Cantonese words starting with B

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煲燶粥煲㶶粥

bou1 nung1 zuk1to overcook and burn rice porridge

bou1 seoi2to boil water; fabricated (false)

煲水新聞煲水新闻

bou1 seoi2 san1 man4fabricated news or news without substantial facts

褒禪山褒禅山

bou1 sim4 saan1Mt Baochan in Anhui

bou1 taai1bowtie (spoken)

bou1 taai1bow tie (loanword) (Cantonese)

bou1 tong1(Verb) cook soup

逋逃藪逋逃薮

bou1 tou4 sau2refuge for fugitives

煲仔飯煲仔饭

bou1 zai2 faan6a dish where rice is cooked in the clay pot

bou1 zam1to disinfect needles for injections

bou1 zi2clay pot

bou1 zoeng2praise

bou1 zuk1cooking congee; to have a long chat on phone

bou1 zung1Baozhong or Paochung township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan

褒忠鄉褒忠乡

bou1 zung1 hoeng1Baozhong or Paochung township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan

bou2to defend; to keep; to ensure; to care for; to be someone's triad protector

bou2garden; gardener

bou2an earthwork; position of defense; used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad"; fortress; village

bou2(dialect) no good; see 孬种nāozhǒng [孬种]; unruly

bou2jewel; treasure; currency; treasured object; your esteemed; baby; a poem used in triad ritual

bou2jewel; treasure; currency; treasured object; your esteemed; baby; a poem used in a triad ritual

bou2dense foliage; to reserve; to conceal

bou2cloth for carrying baby on back; infancy

bou2 baa1a dad (father of a young child)

bou2 baak6to fill a gap (e.g. a gap in knowledge or blank space in a print layout); filler (in a newspaper or magazine)

bou2 baat3to maintain an 8% annual growth rate of the GDP (PRC policy)

保不齊保不齐

bou2 bat1 cai4more likely than not; on the cards

bou2 bat1 ding6more likely than not; on the cards

bou2 bat1 zyu6cannot maintain (sth); more likely than not

bou2 biu1bodyguard

bou2 biu1variant of 保鏢|保镖[bao3 biao1]

bou2 bou2darling; baby

bou2 bou3to make a report after the event; to repay a kindness

bou2 bui3(noun) Precious

寶貝兒宝贝儿

bou2 bui3 ji4erhua variant of 寶貝|宝贝[bao3 bei4]

寶貝疙瘩宝贝疙瘩

bou2 bui3 ngat6 daap3(of a child) apple of one's eye

bou2 bun2to break even

保殘守缺保残守缺

bou2 caan4 sau2 kyut3conservative

bou2 ci4to keep; to hold

bou2 ci4 ping4 hang4to maintain balance [written and colloquial]

bou2 ci4 ze2Keeper; record-holder

bou2 ci4 zung1 laap6maintain neutrality

bou2 cing1see 寶清縣|宝清县[Bao3 qing1 Xian4]

寶清縣宝清县

bou2 cing1 jyun6Baoqing, a county in Shuangyashan City 雙鴨山市|双鸭山市[Shuang1 ya1 shan1 Shi4], Heilongjiang

bou2 cing4document guaranteeing the words or actions of a third party (old)

bou2 coeng4(math.) distance-preserving

保長對應保长对应

bou2 coeng4 deoi3 jing3(math.) distance-preserving correspondence

bou2 cong4to keep in store

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