寶bou2貝bui3

English

1. treasured object
2. (noun) Precious
3. to treasure; to cherish
4. dear; baby; darling; a person or a thing that is personally important to oneself; also used as an intimate address, though less commonly
5. treasure
6. darling
7. baby
8. cowry
9. good-for-nothing or queer character

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 重視；珍惜；睇得好重要
2. 同某個人好親密，或者對佢好重要嘅人或物件；亦可以做暱稱，只係冇其他咁常用

Examples

• 心肝寶貝

  the apple of one's eye

• 佢哋得一粒女，梗係當佢係寶貝啦。

  Their only daughter is the jewel of the family indeed.

• 嗰啲高達係佢嘅寶貝嚟，唔掂得㗎。

  Those Gundam figures are his prized possessions. They must not be touched!

• 你咁寶貝啲高達模型就放好啲，唔好四圍擺！

  If you treasure your Gundam figures so much, store them properly. Don't leave them here and there.

• 「嘩，可愛嘅寶貝。你叫咩名？」「麗娜。」「麗娜，偷窺吓！」「唔該。」

  Tatoeba CC BY

• 寶貝。

  My precious.

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

• 寶貝！

  My precious!

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

• 他是家里的宝贝。

  He is the baby of the family.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY