Cantonese words starting with J

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Beard; facial hair growing on the chin and cheeks.

Serious, solemn, and earnest in attitude or manner.

Scorching summer heat; the hot season.

Hydrochloric acid; a highly corrosive strong acid that is the main component of gastric acid.

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鹽酸克侖特羅盐酸克仑特罗

Clenbuterol hydrochloride, a drug used as a bronchodilator and sometimes as a fat-burning diet pill.

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鹽酸鹽盐酸盐

Hydrochloride or chloride; a salt formed by the reaction of hydrochloric acid with an organic base.

Salt flats or salt pan.

Salt field; a flat area used for harvesting salt by evaporating seawater.

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鹽田區盐田区

Yantian, a district of Shenzhen, Guangdong.

Yanting, a county in Mianyang, Sichuan.

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鹽亭縣盐亭县

Yanting, a county in Mianyang City, Sichuan.

鹽坨子盐坨子

An open-air salt heap.

Yama; the King of Hell in Chinese folk religion who rules the underworld and decides when people die.

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閻王好見，小鬼難當阎王好见，小鬼难当

It is easier to deal with the boss or top officials than with their low-level subordinates.

閻王爺阎王爷

Yama, the King of Hell in Buddhist and Chinese mythology.

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炎黃子孫炎黄子孙

The descendants of the Flame and Yellow Emperors; the Chinese people.

To loathe, detest, or feel disgust towards someone or something.

鹽湖區盐湖区

Yanhu District, a district of Yuncheng City in Shanxi Province, China.

鹽湖城盐湖城

Salt Lake City, the capital of Utah.

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嚴陣以待严阵以待

To be in the highest level of readiness; to stand combat-ready to face a crisis or external threat.

Salt well; a brine well dug for salt production.

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鹽井鄉盐井乡

Yanjing township, a common Chinese place name.

Yanjin, a county in Zhaotong, Yunnan, China.

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鹽津縣盐津县

Yanjin, a county in Zhaotong City, Yunnan.

Severe, difficult, or grueling.

Neat, orderly, and well-disciplined, especially of troops or formations.

Solemn, serious, and principled.

Serious, grave, critical, or severe.

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嚴重急性呼吸系統綜合症严重急性呼吸系统综合症

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

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嚴重關切严重关切

Serious concern; grave attention.

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嚴重後果严重后果

Grave consequences or serious repercussions.

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嚴重問題严重问题

Serious problem

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嚴重性严重性

Seriousness, severity, or gravity of a situation.

Solemn, grave, and dignified.

Edge of a tortoiseshell; weak; also used as a surname.

The Cao'e River in Zhejiang province, China.

Slender and graceful.

To dye, as in coloring fabric or hair by soaking it in dye.

A fine gem; a type of jade with pointed ends used as a symbol of authority.

Luxuriant vegetation, or the gradual passage of time.

To contract a disease; to be infected by external environmental factors.

Dye factory; a dye works.

To become contaminated by toxic substances, or to be infected with a virus.

To dye one's hair; to artificially change hair color.

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染髮劑染发剂

Hair dye or tint; a substance used to color hair.

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染風習俗染风习俗

Bad habits; harmful customs and practices.

A dye vat, or figuratively, a corrupting environment.