Cantonese words starting with J
11,098 entries
奄
jim1feeble; half dead
崦
jim1name of a mountain in Gansu
淹
jim1to flood; to drown; to delay; to be stranded; well-versed
醃
jim1to salt; to cure (meat)
閹阉
jim1to be victimized
淹博
jim1 bok3widely read
閹痘阉痘
jim1 dau6a small pox inoculation
閹雞阉鸡
jim1 gai1capon
淹蓋淹盖
jim1 goi3to submerge; to drown out
奄乾奄干
jim1 gon1to be squeezed dry bit by bit; to suffer many small losses, eventually amounting to a large loss over a period of time [colloquial]
閹割阉割
jim1 got3to castrate
淹灌
jim1 gun3basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)
閹人阉人
jim1 jan4a castrate
奄奄
jim1 jim1adj.; dying; weak breathing, barely able to breathe the correct way. Also metaphor for things in decay or decline, of impending doom.
懨懨恹恹
jim1 jim1weak; worried; sickly; wan
奄奄一息
jim1 jim1 jat1 sik1dying
閹然阉然
jim1 jin4covertly
淹留
jim1 lau4to stay for a long period
奄列
jim1 lit6omelet
淹滅淹灭
jim1 mit6to submerge; to bury
腌悶腌闷
jim1 mun6boring; dreary
淹沒淹没
jim1 mut6to submerge; to flood
淹死
jim1 sei2to drown
淹水
jim1 seoi2to be flooded
閹豎阉竖
jim1 syu6eunuch (contemptuous appellation)
淹尖
jim1 zim1(adjective) picky; fastidious
腌尖
jim1 zim1(slang) (adjective) picky; fastidious; fussy; choosy
腌臢腌臜
jim1 zim1dirty; awkward; nauseating
奄尖聲悶奄尖声闷
jim1 zim1 seng1 mun6to be very choosy and particular [colloquial]
腌尖腥悶腌尖腥闷
jim1 zim1 seng1 mun6moaning and picky (spoken)
厴厣
jim2operculum (Latin: little lid); shell
弇
jim2to cover
罨
jim2(verb) To apply Chinese herbal medicine onto a spot of a body
魘魇
jim2to have a nightmare; bad dreams
掩蔽
jim2 bai3shelter; screen; cover; protection
掩藏
jim2 cong4hidden; concealed
罨耷
jim2 daap3old; rotten; run-down (spoken)
掩蓋掩盖
jim2 goi3to conceal; to cover up
掩口費掩口费
jim2 hau2 fai3noun; hush money
掩人耳目
jim2 jan4 ji5 muk6to fool people (idiom)
掩耳
jim2 ji5to refuse to listen
掩耳盜鈴掩耳盗铃
jim2 ji5 dou6 ling4lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell; to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
掩映
jim2 joeng2hidden from view; setting off each other
掩樣法掩样法
jim2 joeng6 faat3illusion
掩埋
jim2 maai4to bury
魘寐魇寐
jim2 mei6to have a nightmare
掩面而泣
jim2 min6 ji4 jap1to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)
奄悶奄闷
jim2 mun6adj; boring, depressed mood, lack of energy
掩殺掩杀
jim2 saat3to make a surprise attack
掩飾掩饰
jim2 sik1(verb) Disguise
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