# 包

| 包 | U+5305, &#21253; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5305 |
| ← 匄 [U+5304] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 匆 → [U+5306] |
| 包 | U+2F829, &#194601; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F829 |
| ← 勺 [U+2F828] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 匆 → [U+2F82A] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 包 |
| Simplified | 包 |
| Traditional | 包 |

### Alternative forms

* Note the different Chinese and Japanese forms (a closed loop 巳 in Chinese, center open 己 in Japanese). Note also that the bottom tail extends beyond the right side (in either form).
* A CJK compatibility ideograph exists at U+2F829 for a variant form in Taiwan which is the same as the Japanese form.

### Han character

包 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 心口山 (PRU) or 心尸山 (PSU), four-corner 2771$_2$, composition ⿹勹巳(GHTKV) or ⿹勹己(J or U+2F829))

#### Derived characters

* 咆, 枹, 炮, 皰, 匏, 跑, 鞄, 鮑, 庖, 疱 (Contains 包 in all regions)
* 抱, 泡, 砲, 胞, 𮮆, 飽 (Note: Contains 包 in Japanese and 包 in other regions)

### Further reading

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 150, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2506
* Dae Jaweon: page 340, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 257, character 6
* Unihan data for U+5305
* Unihan data for U+2F829

## Chinese

* 包 (搞清楚) (Cantonese)
* 包 (Written Standard Chinese)

### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 包 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 袍 | *buː |
| 袌 | *buː, *buːs |
| 軳 | *buː |
| 抱 | *buːʔ |
| 勽 | *buːs, *mɯnʔ |
| 菢 | *buːs |
| 勹 | *pruː |
| 包 | *pruː |
| 胞 | *pruː, *pʰruː |
| 苞 | *pruː |
| 枹 | *pruː, *bu, *bu |
| 飽 | *pruːʔ |
| 泡 | *pʰruː, *m̥ʰruːs, *bruː |
| 炮 | *pʰruːs, *bruː |
| 皰 | *pʰruːs, *bruːs |
| 疱 | *pʰruːs, *bruːs |
| 跑 | *bruː, *bruːɡ |
| 咆 | *bruː |
| 庖 | *bruː |
| 匏 | *bruː |
| 刨 | *bruː |
| 狍 | *bruː |
| 炰 | *bruː |
| 鉋 | *bruː, *bruːs |
| 瓟 | *bruː, *bruːɡ |
| 颮 | *bruː, *pʰruːɡ |
| 鞄 | *bruː, *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *pʰruːɡ |
| 鮑 | *bruːʔ |
| 骲 | *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *bruːɡ, *pʰoːɡ |
| 玸 | *bu |
| 雹 | *bruːɡ |
| 窇 | *bruːɡ |
Pictogram (象形) – a fetus (巳 (sì)) in the womb (勹), or a swaddled baby. Shuowen gives both interpretations.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bāo (bao$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bao$^1$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): bǎo
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): bào
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бо (bo, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baau$^1$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): baau$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): bau$^1$ / bau$^{1*}$ / bau$^{1-4}$
    (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): baau$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): bau$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pâu
    (Hailu, HRS): bau$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bau$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): bau$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): báu
* Eastern Min (BUC): bău
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bao$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pau / pâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bao$^1$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): bao$^1$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): baau$^1$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$pau
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): bau$^1$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): bau$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bao
*** Wade–Giles: pao$^1$
*** Yale: bāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bau
*** Palladius: бао (bao)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (包兒 / 包儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bāor
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄠㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: baor
*** Wade–Giles: pao$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: bāur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baul
*** Palladius: баор (baor)
*** Sinological IPA : /paʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: bao$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bao
*** Sinological IPA : /pau⁵⁵/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: bǎo
*** Sinological IPA : /pau²¹/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: bào
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): bao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔ³¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бо (bo, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baau$^1$
*** Yale: bāau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːu̯⁵⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: baau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pau²¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: bau$^1$ / bau$^{1*}$ / bau$^{1-4}$
*** Sinological IPA : /pau³³/, /pau³³⁻³³⁵/, /pau³³⁻²¹/
* bau1 - verb;
* bau1* - “bread; bun”;
* bau1-4 - “bag; sack”.
* Middle Chinese: paew
Rime :
| Character | 包 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 布交切 |
| Baxter | paew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠau/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚau/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pau/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /paɨw/ |
| Li Rong | /pau/ |
| Wang Li | /pau/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pau/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | baau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤ<r>u/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pruː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 包 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bāo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pæw › |
| Old Chinese | /*pˁ<r>u/ |
| English | wrap, bundle |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 包 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 273 |
| Phonetic component | 勹 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 包 |
| Old Chinese | /*pruː/ |

