麵包

See also: 面包

Chinese

		flour; noodles	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)
trad. (麵包/麪包)		麵/麪	包
simp. (面包*)		面	包
alternative forms		麫包／面包 麵飽／麪飽 麵麭

麵包

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miànbāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): min⁶ baau¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): men⁵ bau¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): mien⁵ bau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mien-pâu
• Eastern Min (BUC): miêng-bău
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): mī-pau / bīn-pau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): min⁷ bao¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶mi-pau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànbāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miànbao
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-pao¹
    • Yale: myàn-bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannbau
    • Palladius: мяньбао (mjanʹbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànbāor
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄠㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miànbaor
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-pao¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: myàn-bāur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannbaul
    • Palladius: мяньбаор (mjanʹbaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹ paʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ baau¹
    • Yale: mihn bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² paːu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: men⁵ bau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐben³² pau³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: mien⁵ bau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miɛn¹¹ pau⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mien-pâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: mien bau´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mian⁴ bau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯en⁵⁵ pau̯²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: miêng-bău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mieŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)mau⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī-pau
    • Tâi-lô: mī-pau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mixpaw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mĩ⁴¹⁻²² pau³³/
    • IPA (Philippines): /mi⁴¹⁻²² pau³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mĩ³³⁻¹¹ pau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ³³⁻²¹ pau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mĩ²²⁻²¹ pau⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-pau
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-pau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixnpaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bin²²⁻²¹ pau⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: min⁷ bao¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mīⁿ pau
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mĩ¹¹ pau³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶mi-pau
    • MiniDict: mi^去 pau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi-pau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²² pɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

麵包

1. bread (Classifier: 塊／块 m c; 條／条 m c; 片 m; 個／个 m; 嚿 c)

   兩塊麵包／两块面包  ―  liǎng kuài miànbāo  ―  two loaves of bread

   兩片麵包／两片面包  ―  liǎng piàn miànbāo  ―  two slices of bread

   四條麵包／四条面包 [Cantonese]  ―  sei³ tiu⁴ min⁶ baau¹ [Jyutping]  ―  four loaves of bread

   三塊麵包／三块面包 [Cantonese]  ―  saam¹ faai³ min⁶ baau¹ [Jyutping]  ―  three slices of bread

2. (proscribed) baked good; roll; bun; pastry; cake (Classifier: 塊／块 m c; 片 m; 個／个 m; 嚿 c)

   兩個麵包／两个面包  ―  liǎng ge miànbāo  ―  two baked goods

3. (Penghu Hokkien) mantou

Synonyms

• (bread):

Dialectal synonyms of 麵包 (“bread”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麵包
Mandarin	Beijing	麵包
	Taiwan	麵包
	Tianjin	麵包
	Tangshan	麵包
	Cangzhou	麵包
	Baoding	麵包
	Shijiazhuang	麵包
	Chifeng	麵包
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	麵包
	Harbin	麵包, 列巴
	Shenyang	麵包
	Qingdao	麵包
	Jinan	麵包
	Zhengzhou	麵包
	Xi'an	麵包
	Yinchuan	麵包
	Lanzhou	麵包
	Xining	麵包
	Ürümqi	麵包, 列巴
	Wuhan	麵包
	Chengdu	麵包
	Guiyang	麵包
	Kunming	麵包
	Guilin	麵包
	Liuzhou	麵包
	Shanglin (Sanli)	烤包
	Xuzhou	麵包
	Yangzhou	麵包
	Nanjing	麵包
	Hefei	麵包
	Nantong	麵包
	Singapore	麵包
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	合列巴
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	合列巴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	麵包
	Hong Kong	麵包, 包
	Taishan	麵包
	Beihai	麵包
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	麵包, 𥹘𫗗
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	麵包
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	燒包
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	麵包, 羅啲
	Singapore (Guangfu)	麵包, 羅啲
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	麵包
	Móng Cái	麵包, 𥹘𫗗
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麵包, 麭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	麵包, 麭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	麵包, 麭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	麵包, 麭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	麵包, 麭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	麵包, 麭
	Sabah (Bao'an)	麵包
	Senai (Huiyang)	羅啲
	Singkawang	羅啲
Huizhou	Shexian	麵包
Jin	Taiyuan	麵包
	Xinzhou	麵包
	Linhe	麵包
	Jining	麵包
	Hohhot	麵包
	Zhangjiakou	麵包
	Handan	麵包
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	麵包
	Matsu	麵包
Southern Min	Xiamen	麵包
	Quanzhou	麵包
	Zhangzhou	麵包
	Taipei	麭
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	麭, 麵包
	Kaohsiung	麭, 麵包
	Yilan	麵包
	Changhua (Lukang)	麭
	Taichung	麭, 麵包
	Tainan	麭
	Hsinchu	麭
	Kinmen	麵包, 麭
	Penghu (Magong)	麭
	Penang (Hokkien)	羅啲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	羅啲
	Manila (Hokkien)	麵頭, 麵包
	Jieyang	酸包
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	麵包, 羅啲
	Singapore (Teochew)	羅啲
	Batam (Teochew)	羅啲
	Wenchang	麵包
	Singapore (Hainanese)	羅啲
Wu	Shanghai	麵包

