Cantonese words starting with J

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jin2 zaap6(military, firefighting etc) (verb and noun) drill; exercise; maneuver

jin2 zau3to perform on a musical instrument

jin2 zau3 gaa1a performer (musician)

jin2 zau3 ze2performer

jin2 zeon3evolution

jin2 zi2a kind of shuttlecock used to play games in which it is kept in the air without using the hands, primarily by kicking

jin3a feast; to entertain by giving a dinner

jin3an altenative form for 燕,swallow (bird)

jin3 caau4 mok6 soeng6to be in a very dangerous situation

jin3 cing2to entertain (for dinner)

jin3 fo1Hirundinidae (the family of swallows and martins)

jin3 gong1Yin Kong

jin3 haa6to swallow

嚥下困難咽下困难

jin3 haa6 kwan3 naan4dysphagia (medicine)

燕頷虎鬚燕颔虎须

jin3 ham4 fu2 sou1to have the look of someone rich and important [written and colloquial]

jin3 hei3to die

jin3 hoeng2to host a banquet; banquet

jin3 hoeng2variant of 宴饗|宴飨[yan4 xiang3]

jin3 jam2to wine and dine; banquet

jin3 lok6peace and happiness; making merry

燕麥粥燕麦粥

jin3 mak6 zuk1oatmeal

jin3 mei5 dip6swallowtail butterfly (family Papilionidae)

jin3 mei5 fuk6swallow-tailed coat

jin3 saan1Yan mountain range across north Hebei

jin3 so1(dialect) insurance (loanword)

jin3 tong2 zaam6Yantang Station, a metro station in Guangzhou, China

jin3 wo1edible bird's nest

jin3 wui6banquet; dinner party

宴會廳宴会厅

jin3 wui6 teng1ballroom

jin3 zeon2(bird species of China) Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo)

jin3 zi2swallow

燕子銜泥壘大窩燕子衔泥垒大窝

jin3 zi2 haam4 nai4 leoi5 daai6 wo1the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom)

jin3 zik6banquet; feast

jin3 zoek3(bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

燕雀處堂燕雀处堂

jin3 zoek3 cyu2 tong4lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living; a fool's paradise

燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志

jin3 zoek3 jin1 zi1 hung4 huk6 zi1 zi3lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?

燕雀安知鴻鵠之志燕雀安知鸿鹄之志

jin3 zoek3 on1 zi1 hung4 huk6 zi1 zi3lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)

燕雀相賀燕雀相贺

jin3 zoek3 soeng1 ho6lit. sparrow and swallow's congratulation (idiom); fig. to congratulate sb on completion of a building project

jin4beautiful; seductive

jin4to prolong; to delay; a surname

jin4bow string; watchspring; hypotenuse M: 根gēn [根]; the crescent moon; chord

jin4correct; so; like this; nevertheless; to pledge; to burn

jin4to burn; to light; to start (debate)

jin4bamboo mat for sitting; banquet

jin4an alternative form for 埏, a boundary

jin4side of a ship or an aircraft

jin4slug; to wriggle

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