Cantonese words starting with B

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Irritable, short-tempered, and easily angered.

An arrangement, plan, or deployment that is ready to be executed.

To hatch an egg, or to spend a long time working obsessively on something.

To spend a lot of time in a particular place, or to frequent a specific hangout spot.

To brood or hatch eggs in a nest.

Troops, forces, or an army unit.

Riot; insurrection; a violent and disorderly public uprising.

Constable, detective, or police officer in ancient China.

A part, section, or portion of a whole.

A part, portion, or section of a whole.

Pace or step; the speed of progress.

To become rich suddenly.

bou6 fu3 naan4 tai2

暴富難睇暴富难睇

To describe an outrageous, ostentatious, or vulgar display of sudden wealth.

Storm wind; violent wind.

bou6 fung1 jyu5

暴風雨暴风雨

Storm, tempest, or rainstorm; sudden and violent wind and rain.

bou6 fung1 syut3

暴風雪暴风雪

Blizzard; a severe snowstorm with strong winds.

bou6 fung1 zuk3 jing2

捕風捉影捕风捉影

To make groundless accusations; to chase wind and clutch at shadows; to speculate without evidence.

A component, part, or element of a machine, object, or Chinese character.

A tyrant; an autocratic and cruel ruler.

Subordinate; a person of lower rank in a department, organization, or military unit.

To walk; to go on foot by stepping forward alternately at a normal pace.

bou6 hang4 tin1 kiu4

步行天橋步行天桥

A footbridge or pedestrian overpass.

An atrocity; a savage, cruel, or violent act.

bou6 jam2 bou6 sik6

暴飲暴食暴饮暴食

To overeat and overdrink without restraint; to binge eat and drink.

To walk into; to enter on foot.

捕蠅紙捕蝇纸

Flypaper; a sticky strip used to catch flies.

Cruel, brutal, and atrocious.

To breastfeed or nurse an infant.

Rainstorm; torrential rain; an extremely heavy downpour of rain over a short period of time.

bou6 jyu5 leoi6

哺乳類哺乳类

Mammal; a class of warm-blooded vertebrate animals characterized by having hair, mammary glands, and live births.

Step; stairs or a flight of steps.

bou6 laang5 bou6 jit6

暴冷暴熱暴冷暴热

To experience sudden and extreme changes in temperature.

Exorbitant, sudden, or windfall profits.

Cruel, fierce, violent, or aggressive.

Violence; the abuse of physical force.

To hunt or catch prey.

Tribe; a small-scale social group of families with a common culture and language, but without political unity.

To expose, bare, or reveal something previously hidden or unprotected.

Tyrannosaurus rex; a large prehistoric carnivorous dinosaur.

Riot; chaos and disorder caused by violent and illegal acts.

Mob, rioters, or people who disrupt civil society through violent means.

Department; section; a branch or unit within an organization with a specific function.

To fly into a rage; to lose control of one's temper and become extremely angry.

To hunt and kill; to catch and kill animals.

Catcher; the defensive player in baseball or softball who catches pitches.

Radical of a Chinese character, used to index characters in traditional dictionaries based on shape.

To plunge or crash, describing a sharp and sudden drop in the stock market.

To prey on; to hunt and kill other animals for food.

Subordinate; officials or troops under someone's command.