Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- bèi
- Bèi
English
- sea shell
- surname Bei
- cowrie
- shellfish; crustacean
- a surname, usually transliterated as "Pui"
- money, currency
- shellfish
- Kangxi radical 154
- currency (archaic)
粵語
- 有殼嘅軟體動物；貝殼
- 姓
As a component in · 685
Variants
Words containing 貝
- 寶貝bou2 bui3
treasured object
- 貝殼bui3 hok3
shell (of a mollusk)
- 貝寧bui3 ning4
Benin
- 拷貝haau1 bui3
copy
- 元貝jyun4 bui3
dried scallops
- 分貝fan1 bui3
decibel
- 扇貝sin3 bui3
scallop (genus Pecten)
- 貝多芬bui3 do1 fan1
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer
- 乾貝gon1 bui3
conpoy; dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop)
- 貝南bui3 naam4
Benin (Tw)
- 貝塔bui3 taap3
beta (Greek letter Β, β)
- 貝葉bui3 jip6
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
- 貝果bui3 gwo2
(loanword) bagel
- 丹貝daan1 bui3
see 天貝|天贝[tian1 bei4]
- 仙貝sin1 bui3
(loanword) senbei (Japanese rice cracker)
- 貝丘bui3 jau1
shell mound
- 諾貝爾nok6 bui3 ji5
Nobel (Prize)
- 貝爾bui3 ji5
Bell (person name)
- 貝雷帽bui3 leoi4 mou6
(loanword) beret
- 寶貝兒bou2 bui3 ji4
erhua variant of 寶貝|宝贝[bao3 bei4]
- 貝克bui3 hak1
Baker or Becker (name)
- 貝拉bui3 laai1
Beira, Mozambique
- 心肝寶貝sam1 gon1 bou2 bui3
precious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart
- 貝斯bui3 si1
Bes, a minor god of ancient Egypt