Cantonese words starting with B

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baak3 lou5 wui6

百老匯百老汇

Broadway (New York City)

baak3 maan6 deon1

百萬噸百万吨

baak3 maan6 fu3 jung1

百萬富翁百万富翁

baak3 maan6 haak1 zi1

百萬赫茲百万赫兹

megahertz (physics, electronics)

baak3 maan6 hung4 si1

百萬雄師百万雄师

A powerful army with many soldiers

baak3 maan6 wai2

百萬位百万位

the millions place (or column) in the decimal system

baak3 mai5 coi3 paau2

百米賽跑百米赛跑

baak3 man4 bat1 jyu4 jat1 gin3

百聞不如一見百闻不如一见

seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others

baak3 mat6 jat1 so1

(idiom) someone is very detailed and meticulous but overlook on one tiny detail

baak3 ming4 hon6

baak3 mou4 gam3 gei6

百無禁忌百无禁忌

all taboos are off (idiom); anything goes

baak3 mou4 jat1 sat1

百無一失百无一失

no danger of anything going wrong

baak3 mou4 liu4 laai6

百無聊賴百无聊赖

(idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom

(noun) General polite term to call friend's or someone's mother

baak3 mou6 daai6

baak3 mou6 daai6 saam1 gok3

百慕大三角

Bermuda Triangle

baak3 mou6 daat6

百慕達百慕达

baak3 naam4 hak1

Bernanke (name)

baak3 naap6 ji1

monk's ragged robe, made of patch

Bo Ya, a minister of Jin Kingdom during Spring and Autumn Period

Bayan (name); Bayan of the Merkid (-1340), Yuan dynasty general and politician

baak3 ngaan5 geoi6 jan4

hundred-eyed monster

hundred years; century

baak3 nin4 bat1 jyu6

only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc)

baak3 nin4 daai6 gai3

百年大計百年大计

a project of vital and lasting importance

baak3 nin4 gwai1 lou5

百年歸老百年归老

(proverb) in old age; (Figurative meaning) after a senior passes away

baak3 nin4 hou2 hap6

may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting)

baak3 nin4 syu6 jan4

百年樹人百年树人

(idiom) it takes many years to raise children to be upstanding citizens

aunt (the Cantonese way of calling father's older brother's wife)

hectopascal (hPa), unit of atmospheric pressure

a hundredfold; (fig.) markedly

a hundred or so

baak3 seoi3 lou5 jan4

百歲老人百岁老人

baak3 si1 bat1 dak1 kei4 gaai2

百思不得其解

see 百思不解[bai3 si1 bu4 jie3]

baak3 si1 bat1 gaai2

to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom)

baak3 si1 maai5

百思買百思买

Best Buy (retailer)

baak3 si1 mok6 gaai2

see 百思不解[bai3 si1 bu4 jie3]

baak3 si6 hing1 ji4

百事輕怡百事轻怡

baak3 si6 ho2 lok6

百事可樂百事可乐

baak3 si6 keoi1 fai3

百事俱廢百事俱废

to go to pot (idiom)

baak3 si6 mou4 sing4

百事無成百事无成

to have accomplished nothing (idiom)

baak3 si6 tung1

knowledgeable person