Cantonese words starting with B
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半個鐘半个钟
bun3 go3 zung1Half an hour
半官方
bun3 gun1 fong1semiofficial
半工半讀半工半读
bun3 gung1 bun3 duk6part work, part study
半公開半公开
bun3 gung1 hoi1semiovert
半拱
bun3 gung2semiarch
半胱氨酸
bun3 gwong1 on1 syun1cysteine (Cys), an amino acid
半夏
bun3 haa6Pinellia ternata
半鹹半淡
bun3 haam4 bun3 taam5lit. in between salty and tasteless, meaning one has not mastered a set of skills or language
半鹹淡半咸淡
bun3 haam4 taam5describes the situation where a person is speaking a language inaccurately which is not his
半晌
bun3 hoeng2half of the day; quite a while
半響半响
bun3 hoeng2half the day; quite a while
半開半开
bun3 hoi1ajar [written and colloquial]
半開半關半开半关
bun3 hoi1 bun3 gwaan1half-open, half closed
半開化半开化
bun3 hoi1 faa3semicivilized
半開門半开门
bun3 hoi1 mun4half-open door
半開門兒半开门儿
bun3 hoi1 mun4 ji4erhua variant of 半開門|半开门[ban4 kai1 men2]
半空
bun3 hung1midair
半空中
bun3 hung1 zung1in midair
半音
bun3 jam1semitone
半音程
bun3 jam1 cing4semitone
半人馬半人马
bun3 jan4 maa5centaur (mythology)
半人馬座半人马座
bun3 jan4 maa5 zo6Centaurus (constellation)
半日
bun3 jat6half a day
半日工作
bun3 jat6 gung1 zok3part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon
半日制學校半日制学校
bun3 jat6 zai3 hok6 haau6half-day (or double-shift) school
半夜
bun3 je6midnight
半夜三更
bun3 je6 saam1 gaang1see 三更半夜[san1 geng1 ban4 ye4]
半夜食黃瓜半夜食黄瓜
bun3 je6 sik6 wong4 gwaa1eating a cucumber in midnight, which means not knowing where is the start and end
半腰
bun3 jiu1middle
半乳糖
bun3 jyu5 tong4galactose (CH2O)6
半乳糖血症
bun3 jyu5 tong4 hyut3 zing3galactosemia
半圓半圆
bun3 jyun4semicircle
半圓儀半圆仪
bun3 jyun4 ji4protractor
半圓形半圆形
bun3 jyun4 jing4semicircular
半月
bun3 jyut6half-moon
半月板
bun3 jyut6 baan2meniscus (anatomy)
半月瓣
bun3 jyut6 baan6semilunar valve (anatomy)
半月刊
bun3 jyut6 hon2fortnightly
半球
bun3 kau4hemisphere
半旗
bun3 kei4half-mast
半規管半规管
bun3 kwai1 gun2(anatomy) semicircular canal
半規則半规则
bun3 kwai1 zak1quasi-regular
半決賽半决赛
bun3 kyut3 coi3semifinals
半拉
bun3 laai1(coll.) half
半勒卡
bun3 lak6 kaa1halfway; somewhere in between
半ｌａｎｇｋａｎｇ
bun3 lang1 keng1to be in a dilemma [colloquial]
半流體半流体
bun3 lau4 tai2semifluid
半裸體半裸体
bun3 lo2 tai2half-naked
半勞動力半劳动力
bun3 lou4 dung6 lik6one able to do light manual labor only
半老徐娘
bun3 lou5 ceoi4 noeng4middle-aged but still attractive woman
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