Cantonese words starting with B

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百老汇
baak3 lou5 wui6Broadway (New York City)
百万
baak3 maan6million
百万吨
baak3 maan6 deon1megaton
百万富翁
baak3 maan6 fu3 jung1millionaire
百万赫兹
baak3 maan6 haak1 zi1megahertz (physics, electronics)
百万雄师
baak3 maan6 hung4 si1A powerful army with many soldiers
百万位
baak3 maan6 wai2the millions place (or column) in the decimal system
baak3 mai5hundred meters
百米赛跑
baak3 mai5 coi3 paau2100-meter dash
百闻不如一见
baak3 man4 bat1 jyu4 jat1 gin3seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for onesel...
baak3 mat6all things
baak3 mat6 jat1 so1(idiom) someone is very detailed and meticulous but overlook on one tiny detail
baak3 ming4 hon6Birmingham
baak3 mong4busy schedule
百无禁忌
baak3 mou4 gam3 gei6all taboos are off (idiom); anything goes
百无一失
baak3 mou4 jat1 sat1no danger of anything going wrong
百无聊赖
baak3 mou4 liu4 laai6(idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom
baak3 mou5(noun) General polite term to call friend's or someone's mother
baak3 mou6 daai6Bermuda
baak3 mou6 daai6 saam1 gok3Bermuda Triangle
百慕达
baak3 mou6 daat6Bermuda (Tw)
baak3 naam4 hak1Bernanke (name)
baak3 naap6 ji1monk's ragged robe, made of patch
baak3 ngaa4Bo Ya, a minister of Jin Kingdom during Spring and Autumn Period
伯颜
baak3 ngaan4Bayan (name); Bayan of the Merkid (-1340), Yuan dynasty general and politician
baak3 ngaan5 geoi6 jan4hundred-eyed monster
baak3 nin4hundred years; century
baak3 nin4 bat1 jyu6only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc)
百年大计
baak3 nin4 daai6 gai3a project of vital and lasting importance
百年归老
baak3 nin4 gwai1 lou5(proverb) in old age; (Figurative meaning) after a senior passes away
baak3 nin4 hou2 hap6may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting)
百年树人
baak3 nin4 syu6 jan4(idiom) it takes many years to raise children to be upstanding citizens
baak3 noeng4aunt (the Cantonese way of calling father's older brother's wife)
baak3 paak3hectopascal (hPa), unit of atmospheric pressure
baak3 po4father's aunt
baak3 pui5a hundredfold; (fig.) markedly
baak3 saa1Bertha (name)
baak3 sap6a hundred or so
百兽
baak3 sau3all creatures
百岁老人
baak3 seoi3 lou5 jan4centenarian
baak3 si1 bat1 dak1 kei4 gaai2see 百思不解[bai3 si1 bu4 jie3]
baak3 si1 bat1 gaai2to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom)
百思买
baak3 si1 maai5Best Buy (retailer)
baak3 si1 mok6 gaai2see 百思不解[bai3 si1 bu4 jie3]
baak3 si6Pepsi
百事轻怡
baak3 si6 hing1 ji4Diet Pepsi
百事可乐
baak3 si6 ho2 lok6Pepsi
百事俱废
baak3 si6 keoi1 fai3to go to pot (idiom)
百事无成
baak3 si6 mou4 sing4to have accomplished nothing (idiom)
baak3 si6 tung1knowledgeable person

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