Baozi are popular throughout China and have even made their way into the cuisines of many other countries through the Chinese diaspora.

Written records from the Song dynasty show the term baozi in use for filled buns.

[2][3] Prior to the Northern Song dynasty (960–1279), the word mantou was used for both filled and unfilled buns.

[4] According to legend, the filled baozi is a variation of manta invented by military strategist Zhuge Liang.

[citation needed] (Mandarin/Hakka/Cantonese/Hokkien) Javanese: ꦧꦏ꧀ꦥꦲꦸ, romanized: bakpau Dutch: bapao Gua bao (割包/刈包, koah-pau, 虎咬豬, hó͘-kā-ti) originated as Fujianese street food.