bakpao

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• bakpau
• bapao (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Xiamen Hokkien 肉包 (bah-pao), from 肉 (bah, “meat, flesh; pork”) 包 (pao, “baozi”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʔpao/
• Hyphenation: bak‧pao

Noun

bakpao (first-person possessive bakpaoku, second-person possessive bakpaomu, third-person possessive bakpaonya)

1. baozi, a steamed stuffed bun with various fillings such as meat, bean paste, vegetables

Hyponyms

• kehpao (“baozi with chicken filling”)

Descendants

• → Dutch: bapao

Further reading

• “bakpao” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.