Chinese

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to burn; to cook; to stew
to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever
 
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)
 
trad. (燒包)
simp. (烧包)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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燒包

  1. (dialectal Mandarin, including dialectal Jin) to be drunken with success; to have a swollen head; to forget oneself in extravagance
    一點點這麼玩意兒燒包 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
    一点点这么玩意儿烧包 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]
    Nǐ cái gāng yǒu yī diǎndiǎn qián nǐ jiù mǎi zènme duō wányir, nǐ shāobāor a nǐ! [Pinyin]
    You just got a little bit of money and you bought all this stuff. You must be out of your mind!
  2. (regional, including Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan) to burn hell money that is packaged into a bundle (especially around the Ghost Festival)
  3. (Sichuanese, of chicks) to crowd together and fall ill because their body heat cannot be released

Noun

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燒包

  1. (Philippine Hokkien) siopao; Chinese steamed stuffed bun; baozi (usually char siu bao)
  2. (Malaysian Cantonese) siew pau, a local speciality of Seremban
  3. (Fangcheng Yue Cantonese) bread

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Descendants

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  • Cebuano: siopao
  • English: siew pau
  • Tagalog: siyopaw