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• 波浪 — bo1 lang6: wave (of water)
• 玻璃杯 — bo1 li5 buê1: drinking glass; tumbler
• 玻璃 — bo1 li5: glass (material)
• 菠蘿蜜 — bo1 lo5 bhig8: jackfruit
• 菠蘿 — bo1 lo5: pineapple
• 波鞋 — bo1 oi5: sneakers, trainers, athletic shoes
• 般若 — bo1 ria2: prajna, Buddhist transcendental wisdom
• 坡 — bo1: slope, hillside, bank
• 波 — bo1: wave, undulation
• 玻 — bo1: glass (bound form, as in 玻璃)
• 寶安 — bo2 ang1: Bao'an (district of Shenzhen), Bao'an (former county, now Shenzhen)
• 寶馬 — bo2 bhê2: BMW (car brand)
• 保庇 — bo2 bi3: to bless and protect
• 寶寶 — bo2 bo2: baby, darling
• 寶貝 — bo2 buê3: treasure, darling, baby
• 保藏 — bo2 cang5: to keep in store, to preserve
• 保存 — bo2 cung5: to preserve, to keep, to save (a file)
• 寶島 — bo2 dao2: Taiwan ("Treasure Island"), Formosa
• 保管 — bo2 guang2: to take care of, to safeguard
• 寶貴 — bo2 gui3: precious, valuable
• 保險 — bo2 hiam2: insurance
• 保號 — bo2 ho7: to bless and protect (of a deity)
• 保護膜 — bo2 hu6 moh8: protective film
• 保護 — bo2 hu6: to protect, to safeguard
• 寶血 — bo2 huêh4: precious blood (of Christ)
• 保育 — bo2 iog8: to nurture; provide childcare, to conserve (wildlife/nature)
• 保佑 — bo2 iu6: to bless and protect
• 保留 — bo2 liu5: to retain, to keep, to reserve
• 保齡球 — bo2 lêng5 giu5: bowling, bowling ball
• 保姆 — bo2 m2: nanny, nursemaid, babysitter
• 保密 — bo2 mig8: to keep secret, to maintain confidentiality
• 寶塔 — bo2 tah4: pagoda
• 保持 — bo2 ti5: to keep, to maintain, to preserve
• 保有 — bo2 u6: to hold, to possess, to own
• 保衛 — bo2 uê6: to defend, to safeguard, to protect
• 寶石 — bo2 zioh8: gem, gemstone, jewel
• 寶座 — bo2 zo7: throne, seat of honor
• 保證人 — bo2 zêng3 nang5: guarantor, sponsor
• 保證 — bo2 zêng3: to guarantee, to assure, to promise
• 寶 — bo2: treasure, precious thing, darling
• 報備 — bo3 bi6: to report for the record, to file a report with authorities
• 報仇 — bo3 ciu5: to avenge, to take revenge
• 報酬 — bo3 ciu5: remuneration, reward, pay
• 報答 — bo3 dab4: to repay a favor, to requite, to pay back
• 報道 — bo3 dao6: to report (news), news report, coverage
• 報恩 — bo3 eng1: to repay a kindness
• 報到 — bo3 gao3: to report for duty, to check in, to register
• 報告 — bo3 gao3: to report, to inform one's superiors, report
• 報館 — bo3 guang2: newspaper office, newspaper publisher
• 報價 — bo3 gê3: to quote a price, to give a quotation
• 報警 — bo3 gêng6: to call the police, to report to the police
• 報復 — bo3 hog8: to retaliate, to take revenge
• 報考 — bo3 kao2: to register for an exam, to sign up for a test
• 報名 — bo3 mian5: to sign up, to register, to enroll
• 報年紅 — bo3 ni5 ang5: poinsettia
• 報銷 — bo3 siao1: to get reimbursed for expenses, to report as unusable, (figurative) to be totaled/wiped out
