"bao" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /baʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bao.wav [Southern-England] Forms: baos [plural], bao [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 包 (bāo) or Cantonese 包 (baau1). Cognate of Vietnamese bánh bao. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|cmn|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Mandarin, {{bor+|en|cmn|-}} Borrowed from Mandarin, {{zh-m|包}} 包 (bāo), {{bor|en|yue|-}} Cantonese, {{zh-m|包|tr=baau1}} 包 (baau1), {{cognate|vi|bánh bao}} Vietnamese bánh bao Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|bao}} bao (countable and uncountable, plural baos or bao)
  1. Any of various types of steamed bread or bun used in Chinese cuisine Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Foods Translations (Chinese steamed stuffed bun): ပေါက်စီ (paukci) (Burmese), бозы (bozɨ) [Dungan] (Chinese), 包仔 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), (baau¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 包子 (baau¹ zi²) (Chinese Cantonese), 包子 (bāozi) (Chinese Mandarin), pau (Indonesian), bakpao (Indonesian), 包子 (paozu) (Japanese), パオズ (paozu) (Japanese), 焼包 (Japanese), シャオパオ (Japanese), バインバオ (Japanese), 바오쯔 (baojjeu) (Korean), 바인 바오 (bain bao) (Korean), pau (Malay), бууз (buuz) (Mongolian), ба́оцзы (báoczy) [plural] (Russian), siopao (Tagalog), ซาลาเปา (saa-laa-bpao) (Thai), bánh bao (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-bao-en-noun-s01yidGv Disambiguation of 'Chinese steamed stuffed bun': 58 42
  2. A sandwich or stuffed bun made with this bread Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Foods
    Sense id: en-bao-en-noun-XcLB3g7v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dim sum, bau, bow Derived forms: char siu bao, dan bau, gua bao, hum bow, tangbao
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /baʊ/
Etymology: From Swahili bao. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sw|bao}} Swahili bao Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bao (uncountable)
  1. A mancala board game played in East Africa. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Board games
    Sense id: en-bao-en-noun-2KIB5Vgk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 3 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "Chinese steamed stuffed bun",
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    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Swahili",
    "English terms derived from Swahili",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncountable nouns"
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      "name": "bor"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Swahili bao.",
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      "name": "en-noun"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "en:Board games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mancala board game played in East Africa."
      ],
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          "mancala"
        ],
        [
          "board game",
          "board game"
        ],
        [
          "East Africa",
          "East Africa"
        ]
      ],
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        "uncountable"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/baʊ/"
    }
  ],
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}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": pau-á vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bao",
  "trace": ""
}

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