Cantonese words starting with B

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baak6 min6 fan2
白面粉
white flour [written and colloquial]; heroin [colloquial]
baak6 min6 ji4
白面儿
heroin
baak6 min6 syu1 sang1
白面书生
lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
baak6 miu4
line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style
baak6 mong4 mong4
(of mist, snow, floodwater etc) a vast expanse of whiteness
baak6 mou4
white hair (of animals)
baak6 mou4 neoi5
The White Haired Girl (1950), one of the first PRC films
baak6 mou4 wong4 jyut6
白旄黄钺
white banner and yellow battle-ax (idiom); refers to military expedition
baak6 mui4
anthracite; white coal
baak6 muk6
(slang) stupid
baak6 muk6 ji5
white fungus (Tremella fuciformis)
baak6 mung1 mung1
pure white; brilliant white [colloquial]
baak6 mung4 mung4
white; hazy
baak6 mut6
froth
baak6 ngaak6 jin3 au1
白额燕鸥
(bird species of China) little tern (Sternula albifrons)
baak6 ngaak6 jyun4 mei5 wok6
白额圆尾鹱
(bird species of China) bonin petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca)
baak6 ngaak6 ngaan6
白额雁
(bird species of China) greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)
baak6 ngaak6 wok6
白额鹱
(bird species of China) streaked shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas)
baak6 ngaan5
to give sb a dirty look; to cast a supercilious glance
baak6 ngaan5 ho4 jin3
(bird species of China) white-eyed river martin (Pseudochelidon sirintarae)
baak6 ngaan5 long4
thankless wretch; an ingrate
baak6 ngaan5 zyu1
white of the eye
baak6 ngaan5 zyu1 ji4
白眼珠儿
erhua variant of 白眼珠[bai2 yan3 zhu1]
baak6 ngai5
白蚁
termite
baak6 ngan2
白银
see 白銀區|白银区[Bai2 yin2 Qu1]
baak6 ngan4 keoi1
白银区
Baiyin, a district of Baiyin City 白銀市|白银市[Bai2 yin2 Shi4], Gansu
baak6 ngan4 si5
白银市
Baiyin, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]
baak6 ngan4 syu1
白银书
valuable book decorated with silver, gold and jewels etc, commonly regarded as a disguised form of bribe
baak6 ngat6 zau6
白兀鹫
(bird species of China) Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
baak6 ngo4
Belarus
baak6 ngo4 lo4 si1
白俄罗斯
Belarus
baak6 ngo4 lo4 si1 jan4
白俄罗斯人
Byelorussian (person)
baak6 noi6 zoeng3
白内障
cataract (ophthalmology)
baak6 nou4
white slave
baak6 nyun6
(of skin etc) fair
baak6 ok3
白垩
chalk
baak6 ok3 gei2
白垩纪
Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)
baak6 ok3 sai3
白垩世
Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)
baak6 paai2
an unlicensed
baak6 paau2 jat1 tong3
to go on an errand for nothing
baak6 pei1
white arsenic
baak6 pei4 caam3 seon4
piceatannol C14H12O4
baak6 pei4 cung4
lacebark pine
baak6 pei4 lou6
白琵鹭
(bird species of China) Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
baak6 pei4 syu1
白皮书
white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation)
baak6 piu3
blank vote
baak6 pok3
白朴
Bai Pu (1226-1306), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
baak6 saa1
Baisha (common place name); Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
baak6 saa1 hoeng1
白沙乡
Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
baak6 saa1 jyun6
白沙县
Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan