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Words starting with B

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宝石bǎo shíprecious stone; gem; CL:枚[méi],顆|颗[kē]保守bǎo shǒuconservative; to guard保险bǎo xiǎninsurance; to insure保证bǎo zhèngguarantee; to guarantee报纸bào zhǐnewspaper; newsprint包子bāo zibao (steamed stuffed bun); CL:個|个[gè]杯bēicup; trophy cup北běinorth; (classical) to be defeated贝bèicowrie; shellfish备bèi(bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; in every possible way背bēito be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder倍bèi(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier)被bèiquilt; to cover (with)北边běi biānnorth; north side北部běi bùnorthern part北方běi fāngnorth; the northern part a country背后bèi hòubehind; at the back北京Běi jīngBeijing, capital of the People's Republic of China背景bèi jǐngbackground; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer被迫bèi pòto be compelled; to be forced杯子bēi zicup; glass被子bèi ziquilt; CL:床[chuáng]本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source笨bènstupid; foolish本科běn kēundergraduate course; undergraduate (attributive)本来běn láioriginal; originally本领běn lǐngskill; ability本事běn shìsource material; original story本子běn zibook; notebook比bīeuphemistic variant of 屄[bī]笔bǐpen; pencil币bìmoney; coins必bìcertainly; must毕bìthe whole of; to finish闭bìto close; to stop up避bìto avoid; to shun比分bǐ fēnscore笔记bǐ jìto take down (in writing); notes笔记本bǐ jì běnnotebook (stationery); CL:本[běn]比较bǐ jiàoto compare; to contrast比例bǐ lìproportion; scale避免bì miǎnto avert; to prevent必然bì ráninevitable; certain比如bǐ rúfor example; for instance比如说bǐ rú shuōfor example比赛bǐ sàicompetition (sports etc); match必须bì xūto have to; must必要bì yàonecessary; essential毕业bì yègraduation; to graduate毕业生bì yè shēnggraduate边biānside; edge编biānto weave; to plait变biànto change; to become different便biànplain; informal遍biàneverywhere; all over辩biànto dispute; to debate变成biàn chéngto change into; to turn into变化biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation (CL:個|个[gè])辩论biàn lùndebate; argument变为biàn wéito change into