Cantonese words starting with B

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Classes and grades in a school.

A pancake or crêpe.

Gorgeously multicoloured, bright-coloured, or having brilliant patterns.

Quagga, an extinct subspecies of plains zebra (Equus quagga).

A regular passenger or cargo ship that runs on a fixed schedule.

Zebra; a striped mammalian animal of the horse family.

baan1 maa5 sin3

斑馬線斑马线

Zebra crossing; a pedestrian crossing marked with black and white stripes.

Stripes, streaks, or variegated patterns.

baan1 mun4 lung6 fu2

班門弄斧班门弄斧

To show off one's meager skills in front of an expert.

baan1 puk1 gaai1 ham6 gaa1 caan2

班仆街冚家剷班仆街冚家铲

That bunch of bastards; those absolute scoundrels.

To raise funds; to find or source money.

Barnsley, a town in South Yorkshire, England.

baan1 waa1 gwai2

班嘩鬼班哗鬼

A bunch of rowdy, mischievous, or energetic kids.

Class committee or class association in a school.

A team, group, or crew.

Class monitor; a student leader who helps the teacher with tasks and acts as a liaison for the class.

To present or award a prize, trophy, or certificate to a winner.

baan1 zoeng2 din2 lai5

頒獎典禮颁奖典礼

An awards ceremony; a prize-giving ceremony.

The boss, owner, or financial backer of a sports team or performing troupe.

baan1 zyu2 jam6

Homeroom teacher; a class teacher who is also responsible for managing class affairs.

A flat, hard, and thin piece of material such as a board or plank.

A page or a side of a sheet of paper.

A metal plate or metal board.

Slope or hillside; also used in place names such as Osaka.

Version or edition.

An eraser made of cloth used to wipe away chalk or marker marks from a blackboard or whiteboard.

A wooden bench or stool without a backrest, made with a rectangular plank.

Tectonic plate; a section of the Earth's lithosphere that moves over time.

A broadaxe, or metaphorically, one's skills, tricks, or solutions.

baan2 gaan3 fong2

板間房板间房

Cubicle apartment; a small room partitioned by wooden or fibre boards.

Stubborn, obstinate, or stiff-necked.

Cricket; the team sport played with a wooden bat and a ball.

Copyright, or sometimes used loosely by laypeople to refer to other intellectual property rights.

Page layout; the arrangement and presentation of text and images on a page.

A slab of stone; stone plate.

baan2 soeng6 deng1 deng1

板上釘釘板上钉钉

Cast in stone; already decided and impossible to change.

Territory, domain, or the region ruled by a country or regime.

Printmaking; a print made through engraving, etching, or other transfer techniques.

A skateboarder.

An internal wooden partition wall of a house.

To act arrogant, cocky, or cheeky.

To play dumb, pretend to be innocent, or act clueless.

To act dumb, play innocent, or pretend to be stupid and ignorant.

The appearance, makeup, or costume of an actor or actress in a play or film.

To hit or beat vigorously with a long stick; to thrash a long object.

Mire, mud, or a bog; sometimes used in place names.

Classifier for shops, factories, fields, or strips of land.

A product sample.

To run, manage, or publish a newspaper.

To play dumb, pretend to be stupid, or feign ignorance.