# bao
## English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin 包 (bāo) or Cantonese 包 (baau1). Cognate of Vietnamese bánh bao.

#### Alternative forms

* bau, bow, pao, pau

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### Noun

bao (countable and uncountable, plural baos or bao)
* Any of various types of steamed bread or bun used in Chinese cuisine
* A sandwich or stuffed bun made with this bread

##### Synonyms

* See Thesaurus:dim sum

##### Related terms

* baozi
* char siu bao
* dan bau
* gua bao
* hum bow
* tangbao

##### See also

* Baozi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 2

From Swahili bao.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baʊ/

#### Noun

bao (uncountable)
* A mancala board game played in East Africa.

##### See also

* Bao (mancala game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Åbo, AOB, boa, oba, Abo, ABO, Boa, a.o.b., Oba., OAB, abo, OBA, A/B/O

## Asi
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baququ. Compare Cebuano bao, Hiligaynon bao, Maranao bao'o and Tausug bauu

### Noun

bao
* tortoise; turtle

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baququ. Compare Hiligaynon bao, Maranao bao'o and Tausug bauu

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Cebuano) IPA: /ˈbaʔoʔ/
* Rhymes: -oʔ
* Hyphenation: ba‧o

### Noun

bao
* a tortoise
* a turtle
* (vehicles, automotive, slang) Volkswagen Beetle

## Hiligaynon
### Noun

baó
* tortoise, turtle
* (vehicles, automotive, slang) Volkswagen Beetle

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balabaw. Compare Cebuano ambaw, Higaonon ambaw, Mansaka ambaw, Tagakaulu Kalagan ambaw, Tausug ambaw, Tiruray ambaw and Makasar balao

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧ó
* IPA: /baˈʔu/, [bɐˈʔo]

### Noun

baó
* mouse

#### Derived terms

* baoen

## Mandarin
### Romanization

bao
* Nonstandard spelling of bāo.
* Nonstandard spelling of báo.
* Nonstandard spelling of bǎo.
* Nonstandard spelling of bào.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Mansaka
### Etymology 1

Akin to Maranao bao'o.

#### Noun

bao
* turtle

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu.

#### Noun

baò
* smell

## Marshallese
### Pronunciation

* (phonetic) IPA: [pˠɑːɔ], (enunciated) [pˠɑ wɔ]
* (phonemic) IPA: /pˠæɰwɛw/
* Bender phonemes: {bahwew}

### Noun

bao
* bird
* chicken
* fowl

### References

* Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbao/ [ˈba.o]
* Rhymes: -ao
* Syllabification: ba‧o

### Noun

bao m (plural baos)
* bao (Chinese bread)

### Further reading

* “bao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sundanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈoʔ/

### Noun

bao
* great-great-grandparents
* great-great-grandchild

#### See also

* (kinship generations) pancakaki; gantung siwur/kait siwur, udeg-udeg, janggawaréng, bao, buyut, aki, bapa, budak, incu, buyut, bao, janggawaréng, udeg-udeg, gantung siwur/kait siwur,

### References

* Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
* Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

bao class V (plural mabao class VI)
* board (piece of wood)
* goal
    Synonym: goli
* board game
* a traditional Swahili mancala board game played in most of East Africa

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈbaʔo/ [ˈbaː.ʔo] (“coconut shell; cranium”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -aʔo
** IPA: /baˈʔo/ [bɐˈʔo] (“game of chances”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -o
* Syllabification: ba‧o

#### Noun

bao (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ)
* coconut shell stripped of its husk and meat
    Synonym: tsireta
* (anatomy) cranium
    Synonym: bao ng ulo

##### Derived terms

* bao ng ulo
* matang bao
* pamao
* tabong-bao

##### See also

* buko
* bunot
* niyog

#### Noun

baó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ)
* (games, obsolete) a game of various chances, done with a coconut shell, and a cane placed crosswise on the ground

##### Derived terms

* magbao

##### See also

* kampasin
* kanbubong
* kanlahig
* kanlalim
* kansipit
* kangbao
* kangurong
* kubakob
* lingay
* luksong kabayo
* manuhan
* San Juan
* tampal binti

### Etymology 2

From elision of /l/ from earlier balo. See more at balo.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbaʔo/ [ˈbaː.ʔo]
* Rhymes: -aʔo
* Syllabification: ba‧o

