包子
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包子
Chinese
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) |
child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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| simp. and trad. (包子) |
包 | 子 | |
| alternative forms | 飽子／饱子 | ||
| Literally: “that (little thing) which is wrapped”. | |||
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): baau1 zi2
- Gan (Wiktionary): bau1 zi
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bau1 zr
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: baozi̊h
- Wade–Giles: pao1-tzŭ5
- Yale: bāu-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bau.tzy
- Palladius: баоцзы (baoczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бозы (bozɨ, II-I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɔ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: baau1 zi2
- Yale: bāau jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: baau1 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: bao1 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /paːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- Homophones:
包子
孢子
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: bau1 zi
- Sinological IPA (key): /pau⁴² t͡sz̩²/
- (Nanchang)
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: bau1 zr
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/
- (Changsha)
Noun
包子
- Chinese steamed stuffed bun; baozi (Classifier: 個／个 m)
- (dialectal Mandarin) jiaozi dumpling
- (figurative, slang) weak and useless person
Synonyms
- (steamed bun):
- (jiaozi):
Dialectal synonyms of 餃子 (“jiaozi dumpling”)
Derived terms
Descendants
Others:
- → Burmese: ပေါက်စီ (paukci)
- → Japanese: 包子 (paozu)
- → Korean: 바오즈 (baojeu)
- → Manchu: ᠪᠣᠣᠰᡝ (boose)
- → Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠤᠰᠠ (buusa); ᠪᠤᠤᠵᠠ (buuǰa), бууз (buuz)
- → Russian: ба́оцзы (báoczy)
- → Vietnamese: (calque) bánh bao (餅包)
See also
Proper noun
包子
- (Internet slang, humorous, sarcastic, sometimes derogatory) Xi Jinping
Synonyms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 包 | 子 |
| ぱお Grade: 4 |
ず Grade: 1 |
| irregular | |
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 包子 (bāozi).
Pronunciation
Noun
- a baozi
See also
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 包 | 子 |
Noun
包子