Cantonese words starting with B

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比尔博
bei2 ji5 bok3Bilbo Baggins, hero of Tolkien's The Hobbit 霍比特人
彼尔姆
bei2 ji5 mou5Perm, Russian city in the Urals
bei2 jik6(flying) wing to wing
比翼齐飞
bei2 jik6 cai4 fei1to fly wing to wing (idiom); (of a couple) inseparable
比翼双飞
bei2 jik6 soeng1 fei1lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom); name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
比热
bei2 jit6specific heat
bei2 jung4specific volume
bei2 jyu4see 比如縣|比如县[Bi3 ru2 Xian4]
比如县
bei2 jyu4 jyun6Biru, a county in Nagqu City 那曲市[Na4 qu3 Shi4], Tibet
bei2 jyu6to compare; metaphor; figure of speech
比喻义
bei2 jyu6 ji6figurative meaning (of a word)
bei2 kaa1 ciu1(the character in a Japanese cartoon, Pokemon) Pikachu
bei2 keoi4give him ; her [colloquial]
bei2 laa3groin; gap between thighs (spoken)
bei2 laai1 do1Pilate (Pontius Pilate in the Biblical passion story)
西
bei2 laai1 sai1 taan2(pharmacology) (loanword) piracetam (C6H10N2O2), a nootropic
bei2 lai6(noun) Ratio
bei2 lai6 cek3scale; engineer's scale
比例中项
bei2 lai6 zung1 hong6the average proportion; the average of ratio
比勒费尔德
bei2 lak6 fai3 ji5 dak1Bielefeld (city in Germany)
比勒陀利亚
bei2 lak6 to4 lei6 aa3Pretoria, capital of South Africa
bei2 lei6(HK, Sg, Tw) Pelé (1940–2022), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star
bei2 lei6 ngau4 si1Pyrenees mountains
bei2 lei6 ngau4 si1 saan1Pyrenees mountains
比利时
bei2 lei6 si4Belgium
比邻
bei2 leon4(literary) next-door neighbor; Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2]
bei2 leot2ratio; rate; proportion
bei2 lik1Perak (state of Malaysia)
bei2 loeng4to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc)
比来
bei2 loi4lately
bei2 lok6pyrrole (C4H5N) (loanword)
bei2 lou6 zi1Balochi (ethnic group of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan)
bei2 lou6 zi1 saang2Balochistan (Pakistan)
bei2 m4 soeng2cannot be compared with; not as good as
bei2 min2to give face to; "do me the honor"
bei2 min6giving one's face (spoken)
bei2 mou5martial arts competition; to compete in a contest
比目鱼
bei2 muk6 jyu2flatfish
bei2 nei5give you; let you [colloquial]
bei2 ngaan5 tai2wait and see; shall see
bei2 ngai6parapet
bei2 ngo5give me; let me [colloquial]
bei2 ngon6the other shore
bei2 nin4(literary) every year; year after year; Taiwan pr. [bi4 nian2]
比埃兹巴伯
bei2 oi1 zi1 baa1 baak3Beelzebub
bei2 on1Bienne, Switzerland
bei2 ping3to compete fiercely
比萨
bei2 saat3Pisa, town in Toscana, Italy
比萨饼
bei2 saat3 beng2pizza (loanword)
比萨斜塔
bei2 saat3 ce4 taap3Leaning Tower of Pisa

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