#### Noun

bao (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ)
* Alternative form of balo (“widow; widower”)

##### Alternative forms

* bauo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
* bawo — obsolete

##### Derived terms

* baong baliw
* pagbauhan
* pagkabao

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Philippine *baququ. Compare Kapampangan pau, Hanunoo paoo, Cebuano bao, Hiligaynon bao, Maranao bao'o, Tausug bauu, and Malay biuku.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /baˈʔo/ [bɐˈʔo]
* Rhymes: -o
* Syllabification: ba‧o

#### Noun

baó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ) (dialectal, Quezon)
* tortoise found on land or fresh water

#### See also

* kamao

### Further reading

* “bao”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971) A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province, Quezon City: Diliman Review, page 69

### Anagrams

* abo

## Tày
### Pronunciation

* (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [ɓaːw˧˧]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [ɓaːw˦˥]

### Noun

bao
* garcinia multiflora
    mác bao ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    dầu mác bao ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* indian lettuce
    Synonym: mước
    slắc bao đeng ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    slắc bao khao ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Derived terms

* cồm bao
* mác bao

### References

* Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
* Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈba.o]

### Noun

bao
* a water current

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Venetan
### Noun

bao m (plural bai)
* worm
* bug

#### Derived terms

* baéto

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔɓaːw˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɓaːw˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɓaːw˧˧]
* Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

### Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 包.

#### Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) bao
* bag; sack; pack
* box; packet

##### Derived terms

* bao kiếm

##### Descendants

* → Khmer: បាវ (baaw)

##### See also

* bị; túi

#### Verb

bao
* to enclose; to envelope; to cover
* to guarantee; to assure
* to take on everything; to undertake (the whole of) something as someone's proxy
* to treat; to pay (for someone else); to foot the bill; to cover (someone else); to stand
    Đi ăn không? Tao bao.Do you want to eat out? It's on me.

##### Derived terms

* bao phủ
* bao quanh
* bao quát
* bao trùm

### Etymology 2

Part of the b-series of demonstratives, along with bây, bấy.

#### Adverb

bao • (包)
* (literary when used stand-alone) how; how much
    Ngàn năm là bao?How long is one thousand years really?
* (Mekong Delta, colloquial) very; super (placed before an adjective to intensify)
    cam bao ngọt ― super-duper sweet oranges

#### Determiner

bao • (包)
* (literary) so many
    bao người ― people everywhere
    bao ngày ― day after day

##### See also

proximal (*-iː)
distal 1 (*-iːʔ)
distal 2 (*-əːʔ)
distal 3/ remote (*-ɔːʔ)
interrogative (rime was a rounded back vowel)
place, attributive$^1$ n-
ni nì này/nầy nây
nấy
nớ
nọ (nó)
nào
place, nominal$^2$ đ-
đây
đấy (ấy)
đó
đâu
manner r-
ri rày
rứa
ru sao$^3$
extent 1$^4$ b-
bây
bấy
bao
extent 2$^5$ v-
vầy
vậy
$^1$ Originally can only follow a nominal (being used attributively), hence nơi này (“this place; here”), nơi nào (“where”) (no longer completely true in the modern language). $^2$ Can be used on its own/is itself nominal, hence đây (“here”), đâu (“where”). $^3$ From earlier *C-raːw (where *C is nonspecific consonant). $^4$ Placed before the head: bây nhiêu (“this much”), bấy nhiêu (“that much”), bao nhiêu (“how much”). $^5$ Placed after the head: nhanh vầy (“this fast”), nhanh vậy (“that fast/so fast”).
visibility/evidentiality$^6$
distal (ngang)
remote (huyền)
Northern-Southern
kia (cơ)
kìa (cờ)
Central
tê
tề
$^6$ Originally, these demonstratives might have been used to assert that something is visible and/or verifiable. They have been bleached quite thoroughly and currently are usually used like other distal demonstratives. The biggest trace of their evidentiality might be in their usage as final particles, often in reduced forms cơ/cờ: [t]ừ đấy về tới Hà Nội, còn những ba cái cầu nữa cơ mà! ("From there to Hanoi, there're still three more bridges to cross!") (Ba ngày luân lạc, 1943). :
* bao giờ
* bao nhiêu

### Anagrams

* boa

## Waray-Waray
### Noun

baó
* turtle; tortoise