#### Definitions

包
* to wrap up; to enwrap; to bundle up
* to include; to encompass
* to cover; to place under cover
* to assure; to ensure; to guarantee
    包你滿意／包你满意 ― bāo nǐ mǎnyì ― You're guaranteed to be pleased
    食包包食飽／食包包食饱 [Cantonese] ― sik$^6$ baau$^1$ baau$^1$ sik$^6$ baau$^2$ [Jyutping] ― Eating bread guarantees you to feel full
* to reserve or dedicate for a specific purpose
    包車／包车 ― bāochē ― to reserve a car
    包場／包场 ― bāochǎng ― to reserve a venue
* to make a wrapped item
    包餃子／包饺子 ― bāo jiǎozi ― to make dumplings
    包雲吞／包云吞 [Cantonese] ― baau$^1$ wan$^4$ tan$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to make wontons
    包粽 [Cantonese] ― baau$^1$ zung$^2$ [Jyutping] ― to make zongzi
* to surround
* (Malaysia, Singapore, slang) Short for 打包 (dǎbāo, “to take away (food)”).
* bundle; bunch
* parcel; package
* (xiangqi) cannon: 🩬 (on the black side)
* (Internet slang) compensation package
    薪資總包／薪资总包 ― xīnzī zǒng bāo ― total compensation package
* (software) compensation package
* bag; sack
    書包／书包 ― shūbāo ― schoolbag; backpack
* bump; swelling
* yurt
* (food) baozi
    Alternative form: 飽 / 饱
    叉燒包／叉烧包 ― chāshāobāo ― char siu bao
    小籠包／小笼包 ― xiǎolóngbāo ― xiaolongbao
* (food) bun; bread (any small baked good)
    Alternative form: 飽 / 饱
    麵包／面包 ― miànbāo ― bread
    漢堡包／汉堡包 ― hànbǎobāo ― hamburger
    食包包食飽／食包包食饱 [Cantonese] ― sik$^6$ baau$^1$ baau$^1$ sik$^6$ baau$^2$ [Jyutping] ― Eating bread guarantees you to feel full
* Classifier for packs or bags.
    一包薯片 ― yī bāo shǔpiàn ― a bag of potato chips
* a surname
    包拯 ― Bāo Zhěng ― Bao Zheng (Chinese politician during the Song dynasty)

