Cantonese words starting with B

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Rolled gold; gold-filled plating.

Headscarf; wrapper; a cloth used for wrapping or covering.

To charter a plane; a chartered flight.

To summarize or to annex.

Phimosis; a medical condition where the foreskin cannot be fully retracted.

To have or take full responsibility for completing a task or job.

包乾兒包干儿

To be solely responsible for a task and take charge of it until completion.

baau1 gon1 zai3

包乾制包干制

A system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash, or a system of contracting for a job with fixed responsibility for profits and losses.

To guarantee, assure, or actively take responsibility for something.

Honorific for Bao Zheng, a Song Dynasty official renowned for his uprightness and justice, also revered as a deity.

To undertake a project with a fixed budget and timeline, or the contractor who does so.

baau1 gung1 tau4

包工頭包工头

A chief contractor or boss of a construction team who takes on outsourced work.

A lap seam, frequently used in tailoring.

Parcel; package.

To forgive, excuse, or make allowances for one's shortcomings.

baau1 hai2 ngo5 san1 soeng6

包喺我身上

Leave it to me; I'll handle it.

baau1 hai2 san1 soeng6

To leave a matter or task entirely up to someone to take care of or handle.

To contain, embody, or include elements or content within something.

To wrap up a gift, or to charter a vehicle or rent out an entire venue.

Baohe District, a district in Hefei, Anhui Province.

baau1 ho4 keoi1

包河區包河区

Baohe, a district of Hefei City in Anhui Province.

Bauhaus, the German school of modern architecture and design.

To offer free shipping; for a seller to cover postage costs during online shopping.

baau1 jau4 si6 lo4 syun4 tai2

包柔氏螺旋體包柔氏螺旋体

Borrelia, a genus of spirochete bacteria.

Sugar coating on a pill, or the coat of a seed.

Afterbirth; the placenta and fetal membranes expelled after birth.

baau1 ji1 zung2 zi2

包衣種子包衣种子

Pelleted seed; seed enclosed in an artificial capsule.

Borr, a deity in Norse mythology.

baau1 ji6 naai1

To keep a mistress or a second wife, usually referring to a married man.

To support someone financially or materially in exchange for a stable, long-term sexual relationship.

To accept, tolerate, and forgive other people's faults and shortcomings.

Abalone; a type of precious edible sea snail with an oval shell characterized by a row of respiratory pores.

baau1 jyu4 caat2

鮑魚刷鲍鱼刷

Toilet brush, or a hairstyle that resembles one.

鮑魚菇鲍鱼菇

Abalone mushroom or oyster mushroom; an edible fungus native to East Asia and Africa.

baau1 jyu4 zai3

鮑魚掣鲍鱼掣

An electrical circuit breaker switch.

baau1 jyun4 ji4

包圓兒包圆儿

To buy the whole lot; to purchase everything that is left.

To pay for a service or subscription on a monthly basis.

To include, contain, or consist of.

To take on, undertake, or monopolize the entirety of something.

baau1 laam5 ci4 zung6

包攬詞訟包揽词讼

To canvas for lawsuits or practice chicanery.

The male given name Boris.

To include, encompass, or embrace.

baau1 lo4 maan6 jau5

包羅萬有包罗万有

All-inclusive; comprehensive, rich in content, and having everything that should be there.

baau1 lo4 maan6 zoeng6

包羅萬象包罗万象

All-embracing; all-inclusive; covering or containing everything.

baau1 lung4 tou4

包龍圖包龙图

Bao Longtu, a fictional name for the honest Northern Song official Bao Zheng.

Bundled thatch or reeds, traditionally used for filtering wine in ancestral worship.