包包

Chinese

		to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)	to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)
simp. and trad. (包包)		包	包

Etymology

Reduplicative diminutive.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bāobāo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠㄅㄠ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bao¹ bao¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): baau¹ baau¹
Jin (Wiktionary): bau¹ bau^1-3

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāobāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠㄅㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: baobao
  - Wade–Giles: pao¹-pao¹
  - Yale: bāu-bāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baubau
  - Palladius: баобао (baobao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāorbāor
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠㄦㄅㄠㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: baorbaor
  - Wade–Giles: pao¹-ʼrh-pao¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: bāur-bāur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baulbaul
  - Palladius: баорбаор (baorbaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵ paʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bao¹ bao¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: baobao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau⁵⁵ pau⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baau¹ baau¹
  - Yale: bāau bāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baau¹ baau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bao¹ bao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯⁵⁵ paːu̯⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bau¹ bau^1-3
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pau¹¹ pau¹¹⁻⁴⁵/

Noun

包包

(childish or cute-sounding) bag
(Sichuanese) pocket (bag sewn into clothing)
(chiefly Cantonese, childish) bread; bun

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 口袋 (“pocket (sewn into clothing)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口袋, 衣袋, 衣兜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	兜兒, 衣袋兒
	Taiwan	口袋
	Harbin	兜兒, 挎兜兒
	Singapore	口袋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	布袋兒, 布袋子, 口袋兒, 兜兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	布袋兒, 布兜兒, 兜兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	兜兒
	Wanrong	布袋
	Xi'an	口袋兒, 底底兒
	Xining	絀絀
	Xuzhou	挎包
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	兜兜子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	口袋, 衣服口袋子, 儲褡子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	包包, 包包兒, 荷包兒
	Wuhan	荷包, 口袋
	Guiyang	荷包
	Guilin	口袋
	Liuzhou	荷包, 口袋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	荷包
	Yangzhou	口袋
	Hefei	荷包, 口袋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	袋
	Hong Kong	袋
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	袋
	Macau	袋
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	袋
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	袋
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	袋仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	袋
	Foshan	袋
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	袋
	Foshan (Shunde)	袋
	Foshan (Sanshui)	袋
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	袋
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	袋
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	袋
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	袋
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	袋
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	袋
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	袋
	Taishan	袋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	袋
	Enping (Niujiang)	袋
	Heshan (Yayao)	袋
	Dongguan	袋
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	袋
	Yangjiang	袋
Gan	Nanchang	荷包
	Lichuan	荷包
	Pingxiang	袋仔
Hakka	Meixian	袋仔, 衫袋仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	袋
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	袋
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	袋
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	袋
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	燒袋
	Yudu	荷包
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	袋仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	袋仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	袋仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	袋
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	袋仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	袋
Huizhou	Jixi	夾袋
Jin	Taiyuan	布袋袋, 倒叉叉, 兜兜
Jin	Xinzhou	倒叉叉, 倒叉子, 布袋袋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	袋仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	袋袋
Southern Min	Xiamen	袋仔
	Quanzhou	袋仔, 袋橐
	Jinjiang	通懷, 橐仔
	Yongchun	轆囝
	Zhangzhou	袋仔, 轆袋仔, 轆仔, 交袋仔
	Taipei	轆袋仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	轆袋仔
	Kaohsiung	轆袋仔
	Yilan	轆袋仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	通懷仔
	Taichung	轆袋仔
	Tainan	轆袋仔
	Hsinchu	袋仔
	Kinmen	袋仔, 轆仔
	Penghu (Magong)	轆袋仔, 轆仔, 懷
	Singapore (Hokkien)	轆袋, 袋
	Manila (Hokkien)	袋仔, 通懷, 橐仔
	Chaozhou	衫袋
	Shantou	袋
	Jieyang	衫袋
	Puning	勾袋
	Leizhou	袋
	Haikou	袋, 囊
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	袋
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	荷包
Wu	Shanghai	袋, 袋袋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	袋袋
	Suzhou	袋袋
	Danyang	袋袋, 袋子, 口袋
	Hangzhou	袋兒
	Ningbo	袋袋, 袋衫
	Wenzhou	兜兜, 兜
	Jinhua	袋
Xiang	Changsha	襖袋, 荷包
	Loudi	袋公
	Shuangfeng	袋子, 荷包

Descendants

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