##### Synonyms

* (to wrap up):
* 包紮 / 包扎
* 包裹 (bāoguǒ)
* 拍結毬 / 拍结球 (Min Nan)
* 捆紮
* 結紮 / 结扎
* 綁 / 绑 (bǎng)
* 綁紮 / 绑扎
* 經纏 / 经缠 (Min Nan)
* 縛 / 缚 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 纏綁 / 缠绑 (chánbǎng)
* 纏繞 / 缠绕 (chánrào)
* 裹 (guǒ)
* (to include):
* 儲藏 / 储藏 (chǔcáng)
* 包含 (bāohán)
* 包孕 (bāoyùn)
* 包容 (bāoróng)
* 包括 (bāokuò)
* 包羅 / 包罗 (bāoluó)
* 包舉 / 包举 (bāojǔ) (literary)
* 包蘊 / 包蕴 (bāoyùn)
* 含
* 含有 (hányǒu)
* 含蓄 (hánxù)
* 囊括 (nángkuò)
* 容納 / 容纳 (róngnà)
* 涵括 (hánkuò)
* 涵蓋 / 涵盖 (hángài)
* 蘊含 / 蕴含 (yùnhán)
* 蘊涵 / 蕴涵 (yùnhán)
* 蘊藏 / 蕴藏 (yùncáng)
* 貯藏 / 贮藏 (zhùcáng)
* 連 / 连
* (to assure):
* 保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
* 保準 / 保准 (bǎozhǔn) (colloquial)
* 保穩 / 保稳 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 保證 / 保证 (bǎozhèng)
* 保障 (bǎozhàng)
* 保險 / 保险 (bǎoxiǎn)
* 保領 / 保领 (Hokkien)
* 包保 (bāobǎo)
* 包管 (bāoguǎn) (colloquial)
* 包領 / 包领 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 擔保 / 担保 (dānbǎo)
* 確保 / 确保 (quèbǎo)
* 管 (guǎn)
* 管保 (guǎnbǎo) (colloquial)
* 管教 (guǎnjiào)
* (to reserve): 專用／专用 (zhuānyòng)
* (to surround):
* 周旋 (zhōuxuán)
* 圍 / 围 (wéi)
* 圍繞 / 围绕
* 拱 (gǒng)
* 環抱 / 环抱 (huánbào)
* 環繞 / 环绕
* 盤旋 / 盘旋 (pánxuán)
* 迴旋 / 回旋 (huíxuán)
* (baozi):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 包子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 包子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 包子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 包子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 包 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 包子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 包子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 包子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 包子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Dingbian | 包子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 包子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 包子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 包子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 包子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 包子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 包子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 包子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 包子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 包子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 包 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 包 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 包仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 包仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 包 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 包 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 包 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 包 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 包子 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 包子 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 包子 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 包子 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 包子 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 包 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 大包 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 包子 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 包子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 包子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 包子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 包仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 包哩 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 包 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 包 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 包 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 包仔 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 包 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 包子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 包仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 包仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 包仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 包 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 包仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 包子 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 包 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 包 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 饅頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 包子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 包子, 圪組子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 包仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 包 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 包仔, 包 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 包仔, 包 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 包仔, 包 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 包仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 包 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 包 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 燒包 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 包 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 包 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 包 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 包 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 包 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 包 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 包 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 包 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 包 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 包子 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 包 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 包子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 饅頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 饅頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 饅頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 饅頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 饅頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 包子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 饅頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 包子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 饅頭 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 包子 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 包子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 包子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 包子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 包子 |
* (bread):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 麵包 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 麵包 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 麵包 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 麵包 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 麵包 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 麵包 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 麵包 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 麵包, 列巴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 麵包, 列巴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 麵包, 列巴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 麵包 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 麵包 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 麵包 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 麵包 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 麵包 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 麵包 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 麵包 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 麵包 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 麵包 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 麵包 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 麵包 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 麵包 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 麵包 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 麵包 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 麵包 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 麵包 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 麵包 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 麵包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 麵包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 麵包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 麵包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 麵包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 麵包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 麵包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 麵包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 麵包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 麵包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 麵包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 麵包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 麵包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 麵包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 麵包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 合列巴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 合列巴 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 麵包 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 麵包 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 麵包 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 麵包 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 麵包, 列巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Shanglin (Sanli) | 烤包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 麵包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 麵包 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 麵包 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 麵包 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 麵包 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 麵包子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 麵包 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 麵包 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 麵包 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 麵包 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 麵包 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 麵包 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 麵包, 包 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 麵包 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 麵包 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 麵包 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 麵包, 餅麵 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 麵包 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 燒包 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 麵包, 羅啲 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 麵包, 羅啲 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 麵包 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 麵包, 餅麵 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 麵包 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 麵包 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 麵包 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 麭 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 麭 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 麭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 麵包, 麭 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 麵包, 麭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 麵包, 麭 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 麵包 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 麵包, 麭 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 麵包 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 羅啲 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 羅啲 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 麵包 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 麵包 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 麵包 |
| Jin | Datong | 麵包 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 麵包 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 麵包 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 麵包 |
| Jin | Linhe | 麵包 |
| Jin | Jining | 麵包 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 麵包 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 麵包 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 麵包 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 麵包 |
| Jin | Handan | 麵包 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 麵包 |
| Jin | Suide | 麵包 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 麵包 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 麵包 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 麵包 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 麵包 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 麵包 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 麵包 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 麭 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 麭, 麵包 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 麭, 麵包 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 麭 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 麭, 麵包 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 麭 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 麭 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 麭 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 麭, 麵包 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 麵包 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 麭, 麵包 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 麭, 麵包 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 麭 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 麭 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 麭, 麵包 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 麭 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 麭, 麵包 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 麭 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 麭 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 麵包, 麭 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 麭 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 麭 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 羅啲 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 羅啲 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 麵頭, 麵包 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 酸包 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 麵包, 羅啲 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 羅啲 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 羅啲 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 麵包 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 羅啲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 麵包 |

