Cantonese words starting with B
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本罪
bun2 zeoi6actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪)
本子
bun2 zi2book; Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi"; edition
本字
bun2 zi6original form of a Chinese character
本職本职
bun2 zik1one's job
本徵向量本征向量
bun2 zing1 hoeng3 loeng6eigenvector (math.)
本徵值本征值
bun2 zing1 zik6eigenvalue (math.)
本著本着
bun2 zoek6based on...; taking as one's main principle
本族語本族语
bun2 zuk6 jyu5native language
半
bun3(adjective) middle
拌
bun3to mix; to toss (a salad); to squabble
半白
bun3 baak6fifty (years of age)
半壁江山
bun3 bik1 gong1 saan1half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands)
半壁河山
bun3 bik1 ho4 saan1see 半壁江山[ban4 bi4 jiang1 shan1]
半邊半边
bun3 bin1half of sth
半邊天半边天
bun3 bin1 tin1half the sky; womenfolk
半表半裡半表半里
bun3 biu2 bun3 leoi5half outside, half inside
半坡
bun3 bo1Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
半坡村
bun3 bo1 cyun1archaeological site near Xi'an
半坡遺址半坡遗址
bun3 bo1 wai4 zi2Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
半保留複製半保留复制
bun3 bou2 lau4 fuk1 zai3semiconservative replication
半輩子半辈子
bun3 bui3 zi2half of a lifetime
半半拉拉
bun3 bun3 laai1 laai1incomplete
半翅目
bun3 ci3 muk6Hemiptera (suborder of order Homoptera, insects including cicadas and aphids)
半場半场
bun3 coeng4half of a game or contest
半長軸半长轴
bun3 coeng4 zuk6semiaxis
半蹲
bun3 cyun4half squat
半打
bun3 daa1half a dozen
半點半点
bun3 dim2the least bit
半吊子
bun3 diu3 zi2dabbler; tactless and impulsive person
半島半岛
bun3 dou2(noun) Usually refers to the Peninsula Hotel in Tsimshatsui Hong Kong
半島電視台半岛电视台
bun3 dou2 din6 si6 toi4Al Jazeera (Arabic news network)
半島國際學校半岛国际学校
bun3 dou2 gwok3 zai3 hok6 haau6International School of the Penninsula
半島酒店半岛酒店
bun3 dou2 zau2 dim3The Peninsula Hong Kong, a hotel in Hong Kong
半導瓷半导瓷
bun3 dou6 ci4semiconducting ceramic (electronics)
半導體半导体
bun3 dou6 tai2semiconductor
半分
bun3 fan1a little bit
半分兒半分儿
bun3 fan1 ji4erhua variant of 半分[ban4 fen1]
半肥瘦
bun3 fei4 sau3not too fat or lean (meat)
半復賽半复赛
bun3 fuk6 coi3eighth finals
半封建
bun3 fung1 gin3semifeudal
半封建半殖民地
bun3 fung1 gin3 bun3 zik6 man4 dei6semifeudal and semicolonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang)
半跏坐
bun3 gaa1 zo6sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva)
半價半价
bun3 gaa3half price
半間不界半间不界
bun3 gaan1 bat1 gaai3shallow; superficial
半斤八両半斤八两
bun3 gan1 baat3 loeng5equality
半斤八兩半斤八两
bun3 gan1 baat3 loeng5not much to choose between the two
半腱肌
bun3 gin3 gei1semitendinosus, one of the hamstring muscles in the thigh
半徑半径
bun3 ging3radius
半個半个
bun3 go3half of sth
半個人半个人
bun3 go3 jan4(not) a single person
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