Cantonese words starting with J

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Feeble, weak, or half dead.

A mountain in Gansu Province, China.

To flood, submerge, or cover with water.

To marinate; to steep food in seasoning to infuse it with flavor before cooking.

To castrate; to neuter or remove the male reproductive organs.

Widely read; possessing broad knowledge and erudition.

A smallpox inoculation.

Capon; a castrated rooster.

To submerge, cover up, or drown out.

To suffer many small, gradual losses over time that eventually amount to a significant loss.

To castrate, or figuratively, to deprive something of its essential parts.

Basin irrigation, such as that used for flooding paddy fields.

A castrated person; a eunuch.

Dying, weak, or barely breathing; also used figuratively to describe something in decline or decay.

Weak, sickly, or lacking energy.

jim1 jim1 jat1 sik1

On the verge of death; breathing very weakly; at one's last gasp.

Covertly, secretly, or stealthily.

To stay for a long period.

Omelette; a dish made from beaten eggs folded around a filling.

To submerge, bury, or cause to vanish.

Stuffy and hot; humid and airless.

To submerge or cover with water; to drown, bury, or overwhelm.

To drown; to die from inhaling water.

To flood or be flooded.

Eunuch; used as a contemptuous or derogatory term.

Picky, fussy, or fastidious.

Picky, fastidious, fussy, or choosy.

Dirty, nauseating, or physically repulsive; also petty, nitpicky, or hard to please.

jim1 zim1 seng1 mun6

奄尖聲悶奄尖声闷

Fussy, picky, and hard to please.

jim1 zim1 seng1 mun6

腌尖腥悶腌尖腥闷

Particular, picky, and constantly complaining or grumbling.

A lid, flap, or cover, especially referring to the protective operculum of a mollusk or the abdomen/apron of a crustacean.

To cover, seal, or apply something wet or medicated over an area.

To have a nightmare; to experience bad dreams.

To cover, screen, shelter, or protect from view or danger.

To hide, conceal, or cover up.

Shabby, grotty, and dirty, especially of a place.

To cover up or completely hide what is underneath, either physically or metaphorically.

掩口費掩口费

Hush money; a bribe paid to someone to keep a secret or remain silent.

jim2 jan4 ji5 muk6

To deceive others by concealing the truth; to cover up or hide something from public notice.

To cover one's ears to refuse to listen.

jim2 ji5 dou6 ling4

掩耳盜鈴掩耳盗铃

To deceive oneself in trying to deceive others; covering one's ears to steal a bell.

To shine on each other while partially hidden from view, or to set each other off.

jim2 joeng6 faat3

掩樣法掩样法

Illusion; a method of camouflage or deception.

To bury; to cover up and inter under the earth.

To have a nightmare.

jim2 min6 ji4 jap1

To bury one's face in one's hands and weep.

Stagnating, tedious, and frustratingly unchanged.

To launch a surprise attack on an enemy.

To cover up, conceal, or gloss over one's mistakes or crimes.