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燒包
简 烧包 · 繁 燒包Mandarin · pinyin shāo bāo
Meanings
- to forget oneself in extravagance
- to burn money
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1–1 · shao1 bao1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
siu1 baau1
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verb
- (dialectal Mandarin, including dialectal Jin) to be drunken with success; to have a swollen head; to forget oneself in extravagance
- (regional, including Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan) to burn hell money that is packaged into a bundle (especially around the Ghost Festival)
- (Sichuanese, of chicks) to crowd together and fall ill because their body heat cannot be released
noun
- (Philippine Hokkien) siopao; Chinese steamed stuffed bun; baozi (usually char siu bao)
- (Malaysian Cantonese) siew pau, a local speciality of Seremban
- (Fangcheng Yue Cantonese) bread
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