Cantonese words starting with B

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bun6 min6noodles served with soy sauce, sesame butter etc

bun6 mou5to be a dancing partner to sb; taxi dancer (hired dancing partner)

bun6 noeng2bridesmaid; matron of honor

伴生氣伴生气

bun6 sang1 hei3associated gas (petrochemical engineering)

bun6 sing1(astronomy) companion star

bun6 syun3to stagger (walk unsteadily)

胖頭魚胖头鱼

bun6 tau4 jyu2see 鱅魚|鳙鱼[yong1 yu2]

bun6 tou4traitor; rebel; insurgent

bun6 tou4to defect

bun6 tung4to accompany

bun6 wo4to mix and stir

bun6 wun4domineering; tyrannical

bun6 zau3to accompany (musically)

bun6 zeoi2to bicker; to quarrel

拌嘴鬥舌拌嘴斗舌

bun6 zeoi2 dau3 sit3to quarrel

bun6 zi2fat person

bun6 zung2seed dressing

bun6 zyu6to entangle; to impede movement

bung2to clasp; to hold up with both hands; to praise; a cupped handful of, a quantifier

bung6classifier for smell

but1used in transliterations of loanwords such as 'port'

砵蘭街砵兰街

but1 laan4 gaai1Portland Street, place in Hong Kong

but3small earthenware plate or basin; Sanskrit paatra

but3 din2 zaa3 gaai1(noun) Pottinger Street, which is a road in Central, Hong Kong

but3 gwai6cabinet

but3 jyu4alms bowl

but3 tau4earthen bowl (Shanghainese)

but3 zai2 gou1(food) steamed rice pudding with red beans

缽仔糕钵仔糕

but3 zai2 gou1a type of Chinese steamed rice cupcake which is in the shape of a small bowl

but3 zau2port (wine)

but3 zau2port (wine)

but6flourishing; suddenly; sudden; exuberant; vigorous

but6used in 呼哱哱[hu1 bo1 bo1]

but6to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to allocate; to poke (the fire); to turn round; to move; to distribute; to govern

but6same as 渤海 Bó Hǎi [渤海], Bohai Sea between Liaoning and Shandong; swelling

but6 but6thriving; exuberant

but6 but6pastry; cake

but6 cai4Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)

but6 ceot1to pull out; to dial

but6 daa2to call

撥大葵扇拨大葵扇

but6 daai6 kwai4 sin3being a matchmaker

but6 dung6to stir; to poke; to strum (on a guitar etc)

but6 faat3to sprout up; to flourish; (of war etc) to break out

but6 fo2to instigate and stir up something

撥火棍拨火棍

but6 fo2 gwan3stick or rod used to tend a fire

but6 fu6to disburse (money)

but6 fun2to allocate funds

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