Cantonese Dictionary

白讀

baak6 duk6

Mandarin: bai2 du2

colloquial reading (of a Chinese character)

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白變種

baak6 bin3 zung2

albino

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白豆

baak6 dau6*2

soybean

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白豆

baak6 dau2

Mandarin: bai2 dou4

(food) a black-eyed bean

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白豆角

baak6 dau6 gok3

Mandarin: bai2 dou4 jiao3

Asparagus Beans; white long bean; white yard-long bean

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白貓

baak6 maau1

Mandarin: bai2 mao1

Simplified: 白猫

White Cat

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白費

baak6 fai3

Mandarin: bai2 fei4

to be in vain; to go down the drain; to go to waste

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白費力氣

baak6 fai3 lik6 hei3

Mandarin: bai2 fei4 li4 qi4

Simplified: 白费力气

(proverb) to waste someone's energy; all the labor or manpower's work is in vain

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白費心機

baak6 fai3 sam1 gei1

Mandarin: bai2 fei4 xin1 ji1

Simplified: 白费心机

waste of effort or hardship (idiom)

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白質

baak6 zat1

white matter

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白過

baak6 gwo3

Mandarin: bai2 guo4

Simplified: 白过

to have wasted one's time and not accomplished anything [written and colloquial]

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白邊

baak6 bin1

Mandarin: bai2 bian1

Simplified: 白边

white border; white edge; white side [written and colloquial]

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白酒

baak6 zau2

Mandarin: bai2jiu3

(wine) White wine

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白金

baak6 gam1

Mandarin: bai2jin1

(noun) (of metal) White gold

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白金漢宮

baak6 gam1 hon3 gung1

Mandarin: bai2 jin1 han4 gong1

Buckingham Palace

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白金版

baak6 gam1 baan2

Mandarin: bai2 jin1 ban3

platinum edition, deluxe edition, special edition (audio Disc, DVD, ...) [Syn.] 白金珍藏版

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白銀

baak6 ngan4*2

Mandarin: bai2 yin2

silver; Baiyin (placename)

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白銅

baak6 tung4

Mandarin: bai2 tong2

coper-nickel alloy

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白鐵

baak6 tit3

Mandarin: bai2 tie3

galvanised iron | [粵]: 星鐵

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白鐵高

baak6 tit3 gou1

Tecoma jasminoides (bower plant)

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白開水

baak6 hoi1 seoi2

Mandarin: bai2 kai1 shui3

plain boiled water

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白雜訊

baak6 zaap6 seon3

Mandarin: bai2 za2 xun4

white noise

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白雞花

baak6 gai1 faa1

day-old chick

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白雪皚皚

baak6 syut3 ngoi4 ngoi4

Mandarin: bai2 xue3 ai2 ai2

snow white; white like snow

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白雪雪

baak6 syut3*1 syut3*1

Cantonese

snow white

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白雪雪

baak6 syut1 syut1

Mandarin: bai2 xue3 xue3

(adjective) (of object) pure white; a perfect white; as white as snow

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白雪雪滑捋捋

baak6 syut1 syut1 waat6 lyut1 lyut1

Mandarin: bai2 xue3 xue3 hua2 lv3 lv3

very white and smooth [colloquial]

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白雲公園站

baak6 wan4 gung1 jyun2 zaam6

Mandarin: bai2 yun2 gong1 yuan2 zhan4

Simplified: 白云公园站

Baiyun Park Station, a metro station in Guangzhou, China

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白雲大道北站

baak6 wan4 daai6 dou6 bak1 zaam6

Mandarin: bai2 yun2 da4 dao4 bei3 zhan4

Simplified: 白云大道北站

Baiyun Avenue North Station, a metro station in Guangzhou, China

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白雲山

baak6 wan4 saan1

Mandarin: Bai2 yun2 Shan1

Simplified: 白云山

(mountain) Baiyun Mountain, which is the sightseeing location in Guangzhou, China

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