Cantonese words starting with B
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吡啶
bei2 ding6pyridine C5H5N (loanword)
畀返
bei2 faan1the act of giving (something) back to someone
比分
bei2 fan1score (of a game or competition)
比佛利山
bei2 fat6 lei6 saan1Beverly Hills
比方
bei2 fong1analogy; for instance
比方說比方说
bei2 fong1 syut3for example; for instance
比價比价
bei2 gaa3to compare prices; to compare offers
俾格米
bei2 gaak3 mai5Pygmy
比較比较
bei2 gaau3to compare; comparatively; quite
比較分析比较分析
bei2 gaau3 fan1 sik1comparative analysis
比較而言比较而言
bei2 gaau3 ji4 jin4comparatively speaking
比較級比较级
bei2 gaau3 kap1comparative degree
比較文學比较文学
bei2 gaau3 man4 hok6comparative literature
比較新比较新
bei2 gaau3 san1newer; comparatively new; relatively new [written and colloquial]
比較少比较少
bei2 gaau3 siu2a bit less; comparatively less [written and colloquial]
比較鍾意比较钟意
bei2 gaau3 zung1 ji3prefers [colloquial]
比基尼
bei2 gei1 nei4bikini (loanword)
比基尼島比基尼岛
bei2 gei1 nei4 dou2Bikini atoll, French nuclear test site in South Pacific
比肩
bei2 gin1to be shoulder to shoulder; Taiwan pr. [bi4 jian1]
比干
bei2 gon1Bi Gan (Chinese god of wealth)
比桿賽比杆赛
bei2 gon1 coi3stroke play (golf)
比高
bei2 gou1(noun) bagel (verb) to compare someone is taller
俾龜逗俾龟逗
bei2 gwai1 dau6to be stopped and searched by the police [colloquial]
畀龜逗畀龟逗
bei2 gwai1 dau6to be stopped and searched by the police [colloquial]
俾鬼迷
bei2 gwai2 mai4to be put under a spell; to be bewitched by a ghost [colloquial]
畀鬼迷
bei2 gwai2 mai4obsessed by a ghost; obesessed by a beauty (spoken)
畀過畀过
bei2 gwo3given
比哈爾邦比哈尔邦
bei2 haa1 ji5 bong1Bihar, state in eastern India
比下去
bei2 haa6 heoi3to defeat; to be superior to
比起
bei2 hei2compared with
秕糠
bei2 hong1chaff
畀人
bei2 jan4to give something to others; to have something done to oneself by others [colloquial]
俾人燉俾人炖
bei2 jan4 dan6to be demoted [colloquial]
畀人燉畀人炖
bei2 jan4 dan6to be demoted [colloquial]
俾人屌到撻皮俾人屌到挞皮
bei2 jan4 diu2 dou3 taat3 pei4to be beaten up severely [colloquial]
俾人飛俾人飞
bei2 jan4 fei1to be ditched by someone [colloquial]
畀人飛畀人飞
bei2 jan4 fei1(verb) being dumped
俾人賣豬仔俾人卖猪仔
bei2 jan4 maai6 zyu1 zai2to be trafficked over overseas to work as coolies [colloquial]
畀人賣豬仔畀人卖猪仔
bei2 jan4 maai6 zyu1 zai2to be trafficked as labourers to work overseas as coolies; to be betrayed
畀人鬧畀人闹
bei2 jan4 naau6scolded by others; to get a telling off
畀人食咗雙豬畀人食咗双猪
bei2 jan4 sik6 zo2 soeng1 zyu1describes a woman who have lost her virginity to someone [colloquial]
俾人食咗隻豬俾人食咗只猪
bei2 jan4 sik6 zo2 zek3 zyu1to lose one's virginity to someone [colloquial]
俾人睇死
bei2 jan4 tai2 sei2to be looked down on by others; to be seen as a loser by others [colloquial]
比一比
bei2 jat1 bei2to make a comparison
彼一時此一時彼一时此一时
bei2 jat1 si4 ci2 jat1 si4that was one thing, and this is another
比丘
bei2 jau1Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu")
比丘尼
bei2 jau1 nei4Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni")
俾夜作晝俾夜作昼
bei2 je6 zok3 zau3lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
比擬比拟
bei2 ji4to compare; to match; metaphor
比爾比尔
bei2 ji5Bill (name)
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