大包

Chinese

Etymology 1

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	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. (大包)		大	包

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàbāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ baau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàbāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàbao
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pao¹
    • Yale: dà-bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbau
    • Palladius: дабао (dabao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ baau¹
    • Yale: daaih bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² paːu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

大包

1. (literary) the universe

Etymology 2

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	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. (大包)		大	包
alternative forms		大飽／大饱

大包 (large steamed chicken bun)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàbāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ baau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-pau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàbāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàbao
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pao¹
    • Yale: dà-bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbau
    • Palladius: дабао (dabao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ baau¹
    • Yale: daaih bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² paːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-pau
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-pau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxpaw
    • IPA (Singapore): /tua²²⁻²¹ pau⁴⁴/

Noun

大包

1. large steamed bun with filling
   1. (particularly) large steamed chicken bun (a dim sum dish that used to be popular)
      • 2001, “大包整多兩籠大包”, 謝立文 [Brian Tse] (lyrics), 舒曼 [Robert Schumann] (music), performed by 李晉緯:

        大包整多兩籠唔怕滯 [Cantonese, trad.]
        大包整多两笼唔怕滞 [Cantonese, simp.]

        daai⁶ baau¹ zing² do¹ loeng⁵ lung⁴ m⁴ paa³ zai⁶ [Jyutping]

        Two more steamers of large chicken buns for me! I won't fret feeling bloated

Synonyms

• (large steamed chicken bun): 雞球大包／鸡球大包

Derived terms

• 賣大包 / 卖大包

See also

• bánh bao