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to wrap up”):
* 解開 / 解开 (jiěkāi)

#### Compounds

* 一手包攬 / 一手包揽
* 一手包辦 / 一手包办 (yīshǒubāobàn)
* 一攬包收 / 一揽包收
* 上腰包
* 丟包術 / 丢包术
* 倒包
* 倒包錢 / 倒包钱
* 做倒包
* 傘包 / 伞包
* 公事包 (gōngshìbāo)
* 兼容并包
* 刈包
* 分包 (fēnbāo)
* 利樂包 / 利乐包 (lìlèbāo)
* 割包
* 包世臣
* 包伙 (bāohuǒ)
* 包元兒 / 包元儿
* 包兒 / 包儿 (bāor)
* 包公 (bāogōng)
* 包公案
* 包准
* 包占
* 包取
* 包含 (bāohán)
* 包商
* 包單 / 包单
* 包囊
* 包圍 / 包围 (bāowéi)
* 包圓兒 / 包圆儿 (bāoyuánr)
* 包場 / 包场 (bāochǎng)
* 包妓
* 包姆
* 包姆加登
* 包子 (bāozi, “baozi”)
* 包孕 (bāoyùn)
* 包孕句
* 包字頭 / 包字头 (bāozìtóu)
* 包客
* 包容 (bāoróng)
* 包山
* 包工 (bāogōng)
* 包工連鎖 / 包工连锁
* 包庇
* 包廂 / 包厢 (bāoxiāng)
* 包彈 / 包弹
* 包待制
* 包心菜 (bāoxīncài)
* 包打聽 / 包打听 (bāodǎtīng)
* 包抄 (bāochāo)
* 包括 (bāokuò)
* 包拯
* 包探 (bāotàn)
* 包換 / 包换
* 包攬 / 包揽 (bāolǎn)
* 包攬詞訟 / 包揽词讼 (bāolǎn císòng)
* 包攬閒事 / 包揽闲事
* 包晶反應 / 包晶反应
* 包月 (bāoyuè)
* 包析反應 / 包析反应
* 包機 / 包机 (bāojī)
* 包檔 / 包档
* 包浩斯
* 包涵 (bāohán)
* 包涵兒 / 包涵儿
* 包漿 / 包浆 (bāojiāng)
* 包焦尼
* 包爾德樂 / 包尔德乐
* 包牙
* 包班制
* 包用
* 包皮 (bāopí)
* 包票 (bāopiào)
* 包租 (bāozū)
* 包種茶 / 包种茶 (bāozhòngchá)
* 包穀 / 包谷 (bāogǔ)
* 包管 (bāoguǎn)
* 包籠 / 包笼
* 包米 (bāomǐ)
* 包米棒子
* 包紮 / 包扎
* 包羅 / 包罗 (bāoluó)
* 包羅萬象 / 包罗万象 (bāoluó-wànxiàng)
* 包羞忍恥 / 包羞忍耻
* 包背裝 / 包背装
* 包腳 / 包脚 (bāojiǎo)
* 包膜
* 包舉 / 包举 (bāojǔ)
* 包船
* 包茅
* 包荒
* 包莊 / 包庄
* 包莖 / 包茎
* 包葫蘆頭 / 包葫芦头
* 包藏 (bāocáng)
* 包藏禍心 / 包藏祸心 (bāocáng-huòxīn)
* 包融
* 包衣 (bāoyī)
* 包袱
* 包袱底兒 / 包袱底儿 (bāofudǐr)
* 包裝 / 包装 (bāozhuāng)
* 包裝水 / 包装水
* 包裝紙 / 包装纸 (bāozhuāngzhǐ)
* 包裝設計 / 包装设计
* 包裹 (bāoguǒ, “package”)
* 包裹保險 / 包裹保险
* 包裹表決 / 包裹表决
* 包谷 (bāogǔ)
* 包谷花
* 包賠 / 包赔 (bāopéi)
* 包身工 (bāoshēngōng)
* 包車 / 包车 (bāochē)
* 包辦 / 包办 (bāobàn)
* 包通
* 包遵彭
* 包金 (bāojīn)
* 包銀 / 包银 (bāoyín)
* 包銷 / 包销 (bāoxiāo)
* 包青天 (Bāoqīngtiān)
* 包頭 / 包头 (bāotóu)
* 包頭市 / 包头市
* 包頭的 / 包头的
* 包頭縣 / 包头县
* 包飯 / 包饭 (bāofàn)
* 包髻
* 包髻團衫 / 包髻团衫
* 包龍圖 / 包龙图
* 半包兒 / 半包儿
* 卸包袱
* 叉燒包 / 叉烧包 (chāshāobāo)
* 受氣包 / 受气包 (shòuqìbāo)
* 土包 (tǔbāo)
