Cantonese words starting with B

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Halfway; midway through a journey or on the way.

bun3 lou6 ceot1 gaa1

To switch careers or take up a new trade without formal training or a solid foundation.

bun3 maa4 zeoi3

Local anesthesia or semi-anesthesia; partial loss of physical sensation induced by anesthetics.

bun3 man4 maang4

Semiliterate; having a very basic reading and writing ability.

bun3 ming4 bat1 mit6

半明不滅半明不灭

Flickering, dim, or dull.

Semimembranosus muscle.

bun3 mou4 haan6

半無限半无限

Half a year; six months.

bun3 peng4 cou3

A dabbler or dilettante; someone with only a superficial knowledge of a subject.

bun3 ping4 seoi2 hoeng2 ding1 dong1

半瓶水響叮噹半瓶水响叮当

One who has only a little knowledge but likes to show off.

bun3 ping4 zi2 cou3

A dabbler or dilettante; someone with a superficial or half-baked knowledge of a subject.

Half-price ticket

半蹼鷸半蹼鹬

Asian dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus), a species of wading bird.

Halfway up a hill or mountain; or the Mid-levels area in Hong Kong.

bun3 saan1 keoi1

半山區半山区

Mid-Levels; an affluent residential area on Hong Kong Island.

bun3 saang1 bat1 suk6

Half-cooked, underripe, or metaphorically half-baked and not mastered.

bun3 saang1 suk6

Half-cooked, half-boiled, or medium-cooked.

Half a lifetime.

Half of a lifetime; half of one's life.

bun3 san1 bat1 seoi6

Paralysis of one side of the body, typically caused by a stroke.

bun3 san1 zoeng6

A half-length portrait, photograph, or bust showing a person from the waist up.

Half a lifetime; half of one's life.

半失業半失业

Semi-employed; underemployed.

Half dead from torment, hunger, or exhaustion; terrified out of one's wits.

bun3 seoi1 kei4

Half-life; the time required for the concentration of a substance to decrease by half.

bun3 seon3 bun3 ji4

Half-believing and half-doubting; partially convinced but still skeptical.

半視野半视野

Half of a visual field.

bun3 sing4 ban2

Semi-manufactured goods; semifinished products.

半小時半小时

Half an hour; thirty minutes.

Half; half of the total number.

bun3 sou3 ji5 soeng6

半數以上半数以上

More than half; a majority.

半熟練半熟练

bun3 tan1 bun3 tou3

To speak indirectly or hesitantly, half-concealing and half-revealing one's thoughts.

bun3 tau3 ming4

Translucent; letting some light pass through but not enough to see through clearly.

bun3 teoi1 bun3 zau6

To accept or agree to something with a show of reluctance.

Half of the day, or a long time.

Hanging in mid-air, or figuratively in a stalemate or unresolved state.

bun3 tiu4 jan4 meng6

半條人命半条人命

Half-dead; used to describe someone who is extremely ill or exhausted.

bun3 tiu4 meng6

半條命半条命

Barely alive; half dead; on the verge of death.

Day care; partial care or semi-boarding service for children or seniors.

bun3 tong4 faan1

Eurasian; a person of mixed Chinese and Western descent, or a highly Westernized Chinese person.

bun3 tong4 fu1 cai1

Weekend spouse; a married couple who do not live together daily, typically meeting only on weekends.

Halfway; midway through a journey or task.

bun3 tou4 ji4 fai3

半途而廢半途而废

To give up halfway; to leave something unfinished.

bun3 tung1 bat1 tung1

To have only a half-baked, superficial, or incomplete understanding of something.

bun3 tung2 seoi2

Having only a superficial knowledge of a subject; half-baked or a dabbler.

bun3 tyut3 caan2

半脫產半脱产

Partly released from regular work or productive labor.

bun3 zan1 bun3 gaa2

Half true and half false; partly genuine and partly sham.

Half a day; either the morning or afternoon period with sunlight.

半自動半自动

Semi-automatic; partially automated so that it does not rely entirely on manual labor.