Cantonese words starting with B
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悖
bui3to go against; perverse
狽狈
bui3a legendary wolf; wretched
背
bui3the back of a body or object; to hide something from; to betray
貝贝
bui3cowrie; currency (archaic)
輩辈
bui3lifetime; group of people; classifier for generations; rank
邶
bui3name of a feudal state
貝婭特麗克絲贝娅特丽克丝
bui3 aa3 dak6 lai6 hak1 si1Beatrix (name)
背板
bui3 baan2panel
背包
bui3 baau1knapsack; infantry pack; blanket roll
背包袱
bui3 baau1 fuk6to have a weight on one's mind
背包客
bui3 baau1 haak3backpacker
背包遊背包游
bui3 baau1 jau4backpacking
背榜
bui3 bong2to score last in an examination
貝寶贝宝
bui3 bou2PayPal (Internet payment and money transfer company)
背部
bui3 bou6back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object)
背叛
bui3 bun6to betray
背叛者
bui3 bun6 ze2traitor
背斜
bui3 ce4anticline (geology)
輩出辈出
bui3 ceot1to come forth in large numbers
揹帶背带
bui3 daai2a sling; a strap; braces
背帶背带
bui3 daai2braces; sling (for a rifle)
背褡
bui3 daap3A vest
背地
bui3 dei6secretly; behind someone's back
背地裡背地里
bui3 dei6 leoi5behind sb's back; secretly
背對背背对背
bui3 deoi3 bui3back to back
貝雕贝雕
bui3 diu1shell carving
貝多贝多
bui3 do1pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
貝多芬贝多芬
bui3 do1 fan1Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer
貝多羅樹贝多罗树
bui3 do1 lo4 syu6Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media
背道而馳背道而驰
bui3 dou6 ji4 ci4to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to
輩份辈份
bui3 fan6seniority
輩分辈分
bui3 fan6seniority in the family or clan; position in the family hierarchy
背負背负
bui3 fu6to bear; to shoulder
背闊肌背阔肌
bui3 fut3 gei1latissimus dorsi muscle (back of the chest)
貝加爾湖贝加尔湖
bui3 gaa1 ji5 wu4Lake Baikal, Russia
貝加萊贝加莱
bui3 gaa1 loi4B&R Industrial Automation International Trade (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
貝九贝九
bui3 gau2Beethoven's Ninth
背景
bui3 ging2background; backdrop; context
背景燈光背景灯光
bui3 ging2 dang1 gwong1background lighting [written and colloquial]
背景調查背景调查
bui3 ging2 diu6 caa4background check; background investigation [written and colloquial]
背景音樂背景音乐
bui3 ging2 jam1 ngok6background music (BGM); musical setting
背景知識背景知识
bui3 ging2 zi1 sik1background knowledge; cultural background [written and colloquial]
背骨
bui3 gwat1spine
貝果贝果
bui3 gwo2(loanword) bagel
背光
bui3 gwong1to have direct light blocked; to face away from the light source
貝克贝克
bui3 hak1Baker or Becker (name)
貝克漢姆贝克汉姆
bui3 hak1 hon3 mou5Beckenham or Beckham (name)
貝克爾贝克尔
bui3 hak1 ji5Baker or Becker (name)
貝克勒爾贝克勒尔
bui3 hak1 lak6 ji5becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq)
背黑鍋背黑锅
bui3 hak1 wo1to be made a scapegoat; to be unjustly blamed
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