鮑

See also: 鲍

鮑 U+9B91, 鮑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B91 ← 鮐 [U+9B90] CJK Unified Ideographs 鮒 → [U+9B92]

Translingual

Han character

鮑 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+5, 16 strokes, cangjie input 弓火心口山 (NFPRU), four-corner 2731₂, composition ⿰魚包)

Derived characters

• 𧂫

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1468, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46074
• Dae Jaweon: page 2001, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4683, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9B91

Chinese

trad.		鮑
simp.		鲍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鮑
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bào (bao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baau⁶ / baau¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pâu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bau¹

  (Changting, Changting Pinyin): bao⁴

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bao⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bào
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴
    • Yale: bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baw
    • Palladius: бао (bao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: baau⁶ / baau¹
    • Yale: baauh / bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau⁶ / baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao⁶ / bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯²²/, /paːu̯⁵⁵/
• 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/
  • (Changting)
    • Changting Pinyin: bao⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pɔ⁵⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: baewX

Rime
Character	鮑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	薄巧切
Baxter	baewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠauX/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚauX/
Shao Rongfen	/bauX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨwX/
Li Rong	/bauX/
Wang Li	/bauX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱauX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bruːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鮑
Reading #	1/1
No.	297
Phonetic component	勹
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	鮑
Old Chinese	/*bruːʔ/

Definitions

鮑

1. (literary) salted fish

Compounds

• 鮑老 / 鲍老
• 鮑肆 / 鲍肆
• 鮑螺 / 鲍螺
• 鮑魚 / 鲍鱼 (bàoyú)
• 鮑魚之肆 / 鲍鱼之肆 (bàoyú zhī sì)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bào (bao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baau¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bau¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): pau⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pâu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bau¹

  (Changting, Changting Pinyin): bao⁴

• Northern Min (KCR): pāu
• Eastern Min (BUC): páu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pau / pâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bao⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bào
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴
    • Yale: bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baw
    • Palladius: бао (bao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: baau¹
    • Yale: bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: pau⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰau¹¹/
• 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/
  • (Changting)
    • Changting Pinyin: bao⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pɔ⁵⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pāu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰau⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: páu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑu²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pau
    • Tâi-lô: pau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paw
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pau⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâu
    • Tâi-lô: pâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paau
    • IPA (Taipei): /pau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³⁵/

Definitions

鮑

1. abalone

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鮑魚 (“abalone”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鰒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鮑, 鰒, 鮑魚, 鰒魚
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鮑魚
	Singapore	鮑魚
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鮑魚
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	鮑魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鮑魚
	Hong Kong	鮑魚
	Taishan	鮑魚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鮑魚
Gan	Nanchang	鮑魚
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鮑魚
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	鮑魚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鮑魚
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	鮑魚
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鮑魚
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	鮑魚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鮑魚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鮑魚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鮑魚
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	鮑魚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鮑魚
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鮑魚
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鮑魚
Southern Min	Xiamen	石決明
	Zhao'an	鮑魚
	Dongshan	牛眉
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	鮑魚
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鮑魚
	Kaohsiung	鮑魚
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鮑魚
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鮑魚
	Yilan (Toucheng)	鮑魚
	Tainan	鮑魚
	Tainan (Anping)	鮑魚
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鮑魚
	Penang (Hokkien)	鮑魚
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鮑魚
	Manila (Hokkien)	鮑魚
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	鮑魚
	Jieyang	鮑魚
	Haifeng	鮑魚
	Singapore (Hainanese)	鮑魚
Puxian Min	Putian	鮑魚
Wu	Shanghai	鮑魚
	Wenzhou	鮑魚

Compounds

• 青邊鮑 / 青边鲍
• 鮑參翅肚 / 鲍参翅肚 (bàoshēnchìdǔ)
• 鮑魚 / 鲍鱼 (bàoyú)
• 鮑魚菇 / 鲍鱼菇

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “same as etymology 1 or 4?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bào (Bao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baau⁶ / baau¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bau¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Pāu / Pǎu / Pau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bao⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bào
    • Wade–Giles: Pao⁴
    • Yale: Bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Baw
    • Palladius: Бао (Bao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: baau⁶ / baau¹
    • Yale: baauh / bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau⁶ / baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao⁶ / bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯²²/, /paːu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pāu
    • Tâi-lô: Pāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pau
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pau³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pau²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pǎu
    • Tâi-lô: Pǎu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pau²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pau
    • Tâi-lô: Pau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pau⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: baewX

Rime
Character	鮑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	薄巧切
Baxter	baewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠauX/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚauX/
Shao Rongfen	/bauX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨwX/
Li Rong	/bauX/
Wang Li	/bauX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱauX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bruːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鮑
Reading #	1/1
No.	297
Phonetic component	勹
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	鮑
Old Chinese	/*bruːʔ/

Definitions

鮑

1. a surname

   鮑照／鲍照  ―  Bào Zhào  ―  Bao Zhao (Chinese writer during the Liu Song dynasty)

Compounds

• 管鮑 / 管鲍
• 管鮑之交 / 管鲍之交 (guǎnbàozhījiāo)
• 管鮑分金 / 管鲍分金
• 鮑峽 / 鲍峡 (Bàoxiá)
• 鮑氏不動桿菌 / 鲍氏不动杆菌 (bàoshì bùdònggānjūn)
• 鮑氏囊 / 鲍氏囊 (bàoshìnáng)
• 鮑羅定 / 鲍罗定

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bào (bao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bào
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴
    • Yale: bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baw
    • Palladius: бао (bao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

鮑

1. (obsolete) synonym of 鞄 (páo, “leather craftsman”)

   • 古者羿作弓，伃作甲，奚仲作車，巧垂作舟，然則今之鮑、函、車、匠皆君子也，而羿、伃、奚仲、巧垂皆小人邪？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     古者羿作弓，伃作甲，奚仲作车，巧垂作舟，然则今之鲍、函、车、匠皆君子也，而羿、伃、奚仲、巧垂皆小人邪？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on Y. P. Mei's version

     Gǔzhě Yì zuò gōng, Yú zuò jiǎ, Xīzhòng zuò chē, Qiǎochuí zuò zhōu, ránzé jīn zhī bào, hán, chē, jiàng jiē jūnzǐ yě, ér Yì, Yú, Xīzhòng, Qiǎochuí jiē xiǎorén yé? [Pinyin]

     In antiquity Yi invented the bow, Yu invented armour, Xi Zhong invented vehicles, and Qiao Cui invented boats. Would he say, the tanners, armourers, and carpenters of to-day are all superior men, whereas Yi, Yu, Xi Zhong, and Qiao Cui were all ordinary men?

Compounds

• 鮑人 / 鲍人

References

• “鮑”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “鲍”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 18.