• (mantou):

Dialectal synonyms of 饅頭 (“steamed bun (without filling)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		饅頭
Mandarin	Beijing	饅頭
	Taiwan	饅頭
	Tianjin	饅頭
	Chengde	饅頭
	Tangshan	饅頭
	Cangzhou	饅頭, 餑餑
	Baoding	饅頭, 包子
	Shijiazhuang	饃饃
	Chifeng	饅頭
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	饅頭
	Heihe	饅頭
	Qiqihar	饅頭, 餑餑
	Harbin	饅頭, 餑餑
	Jiamusi	饅頭
	Baicheng	饅頭
	Changchun	饅頭
	Tonghua	饅頭
	Shenyang	饅頭
	Dandong	饅頭, 餑餑
	Jinzhou	饅頭
	Dalian	餑餑
	Yantai	餑餑, 捲子
	Yantai (Muping)	捲子, 饅頭
	Qingdao	饅頭, 餑餑
	Lijin	饅頭, 饃饃
	Zhucheng	饅頭, 饃饃, 餑餑
	Jinan	饅頭, 饃饃, 捲子
	Jining	饅頭, 饃饃
	Shangqiu	蒸饃
	Yuanyang	饅頭, 饃
	Zhengzhou	蒸饃, 饃
	Lingbao	饃
	Xinyang	饃
	Baihe	饃饃, 饃, 蒸饃
	Hanzhong	蒸饃
	Xi'an	饅頭, 饃饃, 饃, 蒸饃
	Baoji	饅頭, 饃饃, 饃, 蒸饃
	Yinchuan	饅頭, 饃饃, 蒸饃
	Tianshui	饅頭, 蒸饃
	Lanzhou	饅頭, 饃饃
	Dunhuang	饅頭, 饃饃
	Xining	饃饃
	Hami	饃饃
	Ürümqi	饃饃, 蒸饃
	Ürümqi (Xigou)	饃饃, 饅頭
	Ürümqi (Changshanzi)	饃饃
	Ürümqi County (Banfanggou)	饃饃
	Wuhan	饃饃, 饅頭
	Yichang	饅頭, 饃饃, 蒸饃
	Xiangyang	饅頭, 饃饃
	Tianmen	饅頭, 饃饃, 蒸饃
	Hong'an	饅頭, 饃, 泡粑
	Chengdu	饅頭
	Nanchong	饅頭, 饃饃
	Dazhou	饅頭
	Hanyuan	包子
	Xichang	饅頭
	Zigong	饅頭, 饃饃
	Chongqing	饅頭
	Guiyang	饅頭
	Zunyi	饅頭
	Bijie	饅頭
	Liping	饅頭
	Zhaotong	饅頭
Dali	饅頭
Kunming	饅頭
Mengzi	饅頭
Guilin	饅頭
Liuzhou	饅頭
Nanning (Wuming)	饅頭
Jishou	饅頭
Changde	饃饃
Anqing	饃饃
Xuzhou	饅頭, 饃饃
Fuyang	饅頭, 饃
Wuhu	饃饃, 大饃
Yangzhou	饅頭
Lianyungang	饅頭
Lianshui	饅頭
Nanjing	饅頭
Hefei	饃, 大饃
Nantong	饅頭
Yanping	饅頭
Singapore	饅頭
Dagudi (Maliba)	饅頭
Reshuitang (Longling)	饅頭
Mae Salong (Lancang)	饅頭
Mae Sai (Tengchong)	饅頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	饅頭
	Hong Kong	饅頭
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	包
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	饅頭
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	饅頭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	饅頭
	Macau	饅頭
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	饅頭
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	饅頭
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	饅頭
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	饅頭
	Foshan	饅頭
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	饅頭
	Foshan (Shunde)	饅頭
	Foshan (Sanshui)	饅頭
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	饅頭
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	饅頭
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	饅頭
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	饅頭
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	饅頭
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	饅頭
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	饅頭
	Taishan	饅頭
	Kaiping (Chikan)	饅頭
	Enping (Niujiang)	饅頭
	Heshan (Yayao)	饅頭
	Dongguan	饅頭
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	饅頭
	Qingyuan	饅頭
	Fogang	饅頭
	Yingde (Hanguang)	饅頭
	Yangshan	饅頭
	Lianshan (Butian)	饅頭
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	饅頭
	Shaoguan	饅頭
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	饅頭
	Renhua	饅頭
	Lechang	饅頭
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	饅頭
	Sihui	饅頭
	Guangning	饅頭
	Deqing	饅頭
	Huaiji	饅頭
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	饅頭
	Yunfu	饅頭
	Xinxing	饅頭
	Luoding	饅頭
	Yunan (Pingtai)	包
	Yangjiang	饅頭
	Xinyi	饅頭
	Lianjiang	饅頭
	Nanning	饅頭
	Wuzhou	饅頭
	Yulin	饅頭
	Rongxian	饅頭
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	饅頭
	Hepu (Shatian)	饅頭
	Guiping	饅頭
	Guiping (Mule)	饅頭
	Pingnan	饅頭
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	饅頭
	Guigang (Pingdong)	饅頭
	Beihai	饅頭
	Beihai (Nankang)	饅頭
Beihai (Yingpan)	饅頭
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	饅頭
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	饅頭
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	饅頭
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	饅頭
Móng Cái	饅頭
Bangkok (Guangfu)	饅頭
Betong (Rongxian)	饅頭
Gan	Nanchang	饃饃, 饅頭
	Lichuan	饃饃
	Pingxiang	饃饃, 饅頭
	Jianning	饃饃
Hakka	Meixian	饅頭, 包仔
	Dabu (Xihe)	饅頭
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	饅頭
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	饅頭
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	饅頭
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	饅頭
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	饅頭
	Wengyuan	饅頭
