Cantonese words starting with B

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背后
bui3 hau6behind; in the rear
背弃
bui3 hei3to abandon; to renounce
贝壳
bui3 hok3shell (of a mollusk)
贝壳儿
bui3 hok3 ji4erhua variant of 貝殼|贝壳[bei4 ke2]
背阴
bui3 jam1in the shade
贝丘
bui3 jau1shell mound
bui3 ji2to have one's back against; to be backed up by (a mountain etc)
辈儿
bui3 ji4generation
贝尔
bui3 ji5Bell (person name)
贝尔法斯特
bui3 ji5 faat3 si1 dak6Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland
贝尔格勒
bui3 ji5 gaak3 lak6Belgrade, capital of Serbia (Tw)
贝尔格莱德
bui3 ji5 gaak3 loi4 dak1Belgrade, capital of Serbia
贝尔墨邦
bui3 ji5 mak6 bong1Belmopan, capital of Belize (Tw)
贝尔莫潘
bui3 ji5 mok6 pun1Belmopan, capital of Belize
贝尔实验室
bui3 ji5 sat6 jim6 sat1Bell Labs
贝尔湖
bui3 ji5 wu4Buir Lake of Inner Mongolia
bui3 jik6to violate; to go against
bui3 jing2rear view; view of the back (of a person or object)
背影儿
bui3 jing2 ji4erhua variant of 背影[bei4 ying3]
贝叶
bui3 jip6pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
贝叶经
bui3 jip6 ging1sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree
贝叶斯
bui3 jip6 si1Bayes (name)
贝叶棕
bui3 jip6 zung1pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
背约
bui3 joek3to break an agreement; to fail to keep one's promise
贝卡谷地
bui3 kaa1 guk1 dei6Bekaa Valley between Lebanon and Syria
bui3 kaau3 bui3back to back
背鳍
bui3 kei4dorsal fin
贝拉
bui3 laai1Beira, Mozambique
贝拉米
bui3 laai1 mai5Bellamy
背篓
bui3 lau5a basket carried on the back
背离
bui3 lei4to depart from; deviation
贝里斯
bui3 lei5 si1Belize (Tw)
贝利卡登
bui3 lei6 kaa1 dang1Ballycotton (Irish: Baile Choitín), village near Cork
贝雷帽
bui3 leoi4 mou2(loanword) beret
贝类
bui3 leoi6shellfish
贝聿铭
bui3 leot6 ming5Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-2019), Chinese-American architect
贝卢斯科尼
bui3 lou4 si1 fo1 nei4Silvio Berlusconi (1936–2023), Italian media magnate and right-wing politician, prime minister of Italy 1994–1995, 2001–2006, 2008–2011
贝鲁特
bui3 lou5 dak6Beirut, capital of Lebanon
bui3 mak6recite
背谬
bui3 mau6variant of 悖謬|悖谬[bei4 miu4]
bui3 min6the back; the wrong side
贝母
bui3 mou5the bulb of the fritillary (Fritillaria thunbergii)
bui3 mui4back
贝南
bui3 naam4Benin (Tw)
贝纳通
bui3 naap6 tung1Benetton, clothes company
贝宁
bui3 ning4Benin
贝内特
bui3 noi6 dak6Bennett (surname)
bui3 nong4backpack; rucksack
贝努力
bui3 nou5 lik6Bernoulli (Swiss mathematical family, including Johann (1667-1748) and Daniel (1700-1782))
贝澳
bui3 ou3Pui O, an area on Lantau Island in Hong Kong

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