Zhangzhou	包仔, 包
	Tainan	包仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	包
	Singapore (Hokkien)	包
	Manila (Hokkien)	燒包
	Chaozhou	包
	Shantou	包
	Shantou (Chenghai)	包
	Jieyang	包
	Haifeng	包
	Bangkok (Teochew)	包
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	包
	Singapore (Teochew)	包
	Leizhou	包
	Haikou	包子
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	包
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	包子
Wu	Shanghai	饅頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	饅頭
	Suzhou	饅頭
	Danyang	包子
	Hangzhou	饅頭
	Ningbo	包子
	Wenzhou	饅頭
	Jinhua	包子
Xiang	Changsha	包子
	Loudi	包子
	Shuangfeng	包子

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (包子):

• → Japanese: 包子(パオズ) (paozu)
• → Korean: 바오즈(包子) (baojeu)
• → Vietnamese: bao tử (包子)

→ Burmese: ပေါက်စီ (paukci)

→ Manchu: ᠪᠣᠣᠰᡝ (boose)

→ Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠤᠰᠠ (buusa); ᠪᠤᠤᠵᠠ (buuǰa), бууз (buuz)

• → Buryat: бууза (buuza)
• → Tuvan: бууза (buuza)

→ Russian: ба́оцзы (báoczy)

→ Vietnamese: bánh bao (calque)

See also

• 餃子／饺子 (jiǎozi, “dumpling”)
• 饅頭／馒头 (mántou, “mantou”)

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 包子

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

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
包	子
ぱお Grade: 4	ず Grade: 1
irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 包子 (bāozi).

Noun

包子(パオズ) • (paozu) 

1. a baozi

See also

• 饅(まん)頭(じゅう) (manjū)