Cantonese words starting with B

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Military barracks or training camp.

bing1 jing4 hei3

Cryophorus; a laboratory instrument used to demonstrate rapid freezing by evaporation.

Weapons, arms, or military forces.

bing1 jung4 soeng1 gin3

兵戎相見兵戎相见

To meet on the battlefield; to start a war or go to battle against each other.

Soldiers; military personnel; troops.

Source of troops or military recruits.

Crevasse; a deep crack in an ice sheet or glacier.

Ice hockey; puck used in ice hockey.

bing1 kau4 coeng4

冰球場冰球场

Ice hockey rink.

An ice age or glacial epoch.

bing1 kei4 lam4

Ice arch; a natural bridge formed of ice.

bing1 koeng4 maa5 zong3

兵強馬壯兵强马壮

Well-armed and powerful; having strong soldiers and sturdy horses.

Crevasse; a deep crack in an ice sheet or glacier.

Military leadership; command over the armed forces; military power.

Warship; a naval vessel used for combat.

Icy cold; as cold as ice.

bing1 lam4 sing4 haa6

兵臨城下兵临城下

An enemy army arriving at the city gates, about to attack; an extremely critical situation.

Military strength, including the number and quality of troops and equipment.

bing1 lin4 wo6 git3

兵連禍結兵连祸结

Ravaged by successive wars; plagued by continuous warfare.

Icicle; ice hanging from a surface.

Pleasantly cold or icy, like ice.

bing1 loi4 zoeng3 dik6 ，seoi2 loi4 tou2 jin2

兵來將敵，水來土堰兵来将敌，水来土堰

To counter soldiers with generals, and water with an earth weir; to adopt measures appropriate to the situation.

bing1 loi4 zoeng3 dong2 ，seoi2 loi4 tou2 jim2

兵來將擋，水來土掩兵来将挡，水来土掩

To adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation; to counter different situations with different actions.

Chaos, social unrest, or damage caused by war or military conflict.

Troops; military forces.

bing1 maa5 jung2

兵馬俑兵马俑

Terracotta warriors and horses; the Terracotta Army, particularly the famous Qin dynasty figures in Xi'an.

bing1 maa5 mei6 dung6 ，loeng4 cou2 sin1 hang4

兵馬未動，糧草先行兵马未动，粮草先行

An idiom stating that logistics, provisions, and preparation must precede any military or major operation.

Frozen solid; icy and hard.

An ice floe or ice raft.

Ice pop; popsicle; ice lolly made by freezing juice, syrup, or milk with a stick inserted.

Soldier of fortune; army riffraff or a rogue soldier who behaves lawlessly.

bing1 pei4 jyut6 beng2

冰皮月餅冰皮月饼

Snowy mooncake; a modern, non-baked type of mooncake made with a glutinous rice crust and kept cold.

Borneol; a bicyclic organic compound and terpene derivative used in traditional medicine and perfumery.

bing1 pin3 tong4

Peipiang sugar; a type of Chinese brown sugar in slab form.

Slushie; smoothie; a cold drink made of crushed ice and flavorings.

Iceberg; a large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating in open water.

bing1 saan1 jat1 gok3

The tip of the iceberg; a tiny visible part of a much larger, unseen whole.

An ice blockage or ice jam.

Bing Xin (1900-1999), pen name of Xie Wanying, a prominent Chinese female poet and children's writer.

Traditional Hong Kong-style cafe that evolved from serving cold drinks and snacks to offering a full diner-style menu.

Ice water; drinking water cooled with ice.

An ordinary soldier.

To dispel, clear up, or dissolve (misunderstandings, doubts, or enmity); to thaw in relations.

Glaciated; eroded by glaciers.