Cantonese words starting with B

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bit3 hei3to hold one's breath; choked with bottled-up resentment

bit3 kwan4the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace

bit3 mun6to feel oppressed; to feel dejected

bit3 nau2awkward; uncomfortable; at loggerheads

bit3 zeoi2mouthful (awkward speech)

bit6deflated; sunken; dried up; shrunken; wretched; rogue

bit6limp; to dodge; inferior; to be disappointed and stricken

別出心裁别出心裁

bit6 ceot1 sam1 coi4to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality

bit6 cing1another name

bit6 cyu3elsewhere

別動隊别动队

bit6 dung6 deoi6special detachment; an armed secret agent squad

bit6 geoi6see 獨具|独具[du2 ju4]

別具一格别具一格

bit6 geoi6 jat1 gaak3having a unique or distinctive style

別具隻眼别具只眼

bit6 geoi6 zek3 ngaan5see 獨具隻眼|独具只眼[du2 ju4 zhi1 yan3]

別具匠心别具匠心

bit6 geoi6 zoeng6 sam1wonderful artistic skills and thoughts

bit6 goek3inferior; lousy

bit6 gun2no matter (who, what etc)

別赫捷列夫别赫捷列夫

bit6 haak1 zit6 lit6 fu1Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev (1857-1927), Russian neurologist and psychiatrist

別客氣别客气

bit6 haak3 hei3don't mention it

bit6 haam6deflated

別開生面别开生面

bit6 hoi1 sang1 min6to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path

bit6 jan4other people; others; other person

bit6 jau5to have other...

別有洞天别有洞天

bit6 jau5 dung6 tin1place of charm and beauty; completely different world

別有風味别有风味

bit6 jau5 fung1 mei6have a distinctive flavour

別有用心别有用心

bit6 jau5 jung6 sam1to have an ulterior motive (idiom)

別有天地别有天地

bit6 jau5 tin1 dei6enchanting scenery; world of its own

別有韻味别有韵味

bit6 jau5 wan5 mei6to have quite a lasting charm

bit6 jin4farewell banquet

bit6 lei4to take leave of; separation

bit6 lei5don't get involved; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc)

bit6 leon6a different matter; (old) objection

bit6 lim5to turn one's face away

癟螺痧瘪螺痧

bit6 lo4 saa1cholera (with dehydration)

別來無恙别来无恙

bit6 loi4 mou4 joeng6(literary) I trust you have been well since we last met

bit6 meng2alias

bit6 mou4to have no other... (used in fixed expressions)

別無選擇别无选择

bit6 mou4 syun2 zaak6to have no other choice

別無他法别无他法

bit6 mou4 taa1 faat3there is no alternative

別無他用别无他用

bit6 mou4 taa1 jung6to have no other use or purpose (idiom)

別無他物别无他物

bit6 mou4 taa1 mat6nothing else

bit6 saam1(Wu dialect) bum

bit6 seoi5villa

bit6 seoi5emotions at time of parting

別樹一幟别树一帜

bit6 syu6 jat1 ci3lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner; to develop one's own school

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