Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced bao
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced bao, including 报 bào, 保 bǎo, 包 bāo, 宝 bǎo, 暴 bào. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
Build bao by sliding from b straight into ao; the tone rides over the joined sound, so treat it as one unit.
Initial b
Start the syllable on the initial b, then run straight into the final ao — keep them joined instead of sounding out separate English letters.
Final ao
Settle the final ao into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (报 bào, 保 bǎo, 包 bāo, 宝 bǎo, 暴 bào) and lock in their tones. 13 common characters share the sound bao, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
bao turns up here with 4 different tones; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
1st tone
Taking the 1st tone here: 包, 胞, 剥 (3 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
2nd tone
Taking the 2nd tone here: 薄 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 保, 宝, 堡… (4 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 报, 暴, 抱… (5 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing bao inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
13 common characters in this group.