Cantonese words starting with B

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闭关自守
bai3 gwaan1 zi6 sau2close the country to international intercourse
闭关政策
bai3 gwaan1 zing3 caak3closed-door policy
闭卷考试
bai3 gyun2 haau2 si5closed-book examination
闭合
bai3 hap6to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevat...
闭口不言
bai3 hau2 bat1 jin4to keep silent (idiom)
闭口不谈
bai3 hau2 bat1 taam4to refuse to say anything about (idiom); to avoid mentioning
闭起
bai3 hei2to shut
闭音节
bai3 jam1 zit3closed syllable
闭元音
bai3 jyun4 jam1close vowel
闭月羞花
bai3 jyut6 sau1 faa1lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom)
闭区间
bai3 keoi1 gaan1closed interval (in calculus)
闭路电视
bai3 lou6 din6 si6closed-circuit television
闭幕
bai3 mok6(adjective) Closing (ceremonies of events)
闭幕典礼
bai3 mok6 din2 lai5closing ceremony
闭幕式
bai3 mok6 sik1closing ceremony
闭目塞听
bai3 muk6 sak1 ting1to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears; to bury one's head in the sand
闭门
bai3 mun4to close a door
闭门羹
bai3 mun4 gang1(fig.) denial of entry; flat refusal; cold rebuff
闭门觅句
bai3 mun4 mik6 geoi3lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious ha...
闭门塞窦
bai3 mun4 sak1 dau6to close doors and block openings (idiom); mounting a strict defense
闭门思过
bai3 mun4 si1 gwo3shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes
闭门造车
bai3 mun4 zou6 ce1lit. to shut oneself away and build a cart (idiom)
bai3 sak1blocked; to be narrow-minded
闭塞
bai3 sak1to stop up; hard to get to; inaccessible; blocking
闭塞眼睛捉麻雀
bai3 sak1 ngaan5 zing1 zuk3 maa4 zoek3lit. to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom)
蔽身处
bai3 san1 cyu3shelter
闭锁
bai3 so2to lock
闭锁期
bai3 so2 kei4lock-up period (on stock options)
闭上
bai3 soeng5to close
闭上嘴巴
bai3 soeng5 zeoi2 baa1Shut up!
闭域
bai3 wik6closed domain
闭会
bai3 wui4close a meeting
闭会祈祷
bai3 wui4 kei4 tou2benediction
闭集
bai3 zaap6closed set (math.)
闭嘴
bai3 zeoi2Shut up!
闭子集
bai3 zi2 zaap6closed subset (math.)
闭着
bai3 zoek6closed
𡃇
bai6(Cant.) exclamation for something bad that had happened, such as ‘damn!’
bai6money; currency
bai6(interjection) 1. Shit! (noun) cheating
bai6my (polite); ruined; worn out; to break; broken
bai6to die; to reject; (suffix) to death
bai6stockade
bai6(tapir)
bai6the steps to the throne
bai6bellows (for blowing air into a fire)
bai6 beng6malady; malpractice; disadvantage
币别
bai6 bit6specific currency
弊处
bai6 cyu3shortcomings
bai6 dyun1systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices)

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