• 報案 — bo3 uan3: to report a crime to the police
• 報知 — bo3 zai1: to inform, to notify
• 報紙 — bo3 zua2: newspaper
• 報 — bo3: to report, to inform, to announce
• 薄荷冰 — bo5 ho3 bian1: menthol
• 薄荷油 — bo5 ho3 iu5: peppermint oil
• 薄荷腦 — bo7 ho3 nao2: menthol
• 薄荷 — bo7 ho3: mint, peppermint
• 卜卦 — bog4 guê3: to divine using trigrams, to tell someone's fortune
• 卜 — bog4: to divine, to foretell
• 卜卜跳 — bog8 bog8 tiou3: to thump, to pound (onomatopoeia, e.g. of a heartbeat)
• 僕人 — bog8 ring5: servant
• 僕 — bog8: servant, (humble) I
• 蔔 — bog8: radish (bound form, occurs in 蘿蔔)
• 駁喙 — boh4 cui3: to talk back, to answer back (to a parent or superior)
• 駁嘴 — boh4 cui3: to talk back, to answer back, to argue
• 駁斥 — boh4 cêg4: to refute, to denounce
• 駁回 — boh4 huê5: to reject, to turn down, to overrule
• 駁船 — boh4 zung5: barge
• 駁 — boh4: to refute; to rebut, to connect
• 薄餅 — boh8 bian2: popiah (fresh spring roll), thin flat pancake
• 薄殼 — boh8 kag4: Asian date mussel (Musculus senhousei), small edible mussel
• 薄寮 — boh8 liou5: Bạc Liêu (a city and former province in Vietnam)
• 薄弱 — boh8 riag8: weak, frail, lacking (e.g. willpower, foundation)
• 泊位 — boh8 ui7: berth, parking space
• 泊 — boh8: to anchor, to moor
• 薄 — boh8: thin
• 八點 — boih4 diam2: eight o'clock
• 八角 — boih4 gag4: star anise, octagon
• 八月半 — boih4 ghuêh8 buan3: Mid-Autumn Festival
• 八月中秋 — boih4 ghuêh8 dong1 ciu1: Mid-Autumn Festival
• 八月十五 — boih4 ghuêh8 zab8 ngou6: Mid-Autumn Festival
• 八月 — boih4 ghuêh8: August, eighth lunar month
• 八國聯軍 — boih4 gog4 liêng5 gung1: Eight-Nation Alliance
• 八卦 — boih4 kuê3: bagua (eight trigrams), gossip, tittle-tattle
• 八字 — boih4 ri7: BaZi (birth data used in fortune-telling), eight characters denoting one's birth year, month, day, and hour
• 八仙 — boih4 siêng1: Eight Immortals (Daoist deities)
• 八十八 — boih4 zab8 boih4: eighty-eight, 88
• 八十七 — boih4 zab8 cig4: eighty-seven, 87
• 八十九 — boih4 zab8 gao2: eighty-nine, 89
• 八十一 — boih4 zab8 ig4: eighty-one, 81
• 八十六 — boih4 zab8 lag8: eighty-six, 86
• 八十五 — boih4 zab8 ngou6: eighty-five, 85
• 八十二 — boih4 zab8 ri6: eighty-two, 82
• 八十四 — boih4 zab8 si3: eighty-four, 84
• 八十 — boih4 zab8: eighty, 80
• 八 — boih4: eight, 8
• 拔火罐 — boih8 huê3 guang3: to do fire cupping therapy
• 拔索 — boih8 soh4: to play tug of war
• 拔尖 — boih8 ziam1: top-notch, outstanding
• 拔 — boih8: to pull out; to pull up, to select; to choose
• 斑魚 — boin1 he5: northern snakehead (fish)
• 反 — boin2: to turn over; to reverse; to flip, to oppose; to rebel, to leaf through (colloquial)
• 板 — boin2: plank; board
• 爿 — boin5: classifier for shops, factories, thin slice; piece (of wood)
• 畔 — boin5: alternative form of 爿 (classifier for shops, businesses, etc.)
