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# How to pronounce Doubao vs Baichuan

Two of China's most-cited AI labs. Doubao (豆包, ByteDance) is "doh-BOW" — the BOW as in bow-and-arrow. Baichuan (百川) is "BYE-chwahn." Both follow standard Mandarin Pinyin, but English speakers tend to spell them out letter by letter instead.

doubao /doʊ ˈbaʊ/ — doh BOW
baichuan /baɪ ˈtʃwɑːn/ — BYE chwahn

## Side-by-side

| doubao | baichuan
--- | --- | ---
IPA | `/doʊ ˈbaʊ/` | `/baɪ ˈtʃwɑːn/`
Respelling | doh BOW | BYE chwahn
Category | product | project
Confidence | community-consensus | community-consensus

Open the full dictionary entry for sources and alternate readings: doubao · baichuan.

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