Cantonese Dictionary

白鬼

baak6 gwai2

Mandarin: bai2 gui3

caucasian person - a somewhat derogatory term.

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白鮓

baak6 zaa2

Mandarin: bai2 zha3

Simplified: 白鲊

jellyfish

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白鯧

baak6 cong1/coeng1

Mandarin: bai2 chang1

white pomfret | Also written as 白䱽 | Scientific name: Pampus argenteus or Stromateoides argenteus (sources differ)

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白鯧

baak6 coeng1

Mandarin: bai2 chang1

Simplified: 白鲳

White Pomfret

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白鱀豚

baak6 kei3 tyun4

Mandarin: bai2 ji4 tun2

Chinese river dolphin (probably extinct); Lipotes vexillifer

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白鱔

baak6 sin5

Mandarin: bai2 shan4

Simplified: 白鳝

(fish) Japanese eel

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白鴿

baak6 gap3

Mandarin: bai2 ge1

Cantonese

pigeon; dove | Also Cant: gap3(2) 鴿 | syn. Mand: 鴿子

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白鴿

baak6 gaap2

Mandarin: bai2 ge1

Simplified: 白鸽

pigeons; doves

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白鴿眼

baak6 gap3 ngaan5

Mandarin: bai2 ge1 yan3

Simplified: 白鸽眼

(noun) condescension; snobbishness; the look of disdain; the look of arrogance;

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白鴿籠

baak6 gaap3 lung4

Mandarin: bai2 ge1 long2

Simplified: 白鸽笼

pigeon's cage

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白鴿籠

baak6 gap3/gaap3 lung4

dove-cote

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白鶴

baak6 hok6*2

Mandarin: bai2 he4

a white crane

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白鷺

baak6 lou6

Mandarin: bai2 lu4

egret [Syn.] 鷺鷥

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白麵粉

baak6 min6 fan2

Mandarin: bai2 mian4fen3

Simplified: 白面粉

white flour [written and colloquial]; heroin [colloquial]

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白鼬

baak6 jau6

Mandarin: bai2 you4

a ferret

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白鼻仔

baak6 bei6 zai2

Cantonese

a loafer, a vagrant (lit., "white nosed boy")

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白鼻哥

baak6 bei6 go1

Mandarin: bai2 bi2 ge1

(noun) candidates who have failed in an exam; an idle loser who does nothing but chase after women all day (Chinese opera) the clown (with a painted white nose), who often acts the character of an idle prodigal or loser who just spends all their time chasing after women

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白䱽

baak6 coeng1

Mandarin: bai2 chang1

a white pomret [written and colloquial]

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白䱽

baak6 cong1

Mandarin: bai2 chang1

white pomfret | Also written as 白鯧 | Scientific name: Pampus argenteus or Stromateoides argenteus (sources differ)

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百

baak3

Mandarin: bai3

hundred

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百上加斤

baak3 soeng6 gaa1 gan1

Mandarin: bai3 shang4 jia1 jin1

add fuel to the fire; to worsen a situation

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百事

baak3 si6

Mandarin: bai3 shi4

Pepsi

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百事可樂

baak3 si6 ho2 lok6

Pepsi Cola

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百代

baak3 doi6

Mandarin: bai3 dai4

EMI, Electric and Musical Industries Ltd [full name] 百代唱片 , 電子與音樂工業公司

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百份之

baak3 fan6 zi1

percent

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百佳

baak3 gaai1

Mandarin: bai3 jia1

PARKnSHOP, a supermarket chains in Hong Kong

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百倍

baak3 pui5

Mandarin: bai3 bei4

a hundred times; a hundred fold

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百億

baak3 jik1

Mandarin: bai3 yi4

Simplified: 百亿

Ten billion

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百分

baak3 fan6

centi- prefix

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百分之

baak3 fan6 zi1

Mandarin: bai3 fen1 zhi1

percent, compare with percentage: 百分率

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