Cantonese words starting with J

11,098 entries

ji6 go1second brother
二个字
ji6 go3 zi6two words; ten minutes [written]
ji6 gon1 zi2hot-tempered; hot-tempered person
义工
ji6 gung1volunteer worker
ji6 gwai2 zi2traitor
义军
ji6 gwan1volunteer army
异军突起
ji6 gwan1 dat6 hei2to emerge as a new force to be reckoned with (idiom)
易过借火
ji6 gwo3 ze3 fo2(adjective) easy job; a piece of cake
异国
ji6 gwok3exotic
調异国情调
ji6 gwok3 cing4 diu6exoticism; exotic
异国他乡
ji6 gwok3 taa1 hoeng1foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
二刻拍案惊奇
ji6 hak1 paak3 on3 ging1 kei4Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]
义行
ji6 hang4virtuous deed
ji6 hap6 jat12-in-1
异口同声
ji6 hau2 tung4 sing1different mouths, same voice
义气
ji6 hei3spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; also pr. [yi4 qi5]
义气博儿戏
ji6 hei3 bok3 ji4 hei1loyalty makes one vulnerable to betrayal [colloquial]
义气搏儿戏
ji6 hei3 bok3 ji4 hei1loyalty makes one vulnerable to betrayal [colloquial]
异乡
ji6 hoeng1foreign land
异香
ji6 hoeng1rare perfume
异乡人
ji6 hoeng1 jan4stranger
异香扑鼻
ji6 hoeng1 pok3 bei6exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
易开罐
ji6 hoi1 gun3(Tw) pull-top can; easy-open can (with ring-pull)
易学
ji6 hok6study of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
义学
ji6 hok6free school (old)
义项
ji6 hong6sense (of a word)
二项式
ji6 hong6 sik1two items
二项式定理
ji6 hong6 sik1 ding6 lei5the binomial theorem (math.)
二项式系数
ji6 hong6 sik1 hai6 sou3(math.) binomial coefficient
ji6 hou4twenty cents
二号
ji6 hou62nd day of the month
二号电池
ji6 hou6 din6 ci4(Tw) C size battery (PRC equivalent: 三號電池|三号电池[san1 hao4 dian4 chi2])
二号人物
ji6 hou6 jan4 mat6second best person
异人
ji6 jan4eccentric; talented individual
义人
ji6 jan4righteous man
ji6 jan4 sai3 gaai3world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple)
二人台
ji6 jan4 toi4genre of song-and-dance duet popular in Inner Mongolia
二人转
ji6 jan4 zyun3genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
ji6 jat1 tim1 zok3 ng5lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning); to go fifty-fifty
ji6 jat6two days; second [date]
易游网
ji6 jau4 mong5ezTravel, Taiwanese travel agency
异议
ji6 ji5objection; dissent
异议人士
ji6 ji5 jan4 si6dissident
异议者
ji6 ji5 ze2dissenter
异义
ji6 ji6differing opinion
义演
ji6 jin2benefit performance
ji6 jin4flammable; combustible
异焉
ji6 jin4feeling surprised at sth
异言
ji6 jin4dissenting words
ji6 jin4 mat6flammable substance

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