Cantonese words starting with B
7,195 entries
baak3 hap6 faa1
百合花
lily; virgin
baak3 hap6 faa1 sik1
百合花飾百合花饰
fleur-de-lis (armorial symbol)
baak3 hap6 fo1
百合科
Liliaceae
baak3 hap6 si4
百合匙
Master Key
baak3 hap6 zi2
百合子
Yuriko, Japanese female given name
baak3 hoeng1
百香
passion fruit
baak3 hoeng1 gwo2
百香果
passion fruit
baak3 hung2 cin1 cong1
百孔千瘡百孔千疮
heavily damaged; riddled with problems
baak3 jan1
伯恩
Bern or Berne, capital of Switzerland (Tw)
baak3 jan1 maau4 si1
伯恩茅斯
Bournemouth, UK
baak3 jan1 si1
伯恩斯
Burns (name)
baak3 jan2 sing4 gam1
百忍成金
(idiom with figurative meaning) patience is valuable quality of people
baak3 jat6 kat1
百日咳
whooping cough
baak3 jat6 wai4 san1
百日維新百日维新
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
baak3 jau5
伯有
an alternative way to address the mother of a friend [colloquial]
baak3 jau5
百有
another way to address the mother of one's friend [colloquial]
baak3 je1
伯爺伯爷
father
baak3 je1 gung1
伯爺公伯爷公
old man
baak3 je1 po2
伯爺婆伯爷婆
old woman
baak3 ji1 baak3 seon6
百依百順百依百顺
docile and obedient
baak3 ji4 baat3 sap6
百兒八十百儿八十
about a hundred
baak3 ji5 nei4
伯爾尼伯尔尼
Bern, capital of Switzerland
baak3 jik1
百億百亿
Ten billion
baak3 jim3
百厭百厌
(adjective) mischievous, naughty; wayward;
baak3 jim3 sing1
百厭星百厌星
naughty kid; naughty person (slang)
baak3 jim3 zai2
百厭仔百厌仔
Naughty kid
baak3 jip6 coeng1
百葉窗百叶窗
shutter
baak3 jip6 coeng1
百頁窗百页窗
variant of 百葉窗|百叶窗[bai3 ye4 chuang1]
baak3 jip6 soeng1
百葉箱百叶箱
Stevenson screen (white box with ventilated sides, housing meteorological instruments); instrument shelter
baak3 jyu4
百餘百余
a hundred or more
baak3 jyut6
百粵百粤
Baiyue, generic term for southern ethnic groups
baak3 jyut6
百越
Baiyue, generic term for southern ethnic groups
baak3 koeng4
百強百强
top 100 (e.g. top 100 towns)
baak3 lei5
百里
two-character surname Baili
baak3 lei5 hak1 lei6
伯里克利
Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war
baak3 lei5 hoeng1
百里香
thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
baak3 lei6 hang4
伯利恆伯利恒
Bethlehem (in the biblical nativity story)
baak3 lei6 tim4
百利甜
Baileys Irish Cream (brand of alcoholic drink)
baak3 lei6 tim4 zau2
百利甜酒
Baileys Irish Cream (brand of alcoholic drink)
baak3 lei6 zi1
伯利茲伯利兹
Belize
baak3 leoi5 tiu1 jat1
百裡挑一百里挑一
one in a hundred
baak3 lik6 zi1
百力滋
Pretz; Pocky (a snack)
baak3 lin6 gong3
百煉鋼百炼钢
high-grade well-tempered steel
baak3 lin6 sing4 gong3
百煉成鋼百炼成钢
to be tempered into a steel
baak3 ling4
百靈百灵
lark (bird of family Alaudidae)
baak3 ling4 niu5
百靈鳥百灵鸟
skylark
baak3 lok6
伯樂伯乐
Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse)
baak3 lok6 caan1
百樂餐百乐餐
potluck meal
baak3 lou4
伯勞伯劳
shrike
baak3 lou4 niu5
伯勞鳥伯劳鸟
shrike (family Laniidae)