bão

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bao"

Portuguese

Etymology

From bom, which is from Old Galician-Portuguese bõo, from Latin bonus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃w̃/ [ˈbɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃w̃/

Adjective

bão (feminine boa, masculine plural bão, feminine plural boa)

1. Pronunciation spelling of bom.
   • 1993, Pedro Corrêa Cabral, Xambioá: Guerrilha no Araguaia, Editora Record:

     É um dismate na berada dum igarapé qui tem um poço bão de nóis toma um banho, fazê um fogo e dispois drumi.

     It is a clearing next to a small river where there is a good deep area for us to bathe in, start a fire and then sleep.

Interjection

bão?

1. (colloquial) how are you?

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 暴 (“violent; vicious”, SV: bạo).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier cơn) bão • (暴, 雹, 𣋰, 𩙕)

1. (weather) storm
2. (medicine) colicky pain (in the abdomen)

Derived terms

• bão bùng
• bão cát (“sandstorm”)
• bão táp
• bão tố (“gale”)
• bão tuyết (“snowstorm”)
• bão từ (“geomagnetic storm”)
• gió bão
• mưa bão
• vũ bão

 

Verb

bão

1. (slang) to go to celebrate on the streets with motorbikes racing around the city (at times of national pride)

Derived terms

• đi bão