Cantonese words starting with J

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ji6 mung4 ting4

Imodium, a brand of anti-diarrheal medication.

A kept mistress, especially the first one kept by a married man.

ji6 naai1 meng6

The state of always having to settle for second best; the fate of being second-in-command.

The son of a concubine or mistress; by extension, someone who is discriminated against or marginalized.

Superpower or superhuman ability, such as teleportation or telepathy seen in science fiction and fantasy.

Adopted daughter; foster daughter.

Betrayer, traitor, or informant; someone who colludes with the enemy to sell out their own group.

Biennial; a plant that takes two years to complete its biological lifecycle.

Righteous anger or indignation.

二惡英二恶英

Dioxin; a highly toxic environmental pollutant.

ji6 pan4 leoi4 daat6 sau1 faat3 gei1

異頻雷達收發機异频雷达收发机

Transponder; a device for receiving and transmitting radio signals.

ji6 pei1 jung4 ci4

義丕容辭义丕容辞

Eager to help; willing to take on responsibility.

A second round of suffering or persecution.

二撇雞二撇鸡

An eight-shaped mustache on the upper lip.

二倍體二倍体

Diploid; a cell or organism containing two complete sets of chromosomes.

The Second (of numbered monarchs, popes, or rulers).

A spendthrift heir or spoiled rich kid who does not work or achieve anything.

Passing, fleeting, or transient.

Disloyalty, duplicity, or half-heartedness.

Disloyalty, infidelity, or harboring thoughts of betrayal.

Disloyalty; half-heartedness; duplicity.

An official who serves a second dynasty after their original ruling dynasty is overthrown.

ji6 sap6 baat3 jat6

Twenty-eight days, or the twenty-eighth day of a month.

ji6 sap6 baat3 sau3

The twenty-eight lunar mansions or constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy.

ji6 sap6 cat1 jat6

Twenty-seven days, or the twenty-seventh day of the month.

Over twenty; more than twenty.

ji6 sap6 gau2 jat6

Twenty-nine days, or the twenty-ninth day of a month.

Twenty-one; the number 21.

ji6 sap6 jat1 dim2

二十一點二十一点

Blackjack; the card game.

ji6 sap6 jat1 jat6

Twenty-one days, or the twenty-first day of a month.

ji6 sap6 jat1 sai3 gei2

二十一世紀二十一世纪

The twenty-first century.

ji6 sap6 jat1 tiu4

二十一條二十一条

The Twenty-One Demands, a set of claims made by the Japanese Empire to the Chinese Republic in 1915.

Twenty days, or the twentieth day of the month.

Twenty-two; the number 22.

ji6 sap6 ji6 jat6

Twenty-second day of the month, or twenty-two days.

ji6 sap6 luk6 jat6

The twenty-sixth day of the month, or a period of twenty-six days.

ji6 sap6 min6 tai2

二十面體二十面体

Icosahedron; a polyhedron with twenty faces.

ji6 sap6 ng5 jat6

Twenty-five days, or the twenty-fifth day of the month.

ji6 sap6 ng5 si2

The Twenty-Five Histories, a collection of Chinese historical books covering ancient times to the Ming dynasty.

ji6 sap6 nin4 muk6 dou2 zi1 gwaai3 jin6 zong6

二十年目睹之怪現狀二十年目睹之怪现状

The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, a novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren.

ji6 sap6 saam1 jat6

Twenty-third day of the month, or a period of twenty-three days.

ji6 sap6 sai3 gei2

二十世紀二十世纪

The 20th century.

ji6 sap6 sei3 haau3

The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, a classic Confucian text on filial piety from the Yuan dynasty.

ji6 sap6 sei3 jat6

Twenty-four days, or the twenty-fourth day of the month.

ji6 sap6 sei3 si2

The Twenty-Four Histories, a classic collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from antiquity to the 17th century.

ji6 sap6 sei3 zit3 hei3

二十四節氣二十四节气

The 24 solar terms, representing astronomical and agricultural milestones in the traditional Chinese calendar.

Second-hand; used or previously owned.

二手車二手车

Second-hand car; used car.

二手貨二手货

Second-hand goods or products that have been used by others.