bao

See also: Bao and Appendix:Variations of "bao"

English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From the Mandarin 包 (bāo) and Cantonese 包 (baau1)

Noun

bao (uncountable)

  1. Any of various types of steamed bread used in Chinese cuisine
Synonyms
  • See Thesaurus:dim sum
See also

Etymology 2

From Swahili.

Noun

bao (uncountable)

  1. A mancala board game played in East Africa.
See also

Anagrams

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈbaʔoʔ/
  • Rhymes: -oʔ
  • Hyphenation: ba‧o

Noun

bao

  1. a tortoise
  2. a turtle

Hiligaynon

Noun

baó

  1. tortoise, turtle

Mandarin

Romanization

bao

  1. Nonstandard spelling of bāo.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of báo.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of bǎo.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of bào.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu, *bahuq.

Noun

bao

  1. smell
  2. scent
  3. odour

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbao/

Noun

bao m (plural baos)

  1. bao (Chinese bread)

Swahili

Noun

bao (ma class, plural mabao)

  1. board (piece of wood)
  2. goal
  3. board game

Venetian

Noun

bao m (plural bai)

  1. worm
  2. bug

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *pɔː (“sheath”). Sino-Vietnamese word from 包.

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) bao

  1. bag, sack
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Adverb

bao

  1. how; how much; how many
See also
Vietnamese demonstratives
Laurence Thompson (1965), Vietnamese Grammar
Unspecified Close to the
speaker or
newly introduced 		Remote,
already identified
PLACE
đ- (first register)		 đâu
‘wherever’		 đây
‘here’		 đấy
‘there’
REFERENCE
n- (second register)		 nào
‘whichever’		 này
‘this’		 nọ
‘that’
PROPORTION
b- (first register)		 bao
‘to whatever extent’		 bây
‘to this extent’		 bấy
‘to that extent’
MANNER
s- (first register)
v- (second register)		 sao
‘however’		 vầy
‘this way’		 vậy
‘that way’
Nguyễn Phú Phong (1992), “Vietnamese Demonstratives Revisited”
D•
(Indefinite) 		D1
(Proximal) 		D2
(Medial) 		D3
(Distal)
+NOM(inal) đâu
place-what		 đây
place-this		 đấy
place-that1
±NOM(inal) đó
(place-)that1		 kia
(place-)that2
–NOM(inal) nào
what		 nầy
this		 nấy/ấy
that1		 nọ
that2

Waray-Waray

Noun

baó

  1. turtle; tortoise
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