飽

See also: 饱

飽 U+98FD, 飽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-98FD ← 飼 [U+98FC] CJK Unified Ideographs 飾 → [U+98FE]

Translingual

Han character

飽 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人戈心口山 (OIPRU), four-corner 8771₂, composition ⿰飠包)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1418, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44109
• Dae Jaweon: page 1942, character 42
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4448, character 12
• Unihan data for U+98FD

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 飽
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (勹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
袍	*buː
袌	*buː, *buːs
軳	*buː
抱	*buːʔ
勽	*buːs, *mɯnʔ
菢	*buːs
勹	*pruː
包	*pruː
胞	*pruː, *pʰruː
苞	*pruː
枹	*pruː, *bu, *bu
飽	*pruːʔ
泡	*pʰruː, *m̥ʰruːs, *bruː
炮	*pʰruːs, *bruː
皰	*pʰruːs, *bruːs
疱	*pʰruːs, *bruːs
跑	*bruː, *bruːɡ
咆	*bruː
庖	*bruː
匏	*bruː
刨	*bruː
狍	*bruː
炰	*bruː
鉋	*bruː, *bruːs
瓟	*bruː, *bruːɡ
颮	*bruː, *pʰruːɡ
鞄	*bruː, *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *pʰruːɡ
鮑	*bruːʔ
骲	*bruːʔ, *bruːs, *bruːɡ, *pʰoːɡ
玸	*bu
雹	*bruːɡ
窇	*bruːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pruːʔ): semantic 食 (“food”) + phonetic 包 (OC *pruː).

For etymology 2, the 食 radical specifies its dietary use (instead of just being a generic wrap).

Etymology 1

trad.		飽
simp.		饱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎo (bao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baau²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): páu

  (Hailu, HRS): bau^ˊ

• Eastern Min (BUC): bā
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bor³ / bao³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pá / páu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ba²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pao³
    • Yale: bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bao
    • Palladius: бао (bao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baau²
    • Yale: báau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: páu
    • Hakka Romanization System: bau^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bau³
    • Sinological IPA: /pau̯³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: bau^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /pau²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bor³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bô̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bor³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒ³³²/
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bao³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³³²/

Note: bor3- vernacular, bao3 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pá / páu
    • Tâi-lô: pá / páu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: par, pao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁵³/, /pau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pa⁵⁵⁴/, /pau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁵³/, /pau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa⁵³/, /pau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴¹/, /pau⁴¹/

Note: pá - vernacular, páu - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ba²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pau
    • MiniDict: pau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɔ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: paewX

Rime
Character	飽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	博巧切
Baxter	paewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠauX/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚauX/
Shao Rongfen	/pauX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨwX/
Li Rong	/pauX/
Wang Li	/pauX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pauX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baau2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤruʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pruːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	飽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ pæwX ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁruʔ/
English	be satiated
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	飽
Reading #	1/1
No.	277
Phonetic component	勹
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	飽
Old Chinese	/*pruːʔ/

Definitions

飽

1. full (after meal)

   吃飽／吃饱  ―  chībǎo  ―  to eat one's fill

   噇飽恰閒。 [Eastern Min, trad.]
   噇饱恰闲。 [Eastern Min, simp.]

   Chòng bā kák-èng. / [t͡sʰouŋ⁵³ pa³³ kʰaʔ²⁴⁻²¹ ɛiŋ⁵³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

   Have nothing else to do. / Don't you have nothing else to do? / Mind your own concerns/business.

