Cantonese words starting with B

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bun3 gan1 baat3 loeng5

半斤八両半斤八两

Six of one and half a dozen of the other; neck and neck; equally matched.

bun3 gan1 baat3 loeng5

半斤八兩半斤八两

Six of one, half a dozen of the other; equally matched with no significant difference between two parties.

Radius; any straight line from the center to the circumference of a circle, or half of the diameter.

半個鐘半个钟

bun3 haam4 bun3 taam5

Having poorly mastered a language or skill; speaking with a heavy accent or broken grammar.

bun3 haam4 taam5

半鹹淡半咸淡

Speaking with a non-standard, mixed accent from more than one language.

Half-open or ajar.

Half empty; half of the space is empty.

Half a day, or a long period of time within a single day.

Midnight, or the late-night period between midnight and dawn.

bun3 je6 saam1 gaang1

The middle of the night; very late at night or early hours of the morning.

bun3 je6 sik6 wong4 gwaa1

半夜食黃瓜半夜食黄瓜

To not know the beginning or the end of a story; to be unaware of the full situation.

Semicircle; half of a circle divided by its diameter.

Halfway; somewhere in between; incomplete.

bun3 lang1 keng1

半ｌａｎｇｋａｎｇ

To be caught in a dilemma, stuck halfway, or left in an awkward position.

Halfway; midway through a journey or on the way.

bun3 lou6 ceot1 gaa1

To switch careers or take up a new trade without formal training or a solid foundation.

Halfway up a hill or mountain; or the Mid-levels area in Hong Kong.

bun3 saang1 suk6

Half-cooked, half-boiled, or medium-cooked.

Half a lifetime.

Half of a lifetime; half of one's life.

bun3 seoi1 kei4

Half-life; the time required for the concentration of a substance to decrease by half.

bun3 seon3 bun3 ji4

Half-believing and half-doubting; partially convinced but still skeptical.

Half; half of the total number.

bun3 tan1 bun3 tou3

To speak indirectly or hesitantly, half-concealing and half-revealing one's thoughts.

bun3 tau3 ming4

Translucent; letting some light pass through but not enough to see through clearly.

bun3 teoi1 bun3 zau6

To accept or agree to something with a show of reluctance.

Hanging in mid-air, or figuratively in a stalemate or unresolved state.

bun3 tiu4 jan4 meng6

半條人命半条人命

Half-dead; used to describe someone who is extremely ill or exhausted.

bun3 tong4 faan1

Eurasian; a person of mixed Chinese and Western descent, or a highly Westernized Chinese person.

Halfway; midway through a journey or task.

bun3 tou4 ji4 fai3

半途而廢半途而废

To give up halfway; to leave something unfinished.

bun3 tung2 seoi2

Having only a superficial knowledge of a subject; half-baked or a dabbler.

Half a day; either the morning or afternoon period with sunlight.

半自動半自动

Semi-automatic; partially automated so that it does not rely entirely on manual labor.

bun3 zit6 kwan4

Skirt; a garment worn from the waist down.

To accompany; to keep someone company.

To betray, rebel, or turn against an established authority or organization.

Muck, mud, or mire.

Side, edge, bank, or boundary.

To trip, entangle, or bind.

Fat, chubby, or obese; having a body with a lot of flesh and fat.

To defect, rebel, or mutiny against one's country or organization and join an opposing side.

To accompany or go along with.

Servant, companion, or attendant.

To apostatize; to abandon or renounce one's religious faith.

bun6 goek3 sek6

絆腳石绊脚石

Stumbling block; an obstacle that prevents someone from succeeding.

Rebel army; rebel forces; insurgent troops.