Cantonese Dictionary

背手

bui3 sau2

Mandarin: bei4 shou3

hands behind one's back; items of bribery

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背手影

bui3 sau2 jing2

Mandarin: bei4 shou3 ying3

to be in poor light; to do something with one's back to the light; to stand in one's own light

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背時

bui6 si4

Mandarin: bei4 shi2

Simplified: 背时

Unlucky; be out of luck; behind the times

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背景

bui3 ging2

Mandarin: bei4 jing3

background; backdrop

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背景亮度

bui3 ging2 loeng6 dou6

Mandarin: bei4 jing3 liang4 du4

[n] background luminance

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背景燈光

bui3 ging2 dang1 gwong1

Mandarin: bei4jing3 deng1guang1

Simplified: 背景灯光

background lighting [written and colloquial]

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背景知識

bui3 ging2 zi1 sik1

Mandarin: bei4jing3 zhi1shi5

Simplified: 背景知识

background knowledge; cultural background [written and colloquial]

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背景調查

bui3 ging2 diu6 caa4

Mandarin: bei4jing3 diao4cha2

Simplified: 背景调查

background check; background investigation [written and colloquial]

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背根

bui3 gan1

dorsal root

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背棄

bui3 hei3

Mandarin: bei4 qi4

abandon - to abandon one's family etc.

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背泳

bui3 wing6

Mandarin: bei4 yong3

backstroke

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背熟

bui6 suk6

Mandarin: bei4 shu2

learn by heart; memorize (a text or one's lines) through repeated recitation; fully commit to memory

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背脊

bui3 zek3

Mandarin: bei4 ji3

the back (of the body)

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背脊向天人所食

bui3 zek3 hoeng3 tin1 jan4 so2 sik6

Mandarin: bei4 ji2 xiang4 tian1 ren2 suo3 shi2

Cantonese

(Cantonese saying) everything that crawls is edible for people

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背脊向後彎

bui3 zek3 hoeng3 hau6 waan1

Mandarin: bei4ji3 xiang4hou4 wan1

Simplified: 背脊向后弯

to arch one's back [written and colloquial]

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背脊骨

bui3 zek3 gwat1

Mandarin: bei4 ji3 gu3

spine; backbone

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背脊骨落

bui3 zek3 gwat1 lok6

Cantonese

finding sth hard to swallow or being given a hard time (lit., swallowing food down the spine instead of the belly(

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背脢

bui3 mui4

Mandarin: bei4 mei2

back

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背著手

bui3 zoek6 sau2

Mandarin: bei4 zhe5 shou3

hands clasped behind one's back

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背褡

bui3 daap3

Mandarin: bei4 da1

A vest

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背角

bui6 gok3

Mandarin: bei4 jiao3

Cantonese

secluded; out-of-the-way; remote; back [Syn]偏僻；[粵]隔涉

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背角

bui6 gok2

Mandarin: bei4 jiao3

remote (place)

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背語

bui6 jyu5

Mandarin: bei4 yu3

Simplified: 背语

enigmatic language; insinuating language; argot; jargon; double talk; doublespeak

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背誦

bui6 zung6

Mandarin: bei4 song4

to recite; to repeat from memory

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背部伸展式

bui3 bou6 san1 zin2 sik1

[yoga] Forward Extendings

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背面

bui3 min6

Mandarin: bei4 mian4

back side of a surface; reverse side; back (part of the body)

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背默

bui6 mak6

Mandarin: bei4 mo4

Cantonese

write from memory

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背默

bui3 mak6

Mandarin: bei4 mo4

recite

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胖嘟嘟

bun6 dyut1 dyut1

Cantonese

plump; chubby; pudgy

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胖子

bun6 zi2

Mandarin: pang4 zi5

a fat person, a fatty, an obese person

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