Sino-Tibetan etymology : List with all references

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pōH (~bh-)

Meaning: precious, price

Chinese: 寶 *pūʔ precious thing, precious.

Tibetan: spus goods, merchandise, ware.

Burmese: phǝwh, LB *phǝwx price, expensive.

Kachin: phu¹ expensive, ǯǝphu¹ price.

Comments: (?) PG *phàC to pay; Kham phṑ to pay; Rawang ǝphü expensive, dǝphü price. Ben. 23; Mat. 180; Coblin 155. Cf. *Pja and PAN *upaq 'compensation, reward'

Chinese characters :

Character: 寶

Modern (Beijing) reading: bǎo

Preclassic Old Chinese: pūʔ

Classic Old Chinese: pū́

Western Han Chinese: pǝ̄́w

Eastern Han Chinese: pǝ̄́w

Early Postclassic Chinese: pǝ̄́w

Middle Postclassic Chinese: pā́w

Late Postclassic Chinese: pā́w

Middle Chinese: pấw

English meaning : be precious; a precious thing

Russian meaning[s]: 1) драгоценность, сокровище; деньги, монеты; ценные товары; драгоценный, дорогой; изукрашенный драгоценностями; ценить, дорожить; 2) редкий, редкостный; художественный; редкость, диво; 3) уважать; уважаемый, вежл. Ваш; 4) государственная (императорская) печать

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 40

Four-angle index: 7955

Karlgren code: 1059 a-e

Vietnamese reading: báu

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Chinese Dialects :

Number: 2470

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 寶

MC description : 效開一上皓幫

ZIHUI: 1405 1273

Beijing: pau 2

Jinan: pɔ 2

Xi'an: pau 2

Taiyuan: pau 2

Hankou: pau 2

Chengdu: pau 2

Yangzhou: pɔ 2

Suzhou: pä 2

Wenzhou: pз 21

Changsha: pau 2

Shuangfeng: pǝ 2

Nanchang: pau 2

Meixian: pau 2

Guangzhou: pou 21

Xiamen: po 2

Chaozhou: po 21

Fuzhou: pɔ 2

Shanghai: pɔ 3

Zhongyuan yinyun: pau 2

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