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包子

Mandarin · pinyin bāo zi

baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)

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包: bāo · wrap, pack, bundle; package
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch

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1–5 · bao1 zi5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

baau1 zi2

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noun

Chinese steamed stuffed bun; baozi (Classifier: 個／个 m)
(dialectal Mandarin) jiaozi dumpling
(figurative, slang) weak and useless person

name

(Internet slang, humorous, sarcastic, sometimes derogatory) nickname for Xi Jinping (born 1953), General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012

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