Cantonese words starting with B

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Noodles tossed with sauce, such as soy sauce or sesame paste.

To accompany someone in a dance; to dance with someone.

Maid of honour or bridesmaid.

bun6 sang1 hei3

伴生氣伴生气

Associated gas; natural gas that is found in association with oil in a reservoir.

Companion star.

To stagger or walk unsteadily.

胖頭魚胖头鱼

Bighead carp; a freshwater fish.

Traitor or renegade; a person who betrays an organization.

To defect; to betray one's country or group and flee.

To accompany; to go along with.

To mix and stir different ingredients together.

Domineering or tyrannical.

To play a musical accompaniment for a main melody, singer, or instrument.

To bicker or quarrel over trivial matters.

bun6 zeoi2 dau3 sit3

拌嘴鬥舌拌嘴斗舌

To bicker or squabble with someone; to argue back and forth over trivial matters.

Fat person; a person who is overweight.

Seed dressing; treating seeds with chemicals before planting to prevent pests and diseases.

To trip; to entangle, obstruct, or impede movement.

To hold or carry something in the palms of one's hands.

Classifier for walls.

Used in transliterations of loanwords, especially representing 'port' sounds.

but1 laan4 gaai1

砵蘭街砵兰街

Portland Street, a well-known street in Hong Kong.

A flat, wide-mouthed bowl made of clay or metal.

but3 din2 zaa3 gaai1

Pottinger Street, a historic street in Central, Hong Kong known for its stone steps.

Cabinet for storing earthenware pots or general kitchen utensils.

Alms bowl used by Buddhist monks.

An earthen bowl or jar.

Put Chai Ko (a traditional Cantonese steamed bowl cake); also used as a slang term for a bra pad.

缽仔糕钵仔糕

Put chai ko; a traditional Cantonese steamed rice pudding cooked in a small bowl.

Port wine; a fortified wine originating from Portugal.

Flourishing, prosperous, or thriving.

Used in the onomatopoeic word for the cooing of doves or similar bird sounds.

To move something aside with one's hand or fingers, or to dial a telephone.

To bubble up or gush forth, or to be full and overflowing.

Swelling; also referring to the Bohai Sea.

To poo; to defecate.

Pastry, cake, or bun.

Chinese water chestnut.

To allocate funds, dial a phone number, or pull out and remove.

To dial or make a phone call.

but6 daai6 kwai4 sin3

撥大葵扇拨大葵扇

To act as a matchmaker.

To stir, poke, or nudge something; to pluck or strum a stringed instrument.

To sprout up, flourish, or break out.

To poke a fire; figuratively, to instigate, stir up trouble, or fan the flames of a conflict.

撥火棍拨火棍

A stick or rod used to tend a fire.

To disburse or allocate funds.

To allocate, grant, or appropriate funds to an organization or for a specific project.