小籠包

See also: 小笼包

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	basket; cage	to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)
trad. (小籠包)		小	籠	包
simp. (小笼包)		小	笼	包

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎolóngbāo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² lung⁴ baau¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shiau-lon-pau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎolóngbāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎolóngbao
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-lung²-pao¹
  - Yale: syǎu-lúng-bāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaulongbau
  - Palladius: сяолунбао (sjaolunbao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² lung⁴ baau¹
  - Yale: síu lùhng bāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² lung⁴ baau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² lung⁴ bao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹ paːu̯⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵shiau-lon-pau
  - MiniDict: shiau^去 lon pau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xiau-lon-pau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ loŋ⁵⁵ pɔ²¹/

Noun

小籠包

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小籠包 (“xiaolongbao”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小籠包, 小籠包子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	小籠包
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	小籠包
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	小籠包
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	小籠包
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小籠包
Cantonese	Hong Kong	小籠包
Gan	Lichuan	小籠包子
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	小籠包
Wu	Shanghai	小籠饅頭, 小籠包子 younger speakers, 小籠, 饅頭
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	小籠饅頭, 湯包
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	饅頭
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	湯包
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	饅頭, 小籠
	Shanghai (Jiading)	小籠饅頭
	Shanghai (Yuepu, Baoshan)	湯包
	Shanghai (Chongming)	包子
	Suzhou	小籠饅頭
	Hangzhou	小籠饅頭, 小籠包子
	Ningbo	小籠包子
	Wenzhou	小籠包

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (小籠包):

→ Vietnamese: tiểu long bao (小籠包)

Others:

→ English: xiaolongbao
→ Japanese: 小(しょう)籠(ろん)包(ぽう) (shōronpō)
→ Korean: 샤오룽바오 (syaorungbao)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	籠	包
しょう Grade: 1	ろん Grade: S	ほう > ぽう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 小籠包 / 小笼包 (xiǎolóngbāo, literally “little-basket dumpling”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “specifically from Shanghainese?”)

Noun

小(しょう)籠(ろん)包(ぽう) or 小籠包(ショウロンポウ) or 小籠包(ショーロンポー) • (shōronpō)

xiaolongbao

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
小	籠	包

Noun

小籠包

chữ Hán form of tiểu long bao (“xiaolongbao”)