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)

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?

(colloquial, chiefly Caipira) 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˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier cơn) bão • (暴, 雹, 𣋰, 𩙕)

(weather) storm
(medicine) colicky pain (in the abdomen)

Derived terms

bão cát (“sandstorm”)
bão tố (“gale”)
bão tuyết (“snowstorm”)
bão từ (“geomagnetic storm”)

Verb

bão

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

đi bão
gió bão
mưa bão

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