* 土包子 (tǔbāozi)
* 壘包 / 垒包
* 外包 (wàibāo)
* 大包小包 (dàbāoxiǎobāo)
* 大度包容
* 套包
* 如假包換 / 如假包换 (rújiǎbāohuàn)
* 存包處 / 存包处
* 封包 (fēngbāo)
* 小包 (xiǎobāo)
* 小籠包 / 小笼包 (xiǎolóngbāo)
* 并包
* 床包 (chuángbāo)
* 彈包 / 弹包
* 心包絡 / 心包络 (xīnbāoluò)
* 急救包 (jíjiùbāo)
* 懶人包 / 懒人包 (lǎnrénbāo)
* 戲包袱 / 戏包袱
* 手提包 (shǒutíbāo)
* 打包 (dǎbāo)
* 打包票 (dǎ bāopiào)
* 承包 (chéngbāo)
* 抖包
* 承包商 (chéngbāoshāng)
* 挑包策馬 / 挑包策马
* 捆包 (“bale”)
* 掉包 (diàobāo)
* 捲包 / 卷包
* 掏腰包 (tāo yāobāo)
* 提包 (tíbāo)
* 搭包
* 搠包兒 / 搠包儿
* 摟包兒 / 搂包儿
* 摟包兒匠 / 搂包儿匠
* 擣包 / 捣包
* 攮包
* 放包袱
* 敖包 (áobāo)
* 旅行包
* 書包 / 书包 (shūbāo, “backpack”)
* 月亮包 (Yuèliàngbāo)
* 歸裡包堆 / 归里包堆
* 毛包
* 氈包 / 毡包
* 氣包子 / 气包子
* 沙包 (shābāo)
* 沒包彈 / 没包弹
* 洋包子
* 湯包 / 汤包 (tāngbāo)
* 潑包婁 / 泼包娄
* 潛包禍謀 / 潜包祸谋
* 烤麵包機 / 烤面包机 (kǎomiànbāojī)
* 無所不包 / 无所不包 (wúsuǒbùbāo)
* 煙合包 / 烟合包
* 煙袋荷包 / 烟袋荷包
* 燒包 / 烧包 (shāobāo)
* 申包胥
* 病包兒 / 病包儿 (bìngbāor)
* 發包 / 发包 (fābāo)
* 皮包 (píbāo)
* 皮包骨 (píbāogǔ)
* 真空包裝 / 真空包装 (zhēnkōng bāozhuāng)
* 石包城 (Shíbāochéng)
* 破包簍 / 破包篓
* 破酥包
* 萬象包羅 / 万象包罗
* 空包彈 / 空包弹 (kōngbāodàn)
* 管包
* 粉湯包子 / 粉汤包子
* 紅包 / 红包 (hóngbāo)
* 紅包場 / 红包场 (hóngbāochǎng)
* 紙包 / 纸包
* 紗包線 / 纱包线 (shābāoxiàn)
* 絲包線 / 丝包线
* 絞包針 / 绞包针
* 緊包程 / 紧包程
* 總包寄遞 / 总包寄递
* 繡荷包 / 绣荷包
* 羅裙包土 / 罗裙包土
* 老包
* 肉包子 (ròubāozi)
* 肚包
* 背包 (bēibāo)
* 腰包 (yāobāo)
* 膿包 / 脓包 (nóngbāo)
* 膿包貨 / 脓包货
* 膽大包天 / 胆大包天
* 自掏腰包 (zì tāo yāobāo)
* 航空包裹
* 色膽包天 / 色胆包天
* 茶包 (chábāo)
* 草包 (cǎobāo)
* 荷包 (hébāo)
* 荷包蛋 (hébāodàn)
* 菜包子 (càibāozi)
* 蒲包兒 / 蒲包儿
* 蒙古包 (měnggǔbāo)
* 藥包 / 药包
* 衣包 (yībāo)
* 褡包
* 調包 / 调包 (diàobāo)
* 跟包
* 軟包裝 / 软包装
* 軟膿包 / 软脓包
* 轉包 / 转包 (zhuǎnbāo)
* 遞包袱 / 递包袱
* 郵包 / 邮包 (yóubāo)
* 鋁箔包 / 铝箔包
* 錢包 / 钱包 (qiánbāo)
* 鑲金包銀 / 镶金包银
* 門包 / 门包
* 閻羅包老 / 阎罗包老
* 隨身包 / 随身包
* 雙包 / 双包
* 雞包仔 / 鸡包仔 (jībāozǎi)
* 電子錢包 / 电子钱包
* 香包 (xiāngbāo)
* 香荷包
* 騷包 / 骚包 (sāobāo)
* 鬆蛋包 / 松蛋包
* 麵包 / 面包 (miànbāo, “bread”)
* 麵包樹 / 面包树 (miànbāoshù)
* 麵包車 / 面包车 (miànbāochē)
* 麻包 (mábāo)
* 黃包車 / 黄包车 (huángbāochē)

