báo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bao"

Mandarin

Romanization

báo (Zhuyin ㄅㄠˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 嫑
2. Pinyin transcription of 瓟
3. Pinyin transcription of 窇
4. Pinyin transcription of 薄
5. Pinyin transcription of 雹

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːu̯/

Noun

báo f pl

1. genitive plural of bó

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
báo	báo pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/	mbáo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ˀɓaːw˧ˀ˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ˀɓaːw˩ˀ˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ˀɓaːw˦ˀ˥]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 豹 (“leopard; panther”)

Noun

(classifier con) báo

1. any spotted big cat

Derived terms

• báo hoa mai ("leopard")
• báo săn, báo ghê-pa ("cheetah")
• báo sư tử, báo pu-ma ("cougar")
• báo răng kiếm ("smilodon")

Synonyms

• beo

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 報 (“to report; to tell”)

Verb

báo

1. to report; to tell

Noun

(classifier tờ) báo

1. newspaper
2. magazine