English
- so that, in order that
- to cause
- to give
- to cause
- to enable
- to let; to allow
- (Cant.) to give (synonymous with Mandarin 給)
- phonetic bi
- by; a grammatical construct equivalent to passive voice in English. (The noun or noun phrase that would be the object of an active sentence appears as the subject of a sentence)
- Taiwan pr. [bi4]
粵語
- 交;送;給予
- 容許;批准
- 被;喺被動句式入面用嚟帶出施事者
Words containing 俾
- 俾面bei2 min6
giving one's face (spoken)
- 俾錢bei2 cin2
pay
- 俾心機bei2 sam1 gei1
making effort; trying hard (spoken)
- 俾利bei2 lei6
to facilitate
- 俾使bei2 si2
in order that
- 俾斯麥bei2 si1 mak6
Bismarck (name)
- 俾鬼迷bei2 gwai2 mai4
to be put under a spell; to be bewitched by a ghost [colloquial]
- 俾倪bei2 ngai4
parapet
- 冇面俾mou5 min6 bei2
to describe not to favor somebody, even though the two people may share a good, close relationship
- 俾人燉bei2 jan4 dan6
to be demoted [colloquial]
- 俾龜逗bei2 gwai1 dau6
to be stopped and searched by the police [colloquial]
- 俾人飛bei2 jan4 fei1
to be ditched by someone [colloquial]
- 俾格米bei2 gaak3 mai5
Pygmy
- 俾路支bei2 lou6 zi1
Balochi (ethnic group of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan)
- 俾人睇死bei2 jan4 tai2 sei2
to be looked down on by others; to be seen as a loser by others [colloquial]
- 衰俾人睇seoi1 bei2 jan4 tai2
looked down by others; disgrace; humiliated; embarrassing
- 加俾額爾gaa1 bei2 ngaak6 ji5
Gabriel (biblical name)
- 俾路支省bei2 lou6 zi1 saang2
Balochistan (Pakistan)
- 俾夜作晝bei2 je6 zok3 zau3
lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
- 俾晝作夜bei2 zau3 zok3 je6
to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
- 大蝦細俾屎餵daai6 haa1 sai3 bei2 si2 wai3
a phrase used to bullies (in particular those who pick up those smaller or weaker than them) to get lost [colloquial]
- 交個波俾你gaau1 go3 bo1 bei2 nei5
passing the ball to you; letting you take over; your turn to take over [colloquial]
- 俾人賣豬仔bei2 jan4 maai6 zyu1 zai2
to be trafficked over overseas to work as coolies [colloquial]
- 俾人食咗隻豬bei2 jan4 sik6 zo2 zek3 zyu1
to lose one's virginity to someone [colloquial]