Cantonese words starting with J

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jan2 joek3 kei4 ci4

隱約其辭隐约其辞

equivocal speech

to exercise forbearance

jan2 juk6 fu6 zung6

忍辱負重忍辱负重

to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence

jan2 juk6 ham4 gau3

see 含垢忍辱[han2 gou4 ren3 ru3]

jan2 juk6 kau4 cyun4

to endure humiliation to preserve unity

jan2 juk6 tau1 sang1

to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)

secret language

straightening machine

a skull with sunken cheek bone

can't bear or tolerate any longer; cannot resist against doing something

jan2 ming4 maai4 sing3

隱名埋姓隐名埋姓

to conceal one's identity

to fade away; to disappear

jan2 mou4 ho2 jan2

忍無可忍忍无可忍

more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience

to conceal; to cover up the truth

to vanish gradually; to fade out

to cover up; to conceal

jan2 ok3 joeng4 sin6

隱惡揚善隐恶扬善

(idiom) to highlight sb's good points but omit to mention their faults

to have the heart to do sth

to hide oneself

隱身草隐身草

legendary grass conferring invisibility

jan2 san1 cou2 ji4

隱身草兒隐身草儿

erhua variant of 隱身草|隐身草[yin3 shen1 cao3]

jan2 sang1 zau6

隱生宙隐生宙

Cryptozoic; hidden life, as opposed to Phanerozoic

jan2 sau1 jyun2

隱修院隐修院

monastery (Christian)

隱修士隐修士

monk (Christian)

隱寫術隐写术

(to fire) innuendo

secrets; privacy

隱私權隐私权

jan2 si2 jan2 niu6 hou2 gwo3 jan2 nei5

忍屎忍尿好過忍你忍屎忍尿好过忍你

I would rather put up with shit than put up with you; (literally: I would rather hold in my wee and poo rather than tolerate you) [colloquial]

protective coloration (esp. of insects)

hidden; recessive (gene)

jan2 sing3 gei1 jan1

隱性基因隐性基因

jan2 sing3 maai4 ming4

隱姓埋名隐姓埋名

to conceal one's identity

to retire (from society, esp. from politics)

hidden anguish; secret suffering

jan2 tung3 got3 oi3

忍痛割愛忍痛割爱

to resign oneself to part with what one treasures

a danger concealed within sth; misfortune not visible from the surface

to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind

(immunology) cryptotope; cryptic epitope