包子

Chinese

 
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 suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad.
(包子)		 包 子
Literally: “that (little thing) which is wrapped”.
包子

Pronunciation

Noun

包子

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 包子 (“steamed bun (with filling)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 包子
Mandarin Beijing 包子
Taiwan 包子
Xi'an 包子
Wuhan 包子
Chengdu 包子
Yangzhou 包子
Hefei 包子
Cantonese Guangzhou 包
Hong Kong 包
Taishan 包
Yangjiang 包子
Gan Nanchang 包子
Hakka Meixian 包仔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 包仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 包仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 包仔
Dongshi (Dabu) 包
Zhuolan (Raoping) 包仔
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 包子
Jin Taiyuan 包子
Min Bei Jian'ou 包仔
Min Dong Fuzhou 包
Min Nan Xiamen 包仔、包
Quanzhou 包仔、包
Zhangzhou 包仔、包
Taipei 包仔
Penang 包
Philippines (Manila) 燒包
Chaozhou 包
Wu Shanghai 饅頭
Suzhou 饅頭
Wenzhou 饅頭
Xiang Changsha 包子
Shuangfeng 包子

Descendants

See also

Proper noun

包子

  1. (Internet slang, humorous) Xi Jinping

Japanese

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 包子 (bāozi).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

包子 (katakana パオズ, rōmaji paozu)

  1. a baozi

See also

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