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baozi

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbɑʊ.(d)zə/
  • /ˈbɑʊ.tsə/
  • /ˈbɑʊ.zi/
  • bouʹdzœʹ
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noun

Meaning 1

A Chinese steamed stuffed bun.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 包子 (bāozi). Doublet of buuz.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: па́учи (páuči) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Burmese: ပေါက်စီ (paukci) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Chinese Cantonese: 包 (baau1) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Chinese Cantonese: 包子 (baau1 zi2) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Chinese: бозы (bozɨ) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Hakka Chinese: 包仔 (pâu-é) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Chinese: 包仔 (zh-min-nan) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Chinese: 勺仔 (sio̍h-á) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Chinese Mandarin: 包子 (bāozi) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Chinese Mandarin: 包 (bāo) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Dutch: bapao — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Finnish: baozi — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Indonesian: bakpao — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Japanese: 中華まん (chūkaman) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Japanese: 包子 (paozu) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Khmer: នំប៉ាវ (num paaw) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Korean: 바오즈 (baojeu) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Korean: 호빵 (hoppang) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Lao: ກະລາເປົ໋າ (ka lā pao) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Malay: pau — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Manchu: ᠪᠣᠣᠰᡝ (boose) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Mongolian: бууз (buuz) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠤᠽ (buuz) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Polish: baozi — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Russian: ба́оцзы (báoczy) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Swedish: baozi — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Tagalog: siyopaw — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Thai: ซาลาเปา (saa-laa-bpao) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Uyghur: مانتا (manta) — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Vietnamese: bánh bao — Chinese steamed stuffed bun
  • Zhuang: bau — Chinese steamed stuffed bun