Cantonese words starting with J
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隱約其辭隐约其辞
jan2 joek3 kei4 ci4equivocal speech
忍讓忍让
jan2 joeng6to exercise forbearance
忍辱負重忍辱负重
jan2 juk6 fu6 zung6to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in s...
忍辱含垢
jan2 juk6 ham4 gau3see 含垢忍辱[han2 gou4 ren3 ru3]
忍辱求全
jan2 juk6 kau4 cyun4to endure humiliation to preserve unity
忍辱偷生
jan2 juk6 tau1 sang1to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
隱語隐语
jan2 jyu5secret language
隱喻隐喻
jan2 jyu6metaphor
檃栝
jan2 kut3straightening machine
隱顴隐颧
jan2 kyun4a skull with sunken cheek bone
忍唔住
jan2 m4 zyu6can't bear or tolerate any longer; cannot resist against doing something
隱密隐密
jan2 mat6secret; hidden
隱名埋姓隐名埋姓
jan2 ming4 maai4 sing3to conceal one's identity
隱滅隐灭
jan2 mit6to fade away; to disappear
忍無可忍忍无可忍
jan2 mou4 ho2 jan2more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience
隱瞞隐瞒
jan2 mun4to conceal; to cover up the truth
隱沒隐没
jan2 mut6to vanish gradually; to fade out
隱匿隐匿
jan2 nik1to cover up; to conceal
忍耐
jan2 noi6to bear
忍耐力
jan2 noi6 lik6patience
隱惡揚善隐恶扬善
jan2 ok3 joeng4 sin6(idiom) to highlight sb's good points but omit to mention their faults
忍心
jan2 sam1to have the heart to do sth
隱身隐身
jan2 san1to hide oneself
隱身草隐身草
jan2 san1 cou2legendary grass conferring invisibility
隱身草兒隐身草儿
jan2 san1 cou2 ji4erhua variant of 隱身草|隐身草[yin3 shen1 cao3]
隱生宙隐生宙
jan2 sang1 zau6Cryptozoic; hidden life, as opposed to Phanerozoic
隱修隐修
jan2 sau1monasticism
隱修院隐修院
jan2 sau1 jyun2monastery (Christian)
隱修士隐修士
jan2 sau1 si6monk (Christian)
忍手
jan2 sau2cannot do
忍受
jan2 sau6to suffer
隱寫術隐写术
jan2 se2 seot6steganography
隱射隐射
jan2 se6(to fire) innuendo
隱私隐私
jan2 si1secrets; privacy
隱私權隐私权
jan2 si1 kyun4privacy right
忍屎忍尿好過忍你忍屎忍尿好过忍你
jan2 si2 jan2 niu6 hou2 gwo3 jan2 nei5I would rather put up with shit than put up with you; (literally: I would rat...
隱事隐事
jan2 si6a secret
隱士隐士
jan2 si6hermit
隱色隐色
jan2 sik1protective coloration (esp. of insects)
隱飾隐饰
jan2 sik1a cover-up
隱性隐性
jan2 sing3hidden; recessive (gene)
隱性基因隐性基因
jan2 sing3 gei1 jan1recessive gene
隱姓埋名隐姓埋名
jan2 sing3 maai4 ming4to conceal one's identity
隱退隐退
jan2 teoi3to retire (from society, esp. from politics)
忍痛
jan2 tung3to suffer
隱痛隐痛
jan2 tung3hidden anguish; secret suffering
忍痛割愛忍痛割爱
jan2 tung3 got3 oi3to resign oneself to part with what one treasures
隱患隐患
jan2 waan6a danger concealed within sth; misfortune not visible from the surface
隱諱隐讳
jan2 wai5to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind
隱位隐位
jan2 wai6(immunology) cryptotope; cryptic epitope
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