	Liannan	饅頭
	Conghua (Lütian)	饅頭
	Jiexi	饅頭
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	饅頭
	Changting	饅頭
	Wuping (Yanqian)	饅頭
	Ninghua	饅頭
	Yudu	饅頭
	Ningdu	饅頭
	Ruijin	饅頭
	Tonggu (Sandu)	饅頭
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	饅頭
	Dayu	饃饃, 饅頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	饅頭
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	饅頭
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	饅頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	饅頭
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	饅頭
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	饅頭
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	饅頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	饅頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	饅頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	饅頭
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	饅頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	饅頭
	Hong Kong	饅頭
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	饅頭
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	饅頭
	Xinyi (Sihe)	饅頭
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	饅頭
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	饅頭
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	饅頭
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	饅頭
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	饅頭
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	包子
	Mengshan (Xihe)	饅頭
	Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao)	饅頭
	Luchuan	饅頭
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	饅頭
	Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan)	饅頭
	Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian)	饅頭
	Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang)	饅頭
	Xingye (Gaofeng)	饅頭
	Rongxian (Xiandi)	饅頭
	Sabah (Longchuan)	饅頭
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	饅頭
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	饅頭
Huizhou	Jixi	饅頭
	Shexian	饃饃
	Fuliang	饃饃
Jin	Taiyuan	饃饃, 蒸饃
	Yangyuan	饅頭
	Datong	饅頭, 饃饃
	Xinzhou	饅頭, 饃饃
	Lishi	饅頭, 饃饃, 蒸饃
	Linfen	饃饃, 饃, 蒸饃
	Changzhi	饃饃, 蒸饃
	Linhe	饅頭, 饃饃, 蒸饃
	Jining	饅頭
	Hohhot	饅頭, 饃饃
	Erenhot	饅頭, 饃饃
	Pingshan	饅頭, 饃饃
	Zhangjiakou	饅頭
	Handan	饅頭, 饃饃, 蒸饃
	Linzhou	饃饃
	Suide	饃饃
Northern Min	Jian'ou	饃饃
	Jianyang	饃饃
	Pucheng (Shibei)	饃饃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	饃饃, 饅頭
	Fuqing	饃饃, 饅頭 long, 包 round
Southern Min	Xiamen	麵頭, 饅頭
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	麵頭
	Quanzhou	麵頭, 饅頭
	Zhangzhou	饅頭
	Zhao'an	饅頭
	Taipei	饅頭
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	饅頭
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	饅頭
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	饅頭
	Kaohsiung	饅頭
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	饅頭
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	饅頭
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	饅頭
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	饅頭
	Yilan	饅頭
	Yilan (Luodong)	饅頭
	Yilan (Toucheng)	饅頭
	Changhua (Lukang)	饅頭
	Taichung	饅頭
	Tainan	饅頭
	Tainan (Anping)	饅頭
	Taitung (Green Island)	饅頭
	Hsinchu	饅頭
	Pingtung (Liuqiu)	饅頭
	Kinmen	麵頭
	Penghu (Magong)	麵包
	Penghu (Pengnan)	麵包
	Penghu (Xiyu)	麵包
	Penghu (Huxi)	麵包
	Penghu (Wangan)	麵包
	Penghu (Cimei)	麵包
	Penghu (Huayu)	麵包
	Penghu (Zhongtun)	麵包
	Penghu (Houliao)	麵包
	Penghu (Tongliang)	麵包
	Penghu (Jibei)	麵包
	Penang (Hokkien)	饅頭
	Manila (Hokkien)	饅頭
	Chaozhou	饅頭
	Shantou	饅頭
	Bangkok (Teochew)	饅頭
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	麵包
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	饅頭
	Wenchang	饅頭
	Haikou	饅頭
Puxian Min	Putian (Donghai)	饅頭
Central Min	Yong'an	麵頭
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	饅頭
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	饅頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	饅頭
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	饅頭
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	饅頭
Wu	Shanghai	饅頭, 淡饅頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	實心饅頭
	Suzhou	饅頭, 大包子饅頭, 實心饅頭
	Danyang	饅頭
	Hangzhou	饅頭
	Ningbo	饅頭
	Wenzhou	實心包
	Jinhua	饅頭
Xiang	Changsha	饅頭
	Loudi	饃饃
	Shuangfeng	饃饃, 饅頭
	Quanzhou	饅頭

