bao
noun [ C ] uk/baʊ/ us/baʊ/ bao (also bao bun, /ˈbaʊ ˌbʌn/ /ˈbaʊ ˌbʌn/)
（中国）包子
a piece of dough (= a mixture of flour and water) cooked in steam and filled with meat or vegetables, originally from China
From spare ribs and mu shu pork to char siu bao - barbecued pork buns - pork is a staple of the Chinese diet. 从排骨、木须肉到叉烧包（烧烤过的猪肉做的包子），猪肉是中国人主要的一种食物。
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- This is the sort of strong, thick dough you'll find used to make steamed bao in China.
- The pork belly bao buns were delicious, the puffy bun folded at an angle with a cucumber slice wedged between.
- There were big, fat bao buns heaped with BBQ pork, jalapeno slices, cilantro and citrus aioli.
- They served congee and bao filled with sweet bean paste.