siyopaw

Tagalog

Tagabenta ng siyopaw sa tabi ng kalye. ("Vendor of siopao on the side of a street.")

Alternative forms

• siopao — common
• siyupaw — obsolete
• siupao — obsolete

Etymology

From Philippine Hokkien 燒包／烧包 (sio-pau), itself from Cantonese 叉燒包／叉烧包 (caa¹ siu¹ baau¹). Compare siyomay.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈopaw/ [ˈʃoː.paʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -opaw
• Syllabification: si‧yo‧paw

Noun

siyopaw (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜉᜏ᜔)

1. siopao; Chinese steamed stuffed buns; baozi (usually char siu bao, especially the Philippine variety known as "siopao asado")

Derived terms

• siyopaw asado
• siyopaw bola-bola

 

Related terms

• ampaw
• hupaw
• kuwapaw
• siyomay

 

Descendants

• → English: siopao

References

• “siyopaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 55
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 139