Dictionary

baozi en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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

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

Meanings

1. A Chinese steamed stuffed bun.
   • Some wonderful baozis (steamed white bread) filled with either vegetables, pork, or black bean paste are sold on the streets of most cities and towns scattered throughout the region. 1998, “Pleasures and Pastimes”, in Nancy van Itallie et al., editors, Fodor’s China, New York, N.Y.: Fodor’s Travel Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 7, column 2:
   • We drew into a halt: a few huts, a siding, some heaps of abandoned coal. Ragged children were picking them over but they turned and ran for the sleeper coach windows, holding up chipped and coal-blackened bowls for fragments of yesterday’s bread and baozis, pork-filled dumplings. 1987, Sarah Lloyd, Chinese Characters: A Journey through China, London: Collins, →ISBN, page 222:
   • Jericho turned away and inhaled the smell of fresh wontons and baozis. The stand was busy. Two young men with damply glistening torsos, swathed in the steam that rose from huge pots, swung their ladles, passed bowls of broth and crunchy crab and pork dumplings over the counter. 2009, Frank Schätzing, translated by Shaun Whiteside, Jamie Lee Searle, and Samuel Willcocks, “Steelworks”, in Limit, New York, N.Y.; London: Jo Fletcher Books, Quercus, published 2013, →ISBN, page 435:

Forms

Relateds

mantou

Synonyms

bao · pao · pau

Translations (31)

hak 包仔 (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · tl siyopaw (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · yue 包 (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · vi bánh bao (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · fi baozi (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · my ပေါက်စီ (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · sv baozi (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · id bakpao (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · nl bapao (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · km នំប៉ាវ (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · za bau (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · ja 包子 (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · th ซาลาเปา (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · ko 호빵 (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · ja 中華まん (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · yue 包子 (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · ru ба́оцзы (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · ug مانتا (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · mnc ᠪᠣᠣᠰᡝ (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · dng бозы (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · nan-hbl 勺仔 (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · nan-hbl 包仔 (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · cmn 包子 (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · mn бууз (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · lo ກະລາເປົ໋າ (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · ms pau (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · pl baozi (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · mn ᠪᠤᠤᠽ (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · cmn 包 (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · ko 바오즈 (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) · bg па́учи (Chinese steamed stuffed bun)