Cantonese words starting with B

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暴动
bou6 dung6riot
bou6 faai3noun; detective, constable for catching criminals in middle-age China
暴发
bou6 faat3to break out (of disease etc)
bou6 faat3footwork
暴发户
bou6 faat3 wu6newly rich; upstart
bou6 fan6part of
bou6 fan6part; portion; piece
bou6 fat6pace; march
bou6 fu1to capture enemy personnel (for intelligence purposes)
暴虎冯河
bou6 fu2 fung4 ho4lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom)
bou6 fu3to get rich quick
暴富难睇
bou6 fu3 naan4 tai2to describe the outrageous
暴风
bou6 fung1windstorm
暴风雨
bou6 fung1 jyu5rainstorm; tempest
暴风雪
bou6 fung1 syut3snowstorm; CL:場|场[chang2]
暴风骤雨
bou6 fung1 zau6 jyu5violent wind and rainstorm; tempest
捕风捉影
bou6 fung1 zuk3 jing2lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations
簿簿记
bou6 gei3bookkeeping
bou6 gin6part; component
bou6 gong1 daap6 dau2to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
bou6 gwan1tyrant
bou6 gwong1exposure
bou6 gwong1 biu2light meter
bou6 haa6troops under one's command
bou6 hang4to go on foot
步行虫
bou6 hang4 cung4ground beetle
bou6 hang4 gaai1car-free zone
步行区
bou6 hang4 keoi1pedestrian area
步行天桥
bou6 hang4 tin1 kiu4a foot bridge [written and colloquial]
bou6 hang4 ze2pedestrian
bou6 hang6savage act; atrocity
bou6 hung2(attributive) terrorist
bou6 hung4a sudden, violent flood
暴饮暴食
bou6 jam2 bou6 sik6to eat and drink unreasonably
步人后尘
bou6 jan4 hau6 can4to follow in other people's footsteps
bou6 jap6to step into; to enter
捕蝇纸
bou6 jing4 zi2Flypaper
暴热
bou6 jit6to trend; sudden heat wave (weather)
步摇
bou6 jiu4dangling ornament worn by women
bou6 joek6brutal
哺养
bou6 joeng5feed
bou6 juk6to feed
捕鱼
bou6 jyu4to catch fish; to fish
bou6 jyu5breastfeeding; to nurse
bou6 jyu5torrential rain; CL:場|场[chang2],陣|阵[zhen4]
哺乳动物
bou6 jyu5 dung6 mat6mammal
哺乳纲
bou6 jyu5 gong1Mammalia, the class of mammals
哺乳类
bou6 jyu5 leoi6mammals
哺乳类动物
bou6 jyu5 leoi6 dung6 mat6mammals
bou6 jyut6to stroll beneath the moon

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