Cantonese words starting with B
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背山
bui3 saan1with back to the mountain (favored location)
背山臨水背山临水
bui3 saan1 lam4 seoi2with back to the mountain and facing the water (favored location)
背心
bui3 sam1sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc)
背手
bui3 sau2hands behind one's back; items of bribery
背手影
bui3 sau2 jing2to be in poor light; to do something with one's back to the light; to stand in one's own light
背水一戰背水一战
bui3 seoi2 jat1 zin3lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
背信
bui3 seon3to break faith
背信棄義背信弃义
bui3 seon3 hei3 ji6breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray; perfidy
貝司贝司
bui3 si1(music) (loanword) bass
貝斯贝斯
bui3 si1Bes, a minor god of ancient Egypt
貝斯吉他贝斯吉他
bui3 si1 gat1 taa1bass guitar
背城借一
bui3 sing4 ze3 jat1to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
貝塔贝塔
bui3 taap3beta (Greek letter Β, β)
貝塔斯曼贝塔斯曼
bui3 taap3 si1 maan6Bertelsmann, German media company
背頭背头
bui3 tau4swept-back hairstyle
背泳
bui3 wing6backstroke
揹債背债
bui3 zaai3to be in debt
背側背侧
bui3 zak1back
背脊
bui3 zek3the back of the human body
背脊骨
bui3 zek3 gwat1spine; backbone
背脊向後彎背脊向后弯
bui3 zek3 hoeng3 hau6 waan1to arch one's back [written and colloquial]
背井離鄉背井离乡
bui3 zeng2 lei4 hoeng1to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
輩子辈子
bui3 zi2all one's life
背著手背着手
bui3 zoek6 sau2with one's hands clasped behind one's back
背轉背转
bui3 zyun2to turn away; (gymnastics etc) backspin
焙
bui6to dry over a fire; to roast
焙粉
bui6 fan2baking powder
焙火爐焙火炉
bui6 fo2 lou4(verb) beside a fireplace and to keep someone warm
悖晦
bui6 fui3(coll.) muddleheaded
背角
bui6 gok2remote (place)
焙乾焙干
bui6 gon1to dry over a fire
焙果
bui6 gwo2variant of 貝果|贝果[bei4 guo3]
焙烤
bui6 haau1to bake; to kiln
悖逆
bui6 jik6contrary
背語背语
bui6 jyu5enigmatic language; insinuating language; argot; jargon; double talk; doublespeak
悖論悖论
bui6 leon6paradox (logic)
悖亂悖乱
bui6 lyun6to rebel; to delude
悖繆悖缪
bui6 mau6variant of 悖謬|悖谬[bei4 miu4]
悖謬悖谬
bui6 mau6absurd
背時背时
bui6 si4Unlucky; be out of luck; behind the times
焙燒焙烧
bui6 siu1to roast
背書背书
bui6 syu1to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart; backing; endorsement
背字
bui6 zi6bad luck
焙煎
bui6 zin1to dry and roast over a low fire (tea, chestnuts, seaweed etc)
背誦背诵
bui6 zung6to recite
卜卜脆
buk1 buk1 ceoi3crispy
卜卜米
buk1 buk1 mai5Rice Krispies
卜卜聲卜卜声
buk1 buk1 seng1(onomatopoeia) heartbeat
卜辭卜辞
buk1 ci4oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones
卟吩
buk1 fan1porphin C20H14N4 (loanword)
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