DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

小籠包

简小笼包 · 繁小籠包

Mandarin · pinyin xiǎo lóng bāo

steamed dumpling

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

小: xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
籠: Look up this written character
包: bāo · wrap, pack, bundle; package
笼: lóng · cage; cage-like basket

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–2–1 · xiao3 long2 bao1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

小籠包 · find source passages ↗ · 小笼包 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 3 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

siu2 lung4 baau1

Cantonese word readings for 小籠包. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

noun

(Chinese cuisine) xiaolongbao (a kind of soup dumpling popular in the Shanghai area)
(Chinese cuisine) any kind of bun prepared in a xiaolong
(Wu, figurative) someone who pretends to be cute

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack