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
simp. and trad. (包子)		包	子
alternative forms		飽子／饱子
Literally: “that (little thing) which is wrapped”.

包子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bāozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ ˙ㄗ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бозы (bozɨ, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baau¹ zi²

• Gan (Wiktionary): bau¹ zi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pau-tsy₅
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bau¹ zr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāozi
    • 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.)

• 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:

      edit edit 包子 孢子

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: bau¹ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau⁴² t͡sz̩²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹pau-tsy₅
    • MiniDict: pau^平 tsy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pau-tsr₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bau¹ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

包子

1. Chinese steamed stuffed bun; baozi (Classifier: 個／个 m)
2. (dialectal Mandarin) jiaozi dumpling
3. (figurative, slang) weak and useless person

Synonyms

• (steamed bun):

Dialectal synonyms of 包子 (“steamed bun (with filling)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		包子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	包子
	Taiwan	包子
	Harbin	包子
	Singapore	包
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	包子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	包子
	Wanrong	包子
	Xi'an	包子
	Dingbian	包子
	Xuzhou	包子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	包子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	包子
	Wuhan	包子
	Guiyang	包子
	Guilin	包子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	包子
	Yangzhou	包子
	Hefei	包子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	包
	Hong Kong	包
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	包
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	包
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	包仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	包仔
	Macau	包
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	包
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	包
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	包
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	包
	Foshan	包
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	包
	Foshan (Shunde)	包
	Foshan (Sanshui)	包
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	包
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	包
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	包
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	包
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	包
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	包
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	包
	Taishan	包
	Kaiping (Chikan)	包
	Enping (Niujiang)	包
	Heshan (Yayao)	包
	Dongguan	包
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	包
	Yangjiang	包子
	Beihai	包子
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	包子
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	包子
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	包子
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	包
	Singapore (Guangfu)	包
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	大包
	Móng Cái	包子
Gan	Nanchang	包子
	Lichuan	包子
	Pingxiang	包子
Hakka	Meixian	包仔
	Xingning	包哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	包
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	包
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	包
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	包仔
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	包
	Yudu	包子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	包仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	包仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	包仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	包
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	包仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	包子
	Hong Kong	包
	Senai (Huiyang)	包
Huizhou	Jixi	饅頭
Jin	Taiyuan	包子
	Xinzhou	包子, 圪組子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	包仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	包
Southern Min	Xiamen	包仔, 包
	Quanzhou	包仔, 包
	Zhangzhou	包仔, 包
	Tainan	包仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	包
	Singapore (Hokkien)	包
	Manila (Hokkien)	燒包
	Chaozhou	包
	Shantou	包
	Shantou (Chenghai)	包
	Jieyang	包
	Haifeng	包
	Bangkok (Teochew)	包
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	包
	Singapore (Teochew)	包
	Leizhou	包
	Haikou	包子
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	包
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	包子
Wu	Shanghai	饅頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	饅頭
	Suzhou	饅頭
	Danyang	包子
	Hangzhou	饅頭
	Ningbo	包子
	Wenzhou	饅頭
	Jinhua	包子
Xiang	Changsha	包子
	Loudi	包子
	Shuangfeng	包子

• (jiaozi):

Dialectal synonyms of 餃子 (“jiaozi dumpling”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		餃子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	餃子
	Taiwan	餃子
	Harbin	餃子, 扁食
	Singapore	餃子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	包子, 餃子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	𩚩飵兒, 餃子, 水餃兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	餃子, 扁食
	Wanrong	捏飯
	Xi'an	餃子
	Dingbian	餃子
	Xining	扁食, 餃子, 水餃
	Xuzhou	餃子, 匾食
	Pizhou	餃子
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	餃子, 彎彎順
	Donghai	餃子, 元寶
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	餃子, 包子
	Lanzhou	餃子
	Ürümqi	餃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	餃子
	Wuhan	餃子
	Guiyang	餃子
	Liuzhou	餃子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	餃子
	Yangzhou	餃子, 水餃
	Baoying	餃子
	Taizhou	餃兒
	Zhenjiang	餃子
	Lianyungang	餃子
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	餃子
	Xuyi	水餃子
	Nantong	水餃兒
	Rugao	水餃兒
	Yancheng	餃子, 水餃子
	Funing	餃子
	Sihong	水餃
	Hefei	餃子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	餃子
	Hong Kong	餃子
	Dongguan	餃子
	Yangjiang	餃子
Gan	Nanchang	餃子
	Lichuan	餃子
	Pingxiang	餃子
Hakka	Meixian	餃仔
	Yudu	餃子
Huizhou	Jixi	水餃
Jin	Taiyuan	扁食, 餃子, 角子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	餃仔, 水餃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	餃
Southern Min	Xiamen	水餃
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	水餃
	Singapore (Hokkien)	餃
	Manila (Hokkien)	水餃
	Chaozhou	餃
	Haikou	餃子
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	角囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	餃子
Wu	Shanghai	餃子, 水餃
	Suzhou	餃子
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	餃子
	Wuxi	餃子
	Changshu	餃子
	Nantong (Haimen)	餃子
	Changzhou	餃子
	Danyang	餃耳
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	餃子
	Hangzhou	餃子
	Ningbo	餃子
	Wenzhou	餃兒, 水餃兒
	Jinhua	水餃
Xiang	Changsha	餃子
	Loudi	餃子
	Shuangfeng	餃子

Derived terms

• 土包子 (tǔbāozi)
• 氣包子／气包子
• 洋包子
• 粉湯包子／粉汤包子
• 習包子／习包子 (Xí Bāozi)
• 肉包子 (ròubāozi)
• 肉包子打狗 (ròubāozi dǎ gǒu)
• 菜包子 (càibāozi)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (包子):

• → Vietnamese: bao tử (包子)

Others:

• → Burmese: ပေါက်စီ (paukci)
• → Japanese: 包(パオ)子(ズ) (paozu)
• → Korean: 바오즈 (baojeu)
• → Manchu: ᠪᠣᠣᠰᡝ (boose)
• → Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠤᠰᠠ (buusa); ᠪᠤᠤᠵᠠ (buuǰa), бууз (buuz)
  • → Buryat: бууза (buuza)
  • → Tuvan: бууза (buuza)
• → Russian: ба́оцзы (báoczy)
• → Vietnamese: (calque) bánh bao (餅包)

See also

• 餃子／饺子 (jiǎozi, “dumpling”)
• 饅頭／馒头 (mántou, “mantou”)

Proper noun

包子

1. (Internet slang, humorous, sarcastic, sometimes derogatory) Xi Jinping

Synonyms

• 習包子／习包子 (Xí Bāozi)
• 小熊維尼／小熊维尼 (Xiǎoxióng Wéiní)

Japanese

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 包子 (bāozi).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) パオズ [páꜜòzù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [pa̠o̞zɨ]

Noun

包子(パオズ) • (paozu) 

1. a baozi

See also

• 饅(まん)頭(じゅう) (manjū)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
包	子

Noun

包子

1. chữ Hán form of bao tử (“stomach”).