2. full; replete; abounding (in)
3. plump
4. to satisfy
5. to embezzle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 飽 (“full (after meal)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		飽
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	飽
	Taiwan	飽
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	飽
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	飽
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	飽
	Wuhan	飽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	飽
	Hefei	飽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飽
	Hong Kong	飽
	Taishan	飽
	Yangjiang	飽, 脹
Gan	Nanchang	飽
Hakka	Meixian	飽
Jin	Taiyuan	飽
Northern Min	Jian'ou	飽
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	飽
Southern Min	Xiamen	飽
	Quanzhou	飽
	Zhangzhou	飽
	Manila (Hokkien)	飽
	Chaozhou	飽
Wu	Suzhou	飽
	Wenzhou	飽
Xiang	Changsha	飽
	Shuangfeng	飽

Compounds

• 一飽口福 / 一饱口福
• 一飽眼福 / 一饱眼福 (yībǎoyǎnfú)
• 不飽和脂肪 / 不饱和脂肪 (bùbǎohé zhīfáng)
• 中飽 / 中饱 (zhōngbǎo)
• 中飽私囊 / 中饱私囊 (zhōngbǎosīnáng)
• 半菽不飽 / 半菽不饱
• 半飢半飽 / 半饥半饱
• 吃到飽 / 吃到饱 (chīdàobǎo)
• 吃飽 / 吃饱 (chībǎo)
• 喝足飯飽 / 喝足饭饱
• 喝飽 / 喝饱
• 填飽 / 填饱
• 填飽肚子 / 填饱肚子
• 士飽馬騰 / 士饱马腾
• 大飽 / 大饱
• 大飽口福 / 大饱口福
• 大飽眼福 / 大饱眼福 (dàbǎoyǎnfú)
• 大飽私囊 / 大饱私囊
• 失飢傷飽 / 失饥伤饱
• 打飽咯 / 打饱咯
• 打飽嗝 / 打饱嗝
• 暖衣飽食 / 暖衣饱食
• 欲壑難飽 / 欲壑难饱
• 溫飽 / 温饱 (wēnbǎo)
• 盡飽 / 尽饱
• 眼饞肚飽 / 眼馋肚饱
• 睡飽 / 睡饱 (shuìbǎo)
• 精神飽滿 / 精神饱满 (jīngshénbǎomǎn)
• 茶餘飯飽 / 茶余饭饱
• 虎飽 / 虎饱
• 衣豐食飽 / 衣丰食饱
• 軟飽 / 软饱
• 過飽和 / 过饱和 (guòbǎohé)
• 酒足飯飽 / 酒足饭饱
• 酒醉飯飽 / 酒醉饭饱
• 醉酒飽德 / 醉酒饱德
• 響飽 / 响饱
• 食不念飽 / 食不念饱
• 食不暇飽 / 食不暇饱
• 食不求飽 / 食不求饱
• 食無求飽 / 食无求饱
• 食飽 / 食饱 (sik6 baau2)
• 飢附飽颺 / 饥附饱飏
• 飯飽 / 饭饱
• 飯飽丟箸 / 饭饱丢箸
• 飯飽喝足 / 饭饱喝足
• 飯飽弄箸 / 饭饱弄箸
• 飯飽酒足 / 饭饱酒足
• 飽人不知餓人飢 / 饱人不知饿人饥
• 飽以老拳 / 饱以老拳 (bǎoyǐlǎoquán)
• 飽參 / 饱参
• 飽受 / 饱受 (bǎoshòu)
• 飽含 / 饱含 (bǎohán)
• 飽和 / 饱和 (bǎohé)
• 飽和帶 / 饱和带
• 飽和度 / 饱和度
• 飽和溼度 / 饱和湿度
• 飽和溶液 / 饱和溶液
• 飽和蒸汽 / 饱和蒸汽
• 飽和狀態 / 饱和状态
• 飽和空氣 / 饱和空气
• 飽和脂肪 / 饱和脂肪 (bǎohé zhīfáng)
• 飽和轟炸 / 饱和轰炸
• 飽和點 / 饱和点
• 飽啖一頓 / 饱啖一顿
• 飽嗝 / 饱嗝 (bǎogé)
• 飽嗝兒 / 饱嗝儿 (bǎogér)
• 飽嘗 / 饱尝 (bǎocháng)
• 飽嚐 / 饱尝 (bǎocháng)
• 飽壯 / 饱壮
• 飽學 / 饱学 (bǎoxué)
• 飽學之士 / 饱学之士 (bǎoxuézhīshì)
• 飽學秀才 / 饱学秀才
• 飽學鴻儒 / 饱学鸿儒
• 飽德 / 饱德
• 飽打 / 饱打
• 飽暖 / 饱暖 (bǎonuǎn)
• 飽暖生淫 / 饱暖生淫
• 飽滿 / 饱满 (bǎomǎn)
• 飽漢不知餓漢飢 / 饱汉不知饿汉饥 (bǎo hàn bùzhī è hàn jī)
• 飽看 / 饱看
• 飽眼福 / 饱眼福 (bǎoyǎnfú)
• 飽私囊 / 饱私囊 (bǎosīnáng)
• 飽經世故 / 饱经世故
• 飽經憂患 / 饱经忧患
• 飽經滄桑 / 饱经沧桑 (bǎojīngcāngsāng)
• 飽經霜雪 / 饱经霜雪
• 飽經風霜 / 饱经风霜 (bǎojīngfēngshuāng)
• 飽綻 / 饱绽
• 飽聞 / 饱闻
• 飽肚 / 饱肚 (bǎodù)
• 飽腹 / 饱腹 (bǎofù)
• 飽腹感 / 饱腹感 (bǎofùgǎn)
• 飽覽 / 饱览 (bǎolǎn)
• 飽讀 / 饱读 (bǎodú)
• 飽讀詩書 / 饱读诗书 (bǎodúshīshū)
• 飽足 / 饱足 (bǎozú)
• 飽雪 / 饱雪
• 飽颺 / 饱飏
• 飽食 / 饱食 (bǎoshí)
• 飽食暖衣 / 饱食暖衣
• 飽食終日 / 饱食终日 (bǎoshízhōngrì)
• 飽食終日，無所用心 / 饱食终日，无所用心 (bǎoshízhōngrì, wúsuǒyòngxīn)
• 飽餐 / 饱餐 (bǎocān)
• 飽餐一頓 / 饱餐一顿 (bǎocānyīdùn)
• 饑飽 / 饥饱
• 饔飧不飽 / 饔飧不饱

