Cantonese words starting with B
7,195 entries
八里
baat3 lei5Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
八里鄉八里乡
baat3 lei5 hoeng1Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
八老
baat3 lou5"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老[Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 ...
八路軍八路军
baat3 lou6 gwan1Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fight...
八萬大藏經八万大藏经
baat3 maan6 daai6 zong6 ging1Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and ho...
八美
baat3 mei5Bamay in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefec...
八面玲瓏八面玲珑
baat3 min6 ling4 lung4be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
八面體八面体
baat3 min6 tai2octahedron
八妹
baat3 mui1a young girl who is a busybody or a gossiper
八目鰻八目鳗
baat3 muk6 maan4lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae)
八年
baat3 nin4eight years
扒皮
baat3 pei4to flay; (fig.) to exploit
八婆
baat3 po4(of coarse language) bitch
八倍體八倍体
baat3 pui5 tai2octoploid
八十
baat3 sap6eighty
八十八
baat3 sap6 baat3eighty-eight
八十年代
baat3 sap6 nin4 doi6during the 80s (era)
八十歲返頭嫁八十岁返头嫁
baat3 sap6 seoi3 faan1 tau4 gaa3lit. get remarried at the age of eighty, meaning to bring trouble oneself
八十天環遊地球八十天环游地球
baat3 sap6 tin1 waan4 jau4 dei6 kau4Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 儒勒·凡爾納|儒勒·凡尔纳[Ru2 le4 · Fan2 e...
八宿
baat3 sau3see 八宿縣|八宿县[Ba1 su4 Xian4]
八宿縣八宿县
baat3 sau3 jyun6Pasho, a county in Chamdo City 昌都市[Chang1 du1 Shi4], Tibet
八仙
baat3 sin1the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
八仙桌
baat3 sin1 coek3old-fashioned square table to seat eight people
八仙嶺八仙岭
baat3 sin1 leng5Pat Sin Range, a mountain range in New Territories, Hong Kong
八仙湖
baat3 sin1 wu4see 草海[Cao3 hai3]
八聲杜鵑八声杜鹃
baat3 sing1 dou6 gyun1(bird species of China) plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
八成
baat3 sing4eighty percent; most likely
八小時工作制八小时工作制
baat3 siu2 si4 gung1 zok3 zai3eight-hour workday system
八相成道
baat3 soeng3 sing4 dou6the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism)
八疸
baat3 taan2eight (types of) jaundices (TCM)
八疸身面黃八疸身面黄
baat3 taan2 san1 min6 wong4eight types of jaundice with yellowing of body and face (TCM)
八抬大轎八抬大轿
baat3 toi4 daai6 giu2palanquin with eight carriers
八通街
baat3 tung1 gaai1the spread of gossips to everywhere [colloquial]
八位元
baat3 wai2 jyun48-bit (computing)
八榮八恥八荣八耻
baat3 wing4 baat3 ci2Eight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines
八會穴八会穴
baat3 wui6 jyut6the eight influential points (acupuncture)
八爪魚八爪鱼
baat3 zaau2 jyu4octopus
八珍
baat3 zan1someone who loves to gossip; eight kinds of precious food
八珍湯八珍汤
baat3 zan1 tong1eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
八陣圖八阵图
baat3 zan6 tou4Stone Sentinel Maze, an array of rocks and boulders thought to be conjured by...
八進制八进制
baat3 zeon3 zai3octal
八字
baat3 zi6the character 8 or 八
八字波
baat3 zi6 bo1breasts that are shaped as "eight [八]" in Chinese character
八字步
baat3 zi6 bou6step with feet splayed outwards
八字方針八字方针
baat3 zi6 fong1 zam1a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan
八字腳八字脚
baat3 zi6 goek3splayfoot
八字形
baat3 zi6 jing4shape resembling the character 八 or 8; splayed
八字眉
baat3 zi6 mei4sloping eyebrows, formed like character for "eight"
八字沒一撇八字没一撇
baat3 zi6 mut6 jat1 pit3lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom); no s...
八字生得正
baat3 zi6 saang1 dak1 zeng3to be born under a good sign; to lead a lucky life [colloquial]
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