bào

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bao"

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• bao — nonstandard

Pronunciation

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Romanization

bào (bao⁴, Zhuyin ㄅㄠˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 儤
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 刨
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 勽
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 報／报
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 忁
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 抔
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 报
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 抱
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 授
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暴
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 曓
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀐
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 煲
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爆
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犦
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 菢
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 虣
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 袃
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 袌
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 豹
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趵
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉋／刨, 鑤／刨
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 铇
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鞂
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鞄
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鮑／鲍
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鲍
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鸔

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˨˩]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 刨.

Verb

bào

1. to plane

Derived terms

• bào mòn (“to whittle”)

 

Noun

(classifier cái) bào

1. a plane

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 袍.

Noun

bào

1. Only used in áo bào.

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 胞.

Noun

bào

1. (only in compounds) cover; sack; wrapping
2. (only in compounds) womb

Derived terms

• bào thai (胞胎, “fetus”)
• bào tử (胞子, “spore”)
• đồng bào (同胞, “compatriots; countrymen”)
• kiều bào (僑胞, “(collective) overseas Vietnamese”)
• tế bào (細胞, “cell”)