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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