Cantonese words starting with B

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Pyridine; a basic heterocyclic organic compound with the chemical formula C5H5N.

To give something back to someone; to return.

The score of a game, competition, or match between two people or teams.

bei2 fat6 lei6 saan1

An analogy, metaphor, or simile used to explain something abstract or difficult with a concrete example.

bei2 fong1 syut3

比方說比方说

For example; for instance.

To compare prices or offers.

bei2 gaak3 mai5

Pygmy; members of certain ethnic groups in Central Africa or Southeast Asia of unusually short stature.

To compare or contrast; relatively or comparatively.

bei2 gaau3 fan1 sik1

比較分析比较分析

Comparative analysis.

bei2 gaau3 ji4 jin4

比較而言比较而言

Comparatively speaking; relatively speaking.

bei2 gaau3 kap1

比較級比较级

Comparative degree

bei2 gaau3 man4 hok6

比較文學比较文学

Comparative literature; the study of literature across cultural, national, and linguistic boundaries.

bei2 gaau3 san1

比較新比较新

Newer; relatively new; comparatively new.

bei2 gaau3 siu2

比較少比较少

Comparatively less, fewer, or rarer.

bei2 gaau3 zung1 ji3

比較鍾意比较钟意

To prefer; to like something more.

bei2 gei1 nei4 dou2

比基尼島比基尼岛

Bikini Atoll, an island in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

To be shoulder to shoulder.

Bi Gan, a historical figure from the Shang dynasty worshipped as a Chinese god of wealth.

比桿賽比杆赛

Stroke play; a scoring system in golf based on the total number of strokes taken.

Bagel, or to compare who is taller.

bei2 gwai1 dau6

俾龜逗俾龟逗

To be stopped and searched or have one's identity checked by a police officer.

bei2 gwai1 dau6

畀龜逗畀龟逗

To be stopped and questioned or searched by the police.

bei2 gwai2 mai4

To be put under a spell, bewitched, or possessed by a ghost or spirit.

bei2 gwai2 mai4

To be bewitched by a ghost; used to describe someone acting with an abnormal mental state or making a foolish decision.

To give again, or to hand something over.

bei2 haa1 ji5 bong1

比哈爾邦比哈尔邦

Bihar, a state in eastern India.

bei2 haa6 heoi3

To outshine, surpass, or make someone look inferior by comparison.

Compared with; in comparison to.

Chaff; the husks of grain separated during threshing.

By someone; used to indicate the passive voice where the agent is a person.

俾人燉俾人炖

畀人燉畀人炖

bei2 jan4 diu2 dou3 taat3 pei4

俾人屌到撻皮俾人屌到挞皮

To be severely scolded or yelled at by someone.

俾人飛俾人飞

To be dumped, ditched, or broken up with by one's partner.

畀人飛畀人飞

To be dumped; to be rejected by a romantic partner.

bei2 jan4 maai6 zyu1 zai2

俾人賣豬仔俾人卖猪仔

To be trafficked overseas to work as a coolie or indentured laborer.

bei2 jan4 maai6 zyu1 zai2

畀人賣豬仔畀人卖猪仔

To be trafficked overseas as a coolie or laborer, or to be betrayed.

bei2 jan4 naau6

畀人鬧畀人闹

To get scolded or told off by someone.

bei2 jan4 sik6 zo2 soeng1 zyu1

畀人食咗雙豬畀人食咗双猪

To lose one's virginity (specifically of a woman).

bei2 jan4 sik6 zo2 zek3 zyu1

俾人食咗隻豬俾人食咗只猪

To lose one's virginity.

bei2 jan4 tai2 sei2

To be looked down upon, underestimated, or seen as a loser by others.

To make a comparison; to compare things or people.

bei2 jat1 si4 ci2 jat1 si4

彼一時此一時彼一时此一时

Times have changed; that was then, and this is now.

A Buddhist monk.

Buddhist nun; bhiksuni.

bei2 je6 zok3 zau3

俾夜作晝俾夜作昼

To work or stay up late; to burn the midnight oil.

To compare or draw a analogy; also a metaphor or personification.

Bill, as a transliterated male given name.