Cantonese words starting with B

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bong2 sei2to have one's shares locked up in the stock or currency market and being unable to sell due to low prices resulting in too great a loss if sold [colloquial]

bong2 soeng6 jau5 ming4to make it on the charts; to be on the list of successful candidates

bong2 teoi2leg wrappings; gaiters

bong2 zaat3to bind; (computing) binding

bong2 zau2to abduct

bong2 zyu6to fasten

bong6near; to depend on; Taiwan pr. [páng], [bāng], [bàng]

bong6busy; complicated

bong6(verb) (of money) pay; give

bong6pound (sterling) (loanword)

bong6 cing3scale

bong6 daai6 fun2to live off a rich man

傍家兒傍家儿

bong6 gaa1 ji4lover

bong6 gan6to be close to

傍人籬壁傍人篱壁

bong6 jan4 lei4 bik3to depend on others

傍人門戶傍人门户

bong6 jan4 mun4 wu6to be dependent upon sb

bong6 jau2an enabler; a yes man; a sycophant

bong6 jau2(noun) attendant; enabler

傍柳隨花傍柳随花

bong6 lau5 ceoi4 faa1prostitute

bong6 loeng6dawn

bong6 ng5towards noon; just before midday

bong6 seoi2Paying money

bong6 seoi2(verb) to borrow money from; to ask for a loan; to ask for money; to pay; to pay up; to give money; to hand over the money (originally referred to paying protection money, now a humorous way of describing other payments)

傍戶而立傍户而立

bong6 wu6 ji4 laap6to stand close to the door

bou1beautiful, elegant

bou1(noun) 1. bowtie (slang) Relationship (of dating couples)

bou1to praise; to honor

bou1 bin2to appraise; to speak ill of; appraisal

bou1 caa4(verb) make tea

bou1 ci5Baosi, concubine of King You of Zhou 周幽王[Zhou1 You1 wang2] and one of the famous Chinese beauties

煲電話粥煲电话粥

bou1 din6 waa2 zuk1(slang) long phone chat

bou1 dung1 gwaa1a pun on the word 'Putonghua' (Mandarin); literally 'to boil a winter melon'

bou1 faan6cooking rice (spoken)

bou1 hei2to completely destroy

bou1 ji6commendatory sense

褒義詞褒义词

bou1 ji6 ci4Commendatory term

bou1 jin1to smoke

bou1 joek6to boil Chinese medicine

bou1 joeng4to praise

bou1 kek6to binge watch drama

bou1 laap6(verb) boil wax

bou1 lou5 ke2a younger woman in a relationship with a much older man [colloquial]

bou1 lou5 ngau5(slang) a younger man in a relationship with older woman

煲無米粥煲无米粥

bou1 mou4 mai5 zuk1plans never realised or confirmed (slang)

bou1 mou5 mai5 zuk1describes the act doing something that has no positive outcome or where there is no chance of success; all talk and no trousers; to waste time discussing something that will amount to nothing

bou1 nam4to boil something until it is soft

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