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Words starting with B

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八bāeight; 8巴bāto long for; to wish把bǎto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate爸bàfather; dad吧bābar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc)爸爸bà ba(coll.) father; dad; CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]巴士bā shìbus (loanword); motor coach把握bǎ wòto grasp (also fig.); to seize白báiwhite; snowy百bǎihundred; numerous摆bǎito arrange; to exhibit败bàito defeat; to damage白菜bái càiChinese cabbage; pak choi摆动bǎi dòngto sway; to swing百货bǎi huògeneral merchandise白色bái sèwhite; fig. reactionary白天bái tiāndaytime; during the day摆脱bǎi tuōto break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc)班bānteam; class; grade; (military) squad般bānsort; kind搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky)板bǎnboard; plank办bànto do; to manage半bànhalf; semi-办法bàn fǎmeans; method办公室bàn gōng shìoffice; business premises班级bān jíclass (group of students); grade (in school)搬家bān jiāto move house; to relocate; to remove (sth)办理bàn lǐto handle; to transact; to conduct半年bàn niánhalf a year办事bàn shìto handle (affairs); to work半天bàn tiānhalf of the day; a long time半夜bàn yèmidnight; in the middle of the night班长bān zhǎngclass monitor; squad leader帮bāngto help; to assist帮忙bāng mángto help; to lend a hand帮助bāng zhùassistance; aid; to help; to assist包bāoto cover; to wrap薄báothin; cold in manner宝bǎojewel; gem饱bǎoto eat till full; satisfied保bǎoto defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure报bàoto announce; to inform抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms)保安bǎo ānto ensure public security; to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production)宝宝bǎo baodarling; baby宝贝bǎo bèitreasured object; treasure保持bǎo chíto keep; to maintain保存bǎo cúnto conserve; to preserve报到bào dàoto report for duty; to check in报道bào dàoto report (news); report报告bào gàoto inform; to report宝贵bǎo guìvaluable; precious包裹bāo guǒto wrap up; to bind up包含bāo hánto contain; to embody保护bǎo hùto protect; to defend包括bāo kuòto comprise; to include保留bǎo liúto keep; to retain保密bǎo mìto keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy报名bào míngto sign up; to enter one's name