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包子

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 suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad. (包子)		包	子
Literally: “that (little thing) which is wrapped”.

包子

Noun

包子

Chinese steamed stuffed bun; baozi (Classifier: 個／个 m)

See also

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

Descendants

Burmese: ပေါက်စီ ‎(paukci)
Japanese: 包 (パオ)子 (ズ) ‎(paozu)
Korean: 바오즈 (baojeu)
Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠤᠽ ‎(buuz)
Russian: ба́оцзы ‎(báoczy)
Vietnamese: bao tử

Japanese

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

Etymology

Borrowing from Mandarin 包子 ‎(bāozi)

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
(Tokyo) パオズ [páꜜòzù] (Atamadaka - [1])
IPA^(key): [pa̠o̞zɯᵝ]

Noun

包子 ‎(katakana パオズ, romaji paozu)

a baozi

See also

饅 (まん)頭 (じゅう) ‎(manjū)