• 泵 — bong5: pump, to pump
• 並 — bong6: and; moreover, simultaneously; at the same time, actually (used before a negative for emphasis)
• 磅 — bong7: to weigh (on a scale), pound (unit of weight)
• 埔 — bou1: plain, flatland
• 埠 — bou1: wharf, port city
• 補充 — bou2 cong1: to replenish, to supplement, to add
• 補救 — bou2 giu3: to remedy, to repair (a situation)
• 補償 — bou2 sion5: to compensate, to recompense, to make up for
• 斧頭 — bou2 tao5: axe
• 補貼 — bou2 tiab4: subsidy, allowance
• 斧 — bou2: axe, hatchet
• 脯 — bou2: dried meat, preserved/candied fruit
• 補 — bou2: to mend; to repair; to fix, to compensate; to make up for, to nourish
• 佈田 — bou3 cang5: to transplant rice seedlings
• 布袋 — bou3 do7: cloth bag, gunny sack, burlap sack
• 布鞋 — bou3 oi5: cloth shoe, canvas shoe
• 㕮 — bou3: to chew, to masticate
• 布 — bou3: cloth; fabric
• 部隊 — bou6 dui7: troops; army; forces, military unit
• 部分 — bou6 hung7: part; portion; section
• 部落 — bou6 loh8: tribe
• 部門 — bou6 mung5: department; division; sector
• 部首 — bou6 siu2: radical (of a Chinese character)
• 部署 — bou6 su2: to deploy, to arrange; to lay out (plans, forces)
• 部位 — bou6 ui7: part; location; position (of something), region; site
• 部長 — bou6 ziang2: minister; department head, section chief
• 部 — bou6: part; section, department; ministry
• 步步高升 — bou7 bou7 gao1 sêng1: to advance step by step, to get promoted steadily
• 步道 — bou7 dao6: walkway, footpath, sidewalk
• 步調 — bou7 diao7: pace, tempo
• 步入 — bou7 rib8: to step into, to enter, to walk into
• 步 — bou7: step, pace
• 𫜦 — bou7: to chew (alternative form of 哺)
• 晡 — bu1: late afternoon, 3-5pm period
• 鵡 — bu2: parrot (bound form, only used in 鸚鵡)
• 佈置 — bu3 di3: to arrange, to decorate, to set up
• 富貴 — bu3 gui3: wealthy and of high status, splendid
• 佈局 — bu3 gêg8: layout, configuration, arrangement
• 富豪 — bu3 hao5: rich and powerful person, tycoon
• 富強 — bu3 kiang5: rich and powerful, prosperous and strong
• 布控 — bu3 kong3: to deploy for surveillance, to station for monitoring
• 布條 — bu3 liou5: strip of cloth, banner
• 布洛芬 — bu3 log8 hung1: ibuprofen
• 富人 — bu3 nang5: rich person, wealthy person
• 富翁 — bu3 ong1: man of wealth, rich person, moneybags
• 富庶 — bu3 su3: rich and populous
• 富有 — bu3 u6: wealthy, rich
• 富足 — bu3 zog4: abundant, rich and plentiful
• 富 — bu3: rich, wealthy, abundant
• 煲電話糜 — bu5 diang6 uê7 muê5: to talk on the phone for hours, to have a long phone chat
• 煲藥 — bu5 ioh8: to decoct medicine, to brew herbal medicine
• 炰糜 — bu5 muê5: to make congee; to cook rice porridge
• 煲湯 — bu5 teng1: to make soup, to simmer soup
• 炰水 — bu5 zui2: to boil water
• 垺 — bu5: heap, pile
• 烳 — bu5: to boil
• 捕食 — bu6 ziah8: to hunt for food, to prey on
• 哺 — bu6: to feed; to nurse (esp. a baby)
• 捕 — bu6: to catch, to seize, to arrest
• 播出 — bua3 cug4: to broadcast, to air
• 簸箕甲 — bua3 gi1 gah4: many-banded krait (Bungarus multicinctus)
• 播音劇 — bua3 im1 giah8: radio drama
• 播音員 — bua3 im1 uang5: announcer, anchor
• 播音 — bua3 im1: to broadcast (on radio), to transmit
• 播種 — bua3 zêng3: to plant (crops), to grow by sowing seeds
• 播 — bua3: to sow, to broadcast
• 簸 — bua3: to winnow, to bump; to jolt
• 拔河 — buag8 ho5: to play tug of war
• 勃 — buag8: vigorous; flourishing, exuberant
• 脖 — buag8: neck
• 缽 — buah4: bowl, basin, alms bowl
• 跋杯 — buah8 buê1: to divine using moon blocks
• 拔斗 — buah8 dao2: well bucket
• 跋倒 — buah8 do2: to tumble, to fall down
• 跋繳 — buah8 giou2: to gamble, to bet money
• 跋麻雀 — buah8 mua5 ziaoh4: to play mahjong
• 拔桶 — buah8 tang2: well bucket
• 跋錢人 — buah8 zin5 nang5: gambler, inveterate gambler
• 跋錢 — buah8 zin5: to gamble
• 跋 — buah8: to gamble, to toss (dice, etc.)
• 搬厝 — buan1 cu3: to move house
• 搬家 — buan1 gê1: to move house, to relocate
• 搬磚 — buan1 zeng1: to move bricks (literally), to grind at tedious repetitive work (slang)
• 搬 — buan1: to move, to shift, to transport
• 般 — buan1: kind; sort; class, like; similar to
• 半輩 — buan3 buê3: half a lifetime
• 半島 — buan3 dao2: peninsula
• 半斤八兩 — buan3 geng1 boih4 niê2: six of one, half a dozen of the other; not much difference between the two