Cantonese words starting with B

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baak6 hau4 gon1 kwan2

白喉桿菌白喉杆菌

Klebs-Loeddler bacillus (the diphtheria bacterium)

baak6 hau4 gun3 bei1

白喉冠鵯白喉冠鹎

(bird species of China) puff-throated bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus)

baak6 hau4 hung4 mei5 keoi4

白喉紅尾鴝白喉红尾鸲

(bird species of China) white-throated redstart (Phoenicurus schisticeps)

baak6 hau4 hung4 tyun4 bei1

白喉紅臀鵯白喉红臀鹎

(bird species of China) sooty-headed bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)

baak6 hau4 lam4 ang1

白喉林鶯白喉林莺

(bird species of China) lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca)

baak6 hau4 lam4 jung1

白喉林鶲白喉林鹟

(bird species of China) brown-chested jungle flycatcher (Cyornis brunneatus)

baak6 hau4 sai1 niu5

白喉犀鳥白喉犀鸟

(bird species of China) Austen's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus austeni)

baak6 hau4 sin3 mei5 jung1

白喉扇尾鶲白喉扇尾鹟

(bird species of China) white-throated fantail (Rhipidura albicollis)

baak6 hau4 zam1 mei5 jyu5 jin3

白喉針尾雨燕白喉针尾雨燕

(bird species of China) white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)

Bai Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國|秦国, the victor at 長平|长平 in 260 BC

to eat without paying

baak6 hek3 baak6 hot3

baak6 hiu2 jin3

白曉燕白晓燕

Pai Hsiao-yen (daughter of Pai Ping-ping)

Baihe County in Ankang 安康[An1 kang1], Shaanxi

baak6 ho4 jyun6

白河縣白河县

Baihe, a county in Ankang City 安康市[An1 kang1 Shi4], Shaanxi

baak6 hoeng1 ci4 pou2

白香詞譜白香词谱

Anthology of ci poems tunes (1795), edited by Xu Menglan 舒夢蘭|舒梦兰, with 100 accessible poems from Tang through to Qing times

baak6 hoi1 seoi2

白開水白开水

plain boiled water

(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)

baak6 hok6 kyun4

白鶴拳白鹤拳

Baihequan (Fujian White Crane) martial art form

baak6 hok6 loeng4

白鶴梁白鹤梁

White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings

baak6 hong6 fung6 mei4

白項鳳鶥白项凤鹛

(bird species of China) white-naped yuhina (Yuhina bakeri)

baak6 hung1 aa1 zoek3

白胸鴉雀白胸鸦雀

(bird species of China) white-breasted parrotbill (Paradoxornis ruficeps)

baak6 hung1 fei2 ceoi3

(bird species of China) white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

baak6 hung1 fu2 ok3 niu5

白胸苦惡鳥白胸苦恶鸟

(bird species of China) white-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)

baak6 hyut3 beng6

baak6 hyut3 kau4

white blood cell

white man or woman; Caucasian

baak6 jan6 zin3

白刃戰白刃战

hand-to-hand combat

baak6 jat6 mung6

白日夢白日梦

baak6 jat6 zai2

a moth [colloquial]

baak6 jat6 zou6 mung6

白日做夢白日做梦

light soy sauce, a common Chinese seasoning for dishes; correction fluid (tippex)

baak6 je4 coi3 faa1

White cauliflower; gonorrhea

baak6 ji1 cong1 gau2

白衣蒼狗白衣苍狗

lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)

baak6 ji1 zin3 si6

白衣戰士白衣战士

warrior in white

baak6 ji5 kei4 mei4

白耳奇鶥白耳奇鹛

(bird species of China) white-eared sibia (Heterophasia auricularis)

white amaranth (Amaranthus albus)

baak6 jin6 zi2 ke2

白莧紫茄白苋紫茄

white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle

baak6 jit6 faa3

白熱化白热化

(verb) Incandesce

baak6 jiu1 ban1 wat6

白腰濱鷸白腰滨鹬

(bird species of China) white-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)

baak6 jiu1 caa1 mei5 hoi2 jin3

白腰叉尾海燕

(bird species of China) Leach's storm petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous)

baak6 jiu1 cou2 wat6

白腰草鷸白腰草鹬

(bird species of China) green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)

baak6 jiu1 jin3 au1

白腰燕鷗白腰燕鸥

(bird species of China) Aleutian tern (Onychoprion aleuticus)