Definitions

bào surname Bao
bào abalone

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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About

The character "鲍" originates from its traditional form "鮑", a phono-semantic compound where the "魚" radical denotes its connection to fish or marine life and "包" provides phonetic indication, with the initial meaning centered on salt-cured or preserved fish in early usage. Over time, the term's application narrowed significantly to refer specifically to abalone, a gourmet seafood, while the structural integrity of the character maintained the phonetic component "包" even as the pictorial "魚" radical was streamlined into the simplified "鱼" component in its contemporary rendering.

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Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
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Example Sentences Hide

这个鱼很新鲜。

Zhège bàoyú hěn xīnxiān.

This abalone is very fresh.

先生是位医生。

Bào xiānshēng shì wèi yīshēng.

Mr. Bao is a doctor.

妈妈买了些鱼做饭。

Māmā mǎi le xiē bàoyú zuò fàn.

Mom bought some abalone to cook.

鱼的价格非常昂贵。

Bàoyú de jiàgé fēicháng ángguì.

The price of abalone is very expensive.

我们在海鲜餐厅吃了鱼。

Wǒmen zài hǎixiān cāntīng chī le bàoyú.

We ate abalone at the seafood restaurant.

菇是一种美味的食用菌。

Bào gū shì yī zhǒng měiwèi de shíyòng jūn.

Abalone mushroom is a type of delicious edible fungus.

由于过度捕捞,鱼数量减少。

Yóuyú guòdù bǔlāo, bàoyú shùliàng jiǎnshǎo.

Due to overfishing, the number of abalone has decreased.

鱼养殖业近年来发展迅速。

Bàoyú yǎngzhí yè jìnnián lái fāzhǎn xùnsù.

The abalone farming industry has developed rapidly in recent years.