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巴閉
  baa1 bai3   jyutping
[1] arrogant; flashy; showy; fussy; noisy
[2] impressive; high and mighty
[]: 了不起

One source says that 巴閉 was transliterated from the Indian word "Bapre" which means "Oh, my god!". Another source says that it is a sound modification from the Chinese term 把柄.
adjective

Level: 2   Google Frequency: 14,000

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
巴閉 / 巴闭

This word has been viewed 6792 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 baa1  -  bus; hope earnestly; cling to; crust
 bai3  -  shut; close; obstruct

1 compounds containing this word:

嘈喧巴閉 - noisy; clamorous

Showing 1 example containing 巴閉
detail 今次婚禮場面認真巴閉
The wedding ceremony was really grand
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