Cantonese words starting with B

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Bali, a coastal district in New Taipei City, Taiwan.

baat3 lei5 hoeng1

八里鄉八里乡

Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City, Taiwan.

The Eight Great Eminent Officials of the Chinese Communist Party.

baat3 lou6 gwan1

八路軍八路军

Eighth Route Army, one of the major Chinese communist military forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

baat3 maan6 daai6 zong6 ging1

八萬大藏經八万大藏经

Tripitaka Koreana; a collection of Buddhist scriptures carved on wooden tablets and housed in Haeinsa Temple in South Korea.

Bamay, a town in Dawu County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan.

baat3 min6 ling4 lung4

八面玲瓏八面玲珑

Slick and smooth in social relations; tactful and able to please everyone.

baat3 min6 tai2

八面體八面体

An octahedron; a three-dimensional geometric shape with eight faces.

A nosy girl; a little girl who is a gossip.

baat3 muk6 maan4

八目鰻八目鳗

Lamprey; a jawless, eel-like fish of the family Petromyzontidae.

To skin or flay, or figuratively to exploit or rip someone off.

A gossipy, nosy, or troublesome woman; a bitch.

baat3 pui5 tai2

八倍體八倍体

Octoploid; having eight sets of chromosomes.

baat3 sap6 baat3

Eighty-eight; the number 88.

baat3 sap6 nin4 doi6

The eighties; the 1980s.

baat3 sap6 seoi3 faan1 tau4 gaa3

八十歲返頭嫁八十岁返头嫁

To bring trouble upon oneself late in life, or to make unnecessary trouble for oneself.

baat3 sap6 tin1 waan4 jau4 dei6 kau4

八十天環遊地球八十天环游地球

Around the World in Eighty Days, the classic adventure novel by Jules Verne.

Baxoi, a county of Chamdo in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

baat3 sau3 jyun6

八宿縣八宿县

Pasho County, a county in Chamdo City, Tibet.

The Eight Immortals, a group of legendary Daoist deities in Chinese mythology.

baat3 sin1 coek3

An old-fashioned square table designed to seat eight people.

baat3 sin1 leng5

八仙嶺八仙岭

Pat Sin Leng; a mountain range in the northeastern New Territories, Hong Kong.

Caohai; a lake in Guizhou, also known as Baxian Lake.

baat3 sing1 dou6 gyun1

八聲杜鵑八声杜鹃

Plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus).

Eighty percent, or most likely and probably.

baat3 siu2 si4 gung1 zok3 zai3

八小時工作制八小时工作制

Eight-hour workday system.

baat3 soeng3 sing4 dou6

The eight major stages of the Buddha's life leading to enlightenment.

Eight types of jaundice in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

baat3 taan2 san1 min6 wong4

八疸身面黃八疸身面黄

The eight types of jaundice characterized by yellowing of the body and face in traditional Chinese medicine.

baat3 toi4 daai6 giu2

八抬大轎八抬大轿

An eight-carrier sedan chair, typically used to carry high officials or brides in traditional weddings.

baat3 tung1 gaai1

To spread gossip everywhere; the widespread circulation of rumours.

baat3 wai2 jyun4

Eight-bit; a unit of data width or computer architecture representing 8 bits.

baat3 wing4 baat3 ci2

八榮八恥八荣八耻

Eight Honors and Eight Shames, a set of moral guidelines introduced in mainland China.

baat3 wui6 jyut6

八會穴八会穴

The eight influential points in acupuncture, each exerting a systemic effect on a specific organ, tissue, or energy.

baat3 zaau2 jyu4

八爪魚八爪鱼

Octopus; an eight-legged, soft-bodied marine invertebrate.

The eight delicacies; eight highly rare and precious ingredients in Chinese cuisine.

baat3 zan1 tong1

八珍湯八珍汤

Eight-treasure decoction, a tonic formula used in traditional Chinese medicine.

baat3 zan6 tou4

八陣圖八阵图

The battlefield formations of Zhuge Liang, or a chaotic and confusing situation.

baat3 zeon3 zai3

八進制八进制

Octal; the base-eight numeral system.

One's fortune or destiny, calculated from the eight characters representing the date and time of one's birth.

Saggy or splayed breasts that point outwards to the sides.

A manner of walking with one's toes pointed outwards; a splayed-foot gait.

baat3 zi6 fong1 zam1

八字方針八字方针

A policy expressed as an eight-character slogan.

baat3 zi6 goek3

八字腳八字脚

Splayfoot or pigeon-toed posture, where the feet turn significantly inward or outward.

baat3 zi6 jing4

Shaped like the Chinese character 八; splayed, flared, or V-shaped.

Sloping eyebrows resembling the shape of the Chinese character for "eight" (八).

baat3 zi6 mut6 jat1 pit3

八字沒一撇八字没一撇

No sign of success yet; things have not even begun to take shape.

baat3 zi6 saang1 dak1 zeng3

八字生得正

To be born lucky or born under a lucky star; to have a smooth and fortunate life.