Derived terms

• 全麥麵包／全麦面包 (quánmài miànbāo)
• 小麵包／小面包 (xiǎomiànbāo)
• 新月形麵包／新月形面包 (xīnyuèxíng miànbāo)
• 烤麵包／烤面包 (kǎomiànbāo)
• 牛角麵包／牛角面包 (niújiǎo miànbāo)
• 稞麥麵包／稞麦面包 (kēmài miànbāo)
• 羊角麵包／羊角面包 (yángjiǎo miànbāo)
• 香蕉麵包／香蕉面包 (xiāngjiāo miànbāo)
• 麵包屑／面包屑 (miànbāoxiè)
• 麵包店／面包店 (miànbāodiàn)
• 麵包房／面包房 (miànbāofáng)
• 麵包果／面包果 (miànbāoguǒ)
• 麵包機／面包机 (miànbāojī)
• 麵包樹／面包树 (miànbāoshù)
• 麵包皮／面包皮 (miànbāopí)
• 麵包籃／面包篮 (miànbāolán)
• 麵包蝦／面包虾
• 麵包車／面包车 (miànbāochē)
• 黑麵包／黑面包 (hēimiànbāo)

 

Descendants

• → Bouyei: mianqbaoy
• → Bunun: minpau
• → Macanese: min-pau
• → Zhuang: mienhbau, menbauh

Further reading

• “Entry #13091”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.