Etymology 2

trad.		飽
simp.		饱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāo (bao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baau¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bau^1*

• Gan (Wiktionary): bau¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pâu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bau¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): bau¹
• Northern Min (KCR): báu
• Eastern Min (BUC): bău
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bao¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bao
    • Wade–Giles: pao¹
    • Yale: bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bau
    • Palladius: бао (bao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baau¹
    • Yale: bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bau^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³³⁻³³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: bau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: bau^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pau̯²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pau⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: bau¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pau¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: báu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pau
    • Tâi-lô: pau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pau⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bao¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pau
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹pau
    • MiniDict: pau^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɔ⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒu̯³³/

Definitions

飽

1. alternative form of 包 (“bun; bread”)
   • 1982, c:File:New York-Chinatown-08-Mott-Str.-Laeden-1982-gje.jpg

     酥皮加映飽 [Cantonese, trad.]
     酥皮加映饱 [Cantonese, simp.]

     sou¹ pei^4-2 gaa¹ jing² baau¹ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • c. 2020, 香港中文大學自學中心 [The Independent Learning Centre, CUHK], 粵語拼音速遞, 聲母: 玩一玩

     奶黃飽 [Cantonese, trad.]
     奶黄饱 [Cantonese, simp.]

     naai⁵ wong⁴ baau¹ [Jyutping]

     custard bun

   • 2023,

     麥當勞新推鹽酥雞排飽 [Cantonese, trad.]
     麦当劳新推盐酥鸡排饱 [Cantonese, simp.]

     mak⁶ dong¹ lou⁴ san¹ teoi¹ jim⁴ sou¹ gai¹ paai⁴ baau¹ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

• (Hokkien) “飽”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• (Puxian Min) 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “饱”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 176.