Cantonese words starting with J

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jing4 zoeng6 faa3visualization
形象思维
jing4 zoeng6 si1 wai4imagery thinking
形状
jing4 zong6form; shape
营造
jing4 zou6to build (housing); to make
营造商
jing4 zou6 soeng1builder
jing4 zung1to be forced to grind grain as a punishment (old)
jing4 zung6serious
郢书燕说
jing5 syu1 jin1 syut3lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it; to pile up errors
认贼作父
jing6 caak6 zok3 fu6lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal
认亲
jing6 can1to acknowledge sb as one's relative; to acknowledge kinship
认亲认戚
jing6 can1 jing6 cik1pretending to be a close friend of one (spoken)
jing6 ceoi2(of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony
认出
jing6 ceot1recognition
认清
jing6 cing1to see clearly; to recognize; to realize
认错
jing6 co3to admit an error
认床
jing6 cong4to have difficulties sleeping in a bed other than one's own
认低威
jing6 dai1 wai1(slang) to admit a mistake or defeat candidly
认得
jing6 dak1to recognize; to know
认定
jing6 ding6to maintain (that sth is true); determination (of an amount); to believe firmly; to identify with
认罚
jing6 fat6to accept punishment
认缴资本
jing6 giu2 zi1 bun2subscribed capital (finance)
认脚
jing6 goek3(of a shoe) designed to be worn on a specific foot – either the left or the right
认股证
jing6 gu2 zing3Warrant (finance)
认可
jing6 ho2to approve; acknowledgment
认人
jing6 jan4to recognize people (of babies)
认人儿
jing6 jan4 ji4erhua variant of 認人|认人[ren4 ren2]
认养
jing6 joeng5to sponsor; to adopt (choose to raise a child or animal as one's own)
认购
jing6 kau3to undertake to purchase sth
认叻
jing6 lek1(verb) to brag about; to crow over; to show off
认领
jing6 ling5to claim (as one's property); to accept (an illegitimate child as one's own)
认命
jing6 meng6to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate
认明
jing6 ming4to identify
认赔
jing6 pui4to agree to pay compensation
认生
jing6 saang1shy with strangers
认细佬
jing6 sai3 lou2to concede defeat; to admit inferiority; to play second fiddle; to timidly submit; to be respectively submissive
认死扣儿
jing6 sei2 kau3 ji4stubborn
认死理
jing6 sei2 lei5obstinate
认死理儿
jing6 sei2 lei5 ji4erhua variant of 認死理|认死理[ren4 si3 li3]
认衰仔
jing6 seoi1 zai2admitting to be a loser (spoken)
认屎认屁
jing6 si2 jing6 pei3to be boastful
jing6 si6concubine (old)
认识
jing6 sik1to know; to be familiar with; knowledge; awareness
认识不能
jing6 sik1 bat1 nang4agnosia
认识论
jing6 sik1 leon6epistemology (in philosophy, the theory of how we know things)
认数
jing6 sou3admit what one has said or done
认输
jing6 syu1to concede
认头
jing6 tau4to admit defeat; to accept having lost
认同
jing6 tung4to approve of; to acknowledge; to identify oneself with
认为
jing6 wai4in my opinion
认真
jing6 zan1conscientious; serious; to take to heart

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