Cantonese words starting with B
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百老匯百老汇
baak3 lou5 wui6Broadway (New York City)
百萬百万
baak3 maan6million
百萬噸百万吨
baak3 maan6 deon1megaton
百萬富翁百万富翁
baak3 maan6 fu3 jung1millionaire
百萬赫茲百万赫兹
baak3 maan6 haak1 zi1megahertz (physics, electronics)
百萬雄師百万雄师
baak3 maan6 hung4 si1A powerful army with many soldiers
百萬位百万位
baak3 maan6 wai2the millions place (or column) in the decimal system
百米
baak3 mai5hundred meters
百米賽跑百米赛跑
baak3 mai5 coi3 paau2100-meter dash
百聞不如一見百闻不如一见
baak3 man4 bat1 jyu4 jat1 gin3seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for onesel...
百物
baak3 mat6all things
百密一疏
baak3 mat6 jat1 so1(idiom) someone is very detailed and meticulous but overlook on one tiny detail
伯明翰
baak3 ming4 hon6Birmingham
百忙
baak3 mong4busy schedule
百無禁忌百无禁忌
baak3 mou4 gam3 gei6all taboos are off (idiom); anything goes
百無一失百无一失
baak3 mou4 jat1 sat1no danger of anything going wrong
百無聊賴百无聊赖
baak3 mou4 liu4 laai6(idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom
伯母
baak3 mou5(noun) General polite term to call friend's or someone's mother
百慕大
baak3 mou6 daai6Bermuda
百慕大三角
baak3 mou6 daai6 saam1 gok3Bermuda Triangle
百慕達百慕达
baak3 mou6 daat6Bermuda (Tw)
伯南克
baak3 naam4 hak1Bernanke (name)
百衲衣
baak3 naap6 ji1monk's ragged robe, made of patch
伯牙
baak3 ngaa4Bo Ya, a minister of Jin Kingdom during Spring and Autumn Period
伯顏伯颜
baak3 ngaan4Bayan (name); Bayan of the Merkid (-1340), Yuan dynasty general and politician
百眼巨人
baak3 ngaan5 geoi6 jan4hundred-eyed monster
百年
baak3 nin4hundred years; century
百年不遇
baak3 nin4 bat1 jyu6only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc)
百年大計百年大计
baak3 nin4 daai6 gai3a project of vital and lasting importance
百年歸老百年归老
baak3 nin4 gwai1 lou5(proverb) in old age; (Figurative meaning) after a senior passes away
百年好合
baak3 nin4 hou2 hap6may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting)
百年樹人百年树人
baak3 nin4 syu6 jan4(idiom) it takes many years to raise children to be upstanding citizens
伯娘
baak3 noeng4aunt (the Cantonese way of calling father's older brother's wife)
百帕
baak3 paak3hectopascal (hPa), unit of atmospheric pressure
伯婆
baak3 po4father's aunt
百倍
baak3 pui5a hundredfold; (fig.) markedly
伯莎
baak3 saa1Bertha (name)
百十
baak3 sap6a hundred or so
百獸百兽
baak3 sau3all creatures
百歲老人百岁老人
baak3 seoi3 lou5 jan4centenarian
百思不得其解
baak3 si1 bat1 dak1 kei4 gaai2see 百思不解[bai3 si1 bu4 jie3]
百思不解
baak3 si1 bat1 gaai2to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom)
百思買百思买
baak3 si1 maai5Best Buy (retailer)
百思莫解
baak3 si1 mok6 gaai2see 百思不解[bai3 si1 bu4 jie3]
百事
baak3 si6Pepsi
百事輕怡百事轻怡
baak3 si6 hing1 ji4Diet Pepsi
百事可樂百事可乐
baak3 si6 ho2 lok6Pepsi
百事俱廢百事俱废
baak3 si6 keoi1 fai3to go to pot (idiom)
百事無成百事无成
baak3 si6 mou4 sing4to have accomplished nothing (idiom)
百事通
baak3 si6 tung1knowledgeable person
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