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bao¹

  • /baʊ/

Where it comes from

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

noun baos · bao · bau · bow · pao · pau

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

Similar: dim sum

bao²

  • /baʊ/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Swahili bao.

noun

  1. uncountable A mancala board game played in East Africa.

BAO³

noun BAOs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of baryon acoustic oscillation.baryon acoustic oscillation

Bao⁴

proper noun Baos

  1. A surname.

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