bão

See also: bao, báo, bào, bǎo, and bāo

Portuguese

Etymology

From bom, which is from Old Portuguese bõo, from Latin bonus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbãw̃/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃w̃/

Adjective

bão (feminine singular boa, masculine plural bão, feminine plural boa, comparable)

1. (Brazil, chiefly rural) Eye dialect spelling of bom.
   • 1993, Pedro Corrêa Cabral, Xambioá: Guerrilha no Araguaia, Editora Record:

     É um dismate na berada dum igarapé qui tem um poço bão de nóis toma um banho, fazê um fogo e dispois drumi.

     It is a clearing next to a small river where there is a good deep area for us to bathe in, start a fire and then sleep.

2. (Portugal, hypercorrect) Alternative form of bom

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 暴 (“violent; vicious”; SV: bạo), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bj(əw)h (“storm”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier cơn) bão (暴, 雹, 𣋰, 𩙕)

1. (weather) storm

Derived terms

• bão cát (“sandstorm”)
• bão tố (“gale”)
• bão từ (“geomagnetic storm”)