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: bao (包)
Others:
* → English: bao, bau, bow, pao, pau
* ⇒ Khmer: នំប៉ាវ (num paaw)
* ⇒ Lao: ກະ​ລາ​ເປົ໋າ (ka lā pao)
* → Malay: pau
* ⇒ Thai: ซาลาเปา (saa-laa-bpao)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): páo (pao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: páo
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: páo
*** Wade–Giles: pʻao$^2$
*** Yale: páu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paur
*** Palladius: пао (pao)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

包
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 庖 (páo, “kitchen”).
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 匏 (páo, “bottle gourd”).

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fú (fu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fú
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fú
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^2$
*** Yale: fú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
*** Palladius: фу (fu)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵/

#### Definitions

包
* Only used in 包來／包来.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 包 |
| Kyūjitai | 包󠄁 包+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 包󠄃 包+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
* to wrap up

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
* Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)
* Kun: くるむ (kurumu, 包む)、つつみ (tsutsumi, 包み)、つつむ (tsutsumu, 包む, Jōyō)
* Nanori: お (o)、かた (kata)、かつ (katsu)、かぬ (kanu)、かね (kane)、しげ (shige)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 包
* ぱお Grade: 4
* irregular
Borrowed from Mandarin 包 (bāo).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) パオ [páꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [pa̠o̞]

#### Noun

包(パオ) • (pao)
* yurt (housing)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 包
* つつ(み) Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 包 – see the following entry. :
| 【つつみ】 | [noun] package [noun] parcel [verb] stem or continuative form of 包む (tsutsumu, “to wrap”) [godan] Alternative spelling 包み |
(This term, 包, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 包
* くる(み) Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 包 – see the following entry. :
| 【くるみ】 | [noun] a bundle, a parcel, that which is wrapped [verb] stem or continuative form of 包む (kurumu, “to wrap”) [godan] Alternative spelling 包み |
(This term, 包, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ “包”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

包 (eumhun 쌀 포 (ssal po))
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包 (eumhun 꾸러미 포 (kkureomi po))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

包: Hán Nôm readings: bao
* chữ Hán form of bao (“to wrap up; to enwrap; to bundle up; to include; to encompass; to cover”).