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bao

noun
USBOW/baʊ/

Pluralbaos, bao

3 meanings of bao

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  1. 1
    nouncountable or uncountable
    A soft, fluffy steamed bun made from wheat flour in Chinese cooking.

    Like a soft white dinner roll, but cooked in steam instead of an oven.

    We ate warm bao with our soup.

    The bao here is soft and slightly sweet.

    Similarbun

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    A steamed bun folded or filled with meat, vegetables, or other tasty fillings.

    Like a soft taco or sandwich, but the wrap is a fluffy steamed bun.

    He ordered a pork bao from the street stall.

    Each bao was packed with juicy filling.

    Similarbaozi, bun

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  3. 3
    noununcountable
    A board game from East Africa played by moving seeds around rows of small pits.

    Like checkers, but you move small seeds around little holes instead of pieces on squares.

    They played bao under the shade of a big tree.

    My grandfather taught me how to play bao.

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Origins

Meanings 1–2

It comes from the Chinese word 包 (bāo in Mandarin, baau1 in Cantonese).

Meaning 3

It comes from the Swahili word bao.