Cantonese words starting with J

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Increasingly; all the more.

A subjective view, opinion, or conjecture.

A helpful friend; a friend who is beneficial to one's growth or character.

The rising and falling pitch of a voice; modulation or cadence.

Yiyang; a prefecture-level city in Hunan province, China.

jik1 joeng4 deon6 co3

抑揚頓挫抑扬顿挫

Cadence, modulation, and variation in pitch, volume, and pauses in verbal expression or speech.

jik1 joeng4 gaak3

抑揚格抑扬格

Iambic; iambic meter.

jik1 joeng4 si5

益陽市益阳市

Yiyang, a prefecture-level city in Hunan Province.

Yakult, a brand of probiotic dairy drink; also used generically for similar probiotic beverages.

Millions and millions; an immense number.

jik1 maan6 fu3 hou4

億萬富豪亿万富豪

Billionaire or multimillionaire; an extremely wealthy person.

jik1 maan6 fu3 jung1

億萬富翁亿万富翁

Billionaire; a person of immense wealth.

Motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus).

Motherwort; a medicinal herb used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Beneficial bird; a bird that eats agricultural pests or mice.

jik1 san4 sing1

鬩神星阋神星

Eris, a dwarf planet in the solar system.

jik1 sau6 jin4 nin4

益壽延年益寿延年

To promote longevity and prolong life.

To recall and recount; to narrate from memory.

An imagined or subjective idea; an unfounded assumption.

jik1 soeng2 kwong4

Mythomaniac; a person with an abnormal tendency to lie or exaggerate, or someone who suffers from paranoia or delusions.

jik1 soeng2 zing3

Mythomania; a condition characterized by pathological lying and exaggeration.

Chalone; a protein that inhibits cell division and proliferation.

Or; used to present a choice, usually exclusive, between alternatives.

Depressed, gloomy, or suffering from a low and despondent mood.

jik1 wat1 bat1 ping4

抑鬱不平抑郁不平

Depressed and resentful; feeling low and filled with a sense of injustice.

jik1 wat1 zing3

抑鬱症抑郁症

Clinical depression; a mental health disorder characterized by persistent low mood and a loss of interest.

To control, restrain, or suppress; to inhibit.

抑制劑抑制剂

Inhibitor; a chemical substance used to restrain, block, or slow down a reaction or process.

jik1 zai3 zok3 jung6

Inhibition; a process or restraint that prevents, restricts, or slows down an action or reaction.

Yi Province, an ancient historical region in southwestern China covering parts of modern Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, and Guizhou.

To restrain, control, curb, or repress.

Beneficial to intellectual development, typically describing educational or puzzle games for children.

To fabricate, invent, or make up groundlessly.

Also, too, as well; expressing that two things coexist or are parallel.

Border or boundary.

A character commonly used in personal names.

Yixian, a name of hills in Shandong Province, China.

To play Chinese chess or Go; ancient name for the board game Go.

To shoot with a bow and arrow that has a string attached; Kangxi radical 56.

War or battle; also refers to labor or service performed out of duty.

To blaze; to burn with a bright, strong flame.

Epidemic; infectious disease.

To unravel or sort out; continuous.

An auspicious character used in personal names.

The next; the following.

The wing of an animal, or a wing-shaped object.

Armpit or axilla.

Lizard; used in the word 蜥蜴 (sik1 jik6).

To translate; to interpret meaning from one language into another.

To go against, disobey, or act in the opposite direction.