bao

bao

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Waimaha.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Waimaha terms

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

• bau, bow, pao, pau

• IPA^(key): /baʊ/

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bao (countable and uncountable, plural baos or bao)

1. Any of various types of steamed bread or bun used in Chinese cuisine
2. A sandwich or stuffed bun made with this bread

• See Thesaurus:dim sum

• Baozi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Swahili bao.

• IPA^(key): /baʊ/

bao (uncountable)

1. A mancala board game played in East Africa.

• Bao (mancala game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

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

bao

1. tortoise; turtle

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

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʔoʔ/
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Hyphenation: ba‧o

bao

1. a tortoise
2. a turtle
3. (vehicles, automotive, slang) Volkswagen Beetle

baó

1. tortoise, turtle
2. (vehicles, automotive, slang) Volkswagen Beetle

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

• Hyphenation: ba‧ó
• IPA^(key): /baˈʔu/, [bɐˈʔo]

baó

1. mouse

• baoen

bao

1. nonstandard spelling of bāo
2. nonstandard spelling of báo
3. nonstandard spelling of bǎo
4. nonstandard spelling of bào

• 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.

Akin to Maranao bao'o.

bao

1. turtle

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu.

baò

1. smell

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

bao

1. bird
2. chicken
3. fowl

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

• IPA^(key): /ˈbao/ [ˈba.o]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: ba‧o

bao m (plural baos)

1. bao (Chinese bread)

• “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], 10 December 2024

• IPA^(key): /baˈoʔ/

bao

1. great-great-grandparents
2. great-great-grandchild

• (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, ^{(Category: su:Family)}

• "bao" in Maman Sumantri, Atjep Djamaludin, Achmad Patoni, R.H. Moch. Koerdie, M.O. Koesman, Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (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

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bao class V (plural mabao class VI)

1. board (piece of wood)
2. goal

   Synonym: goli

3. board game
4. a traditional Swahili mancala board game played in most of East Africa

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

bao (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ)

1. coconut shell stripped of its husk and meat

   Synonym: tsireta

2. (anatomy) cranium

   Synonym: bao ng ulo

baó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ)

1. (games, obsolete) a game of various chances, done with a coconut shell, and a cane placed crosswise on the ground

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

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

bao (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ)

1. alternative form of balo (“widow; widower”)

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

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

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

baó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ) (dialectal, Quezon)

1. tortoise found on land or fresh water

• “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

• abo

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

bao

1. 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)

2. 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)

• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[3] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.o]

bao

1. a water current

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

bao m (plural bai)

1. worm
2. bug

• baéto

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧]

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 包.

(classifier cái, chiếc) bao

1. bag; sack; pack
2. box; packet

• → Khmer: បាវ (baaw)

• bị; túi

bao

1. to enclose; to envelope; to cover
2. to guarantee; to assure
3. to take on everything; to undertake (the whole of) something as someone's proxy
4. 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.

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

bao • (包)

1. (literary when used stand-alone) how; how much

   Ngàn năm là bao?

   How long is one thousand years really?

2. (Mekong Delta, colloquial) very; super (placed before an adjective to intensify)

   cam bao ngọt ― super-duper sweet oranges

bao • (包)

1. (literary) so many

   bao người ― people everywhere

   bao ngày ― day after day

• boa

baó

1. turtle; tortoise