Cantonese words starting with J

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To admit guilt, confess, or plead guilty to a crime.

jing6 zeoi6 hip3 soeng1

認罪協商认罪协商

Plea bargain; a plea agreement in a legal case.

To identify clearly, recognize with certainty, or believe firmly.

To cognize, comprehend, or understand complex things and concepts.

jing6 zi1 san4 ging1 sam1 lei5 hok6

認知神經心理學认知神经心理学

Cognitive neuropsychology.

jing6 zi1 sat1 tiu4

認知失調认知失调

Cognitive dissonance; the mental discomfort experienced by someone holding inconsistent beliefs or values.

To recognize characters or learn to read.

To authenticate or certify; to confirm identity or qualifications.

To own up to a fault, responsibility, or a debt.

To admit defeat, accept bad luck, or acknowledge one's mistakes.

To regard as; to consider or treat something as.

To recognize, identify, or commit to memory.

Pickled vegetables.

Salted, preserved, or cured foods, such as pickles or cured meats.

Pickled food, such as salted meat, fish, or vegetables.

Somewhat ill but still able to sit up; sickly or ailing.

Cured meat, bacon, or marinated meat.

Salted fish, pickled fish, or kippers.

To marinade or pickle food.

jip3 wong4 gwaa1

醃黃瓜腌黄瓜

Pickled cucumber; gherkin

To cure, marinate, pickle, or preserve food.

Marinade; a seasoned liquid used to marinate food.

To preserve or flavor food using salt, sugar, vinegar, or other seasonings.

Sin, wrongdoing, or karmic evil; historically, a son born of a concubine.

Industry, profession, business, or estate.

The Chinese surname Yip (or Ip).

The surname Ye.

A page or a leaf of paper.

Petiole; the stalk that joins a leaf to a stem.

Page margin; the blank space around the text on a page.

Retribution or bad karma resulting from one's past evil deeds.

Leafy vegetable.

An evil creature; a beast (used as a curse or insult)

Part-time college; adult education university.

The bottom of a page.

jip6 fong1 jyu1 hei1

業荒於嬉业荒于嬉

To have one's work or studies suffer due to play or lack of focus.

An industry; the business community or social circles surrounding a particular profession or trade.

jip6 gaai3 biu1 zeon2

業界標準业界标准

Industry standard; the established norm or requirement in a particular field.

The root cause of evil, misfortune, or bad karma.

Already; previously.

jip6 gong1 cyun1

葉江川叶江川

Ye Jiangchuan, a Chinese chess grandmaster.

jip6 gung1 hou3 lung4

葉公好龍叶公好龙

To pretend to like or support something, only to reject it or shrink back when confronted with the reality of it.

jip6 gwok3 him1

葉國謙叶国谦

Ip Kwok-him, a Hong Kong politician.

jip6 hau2 fuk1 fo1

葉口蝠科叶口蝠科

New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae)

The sea of karma or evil, representing the endless cycle of suffering in Buddhist belief.

A Flower in a Sinful Sea, a late-Qing novel by Jin Tianhe and Zeng Pu.

Caraway; a biennial plant of the parsley family with aromatic seeds.

jip6 ji5 goeng1 ho4

葉爾羌河叶尔羌河

Yarkant River, a river in Xinjiang, China.

Weak or feeble, particularly of one's breathing.