包子
bāo zi
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A steamed bun with a filling, usually minced pork or vegetables, eaten for breakfast or as a snack. A plain bun with no filling is 馒头 (mántou); dumplings that are boiled instead of steamed are 饺子.
Bánh bao: bánh bột mì hấp có nhân, thường là thịt băm hoặc rau, hay được ăn vào bữa sáng. Bánh hấp không nhân là 馒头 (bánh màn thầu); còn loại luộc trong nước là 饺子 (sủi cảo).
NounRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 子 = tử · Vietnamese false friend: Idiomer entry “bao tử” (bao-tu-nam). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “包子” mean?
A steamed bun with a filling, usually minced pork or vegetables, eaten for breakfast or as a snack. A plain bun with no filling is 馒头 (mántou); dumplings that are boiled instead of steamed are 饺子.
Is “包子” formal or informal?
包子 is generally neutral.