Cantonese words starting with B

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Knowledgeable; having broad learning or erudition.

bok3 sik1 do1 tung1

博識多通博识多通

Knowledgeable and perspicacious; having wide learning and deep understanding.

bok3 sik1 hap6 man4

博識洽聞博识洽闻

Knowledgeable, well-informed, and possessing wide-ranging erudition.

To feign ignorance or act dumb in order to take advantage of others.

Barge; a cargo boat used for short-distance transport between deep-water ships and shallow-water piers.

Shoulder; the part of the body where the arm connects to the torso.

bok3 tau4 gou1 gwo3 ji5

膊頭高過耳膊头高过耳

To describe someone who is extremely skinny, looking like an opium addict with shoulders rising higher than their ears.

Tender; a small shuttle boat used to transport people and goods across short distances.

To transport goods by lighter or barge.

Bohu County, a county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

博湖縣博湖县

Bohu County, a county in Xinjiang, China.

To reject or dismiss an appeal, complaint, or application.

Heterogeneous, mixed, and disordered; lacking uniformity.

Bozhou, a prefecture-level city in Anhui Province, China.

Bozhou, a prefecture-level city in Anhui Province.

To talk back to one's elders, superiors, or authorities when being scolded.

To talk back, argue, or contradict when someone is speaking to you.

bok3 zeoi2 bok3 sit6

駁咀駁舌驳咀驳舌

To talk back, argue, or speak defiantly to elders or superiors.

To go all out and give it one's all to achieve a goal.

To tow a barge or boat using a tugboat.

To fight; to wage war; to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

To refute and correct an error.

Blogger; a person who writes or maintains a blog.

To strike, beat, or hit; also used to mean having sex.

Metal foil; a paper-thin sheet of metal.

Thin; having a small distance between opposite sides.

Platinum; a greyish-white precious metal with atomic number 78, commonly known as white gold.

Hail or hailstones; a natural phenomenon of large, hard chunks of ice falling from the sky.

Vigor, energy, or soul.

Dimly lit, dark, or gloomy; at dusk.

A thin plate, sheet, or lamina.

Flatbread or thin pancake; commonly used to refer to pizza or naan.

Meager estate or small property.

A traditional pan-fried Chinese pancake, which can be sweet or savory.

A thin layer, film, or lamella.

Lightweight, thin silk fabric.

A small or modest reward, compensation, or payment.

A thin, crispy fried cracker or wafer often used in Chinese dishes.

Unfeeling, cold-hearted, or lacking in compassion and affection for others.

Too thin; flimsy.

Siméon Denis Poisson (1781-1840), French mathematician.

bok6 cung4 fan1 bou3

泊松分佈泊松分布

Poisson distribution; a probability distribution used in statistics.

Barren land; infertile soil.

To treat someone coldly, poorly, or with meager hospitality.

Hailstone; a pellet of hail.

Pok Fu Lam; an area in the western part of Hong Kong Island.

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薄扶林水塘

Pok Fu Lam Reservoir, a reservoir in Hong Kong.

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer, poet, and humanist, author of the Decameron.