Cantonese words starting with J

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Amateur, non-professional, or taking place outside of regular working hours.

jip6 jyu4 daai6 hok6

業餘大學业余大学

An evening or part-time college for people who attend after work.

jip6 jyu4 gaau3 juk6

業餘教育业余教育

Spare-time education; adult education or part-time studies undertaken outside of regular working hours.

jip6 jyu4 oi3 hou3

業餘愛好业余爱好

Hobby; an amateur interest or leisure activity.

jip6 jyu4 oi3 hou3 ze2

業餘愛好者业余爱好者

An amateur or hobbyist who pursues an activity for pleasure rather than as a profession.

業餘者业余者

Amateur; a person who engages in a pursuit on an unpaid rather than a professional basis.

An ill-fated relationship or sinful connection.

Ye County, a county in Pingdingshan, Henan province.

jip6 kaa1 zit6 lam4 bou2

葉卡捷琳堡叶卡捷琳堡

Yekaterinburg, a Russian city.

jip6 kaa1 zit6 lam4 naa4

葉卡捷琳娜叶卡捷琳娜

Yekaterina or Ekaterina, a Russian female given name.

A frame in computing.

jip6 lai5 ting4

葉禮庭叶礼庭

Michael Grant Ignatieff (born 1947), a Canadian author, academic, and former politician.

jip6 lau4 suk6 ji4

葉劉淑儀叶刘淑仪

Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, a prominent Hong Kong politician.

葉里溫叶里温

Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia.

葉利欽叶利钦

Turbine wheel or impeller; a rotor with blades used to move or be moved by fluid.

jip6 leon4 gei1 haai6

葉輪機械叶轮机械

jip6 lok6 gwai1 gan1

葉落歸根叶落归根

A falling leaf returns to the roots; to return to one's ancestral home in old age.

葉綠素叶绿素

Chlorophyll; the green pigment in plant cells that absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis.

葉綠體叶绿体

An evil dragon.

Page number; the digit that marks the page number of a document.

Venation; the pattern of veins on a leaf.

jip6 mak6 zeoi6

葉脈序叶脉序

Leaf venation; the pattern of veins on a leaf.

Yip Man (1893–1972), wing chun martial arts master and teacher of Bruce Lee.

A page of a book, or a webpage.

Business, trade, or professional operations and affairs.

jip6 mou6 jyun4

業務員业务员

Salesperson or professional responsible for business operations and sales.

jip6 mou6 seoi2 ping4

業務水平业务水平

Professional skill, standard, or competence in one's work.

To have paid one's karmic debts.

Shale; a fine-grained sedimentary rock formed from mud.

Blade of a propeller or fan; leaf of a plant.

jip6 pin3 zong6

葉片狀叶片状

Foliated; leaf-like in shape or structure.

jip6 sai3 wing4

葉世榮叶世荣

Yip Sai Wing, a Hong Kong singer and musician.

The type page; the printable area or text block of a page.

Jesse, a masculine given name of Hebrew origin.

The top of a page; a header.

One's teacher or tutor, particularly a master from whom one learned a trade, profession, or academic discipline.

jip6 sing3 tou4

葉聖陶叶圣陶

Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), Chinese writer, educator, and publisher, noted for his children's literature.

Yecheng county in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang.

jip6 sing4 jyun6

葉城縣叶城县

Kargilik County, a county in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang.

Page number, or the total number of pages in a document.

Folic acid; folate, a type of B vitamin.

jip6 syun2 ping4

葉選平叶选平

Ye Xuanping (1924-2019), Chinese politician and former Governor of Guangdong.

Business format, especially in the retail industry.

Ye Ting (1896-1946), a Chinese military leader.

Liverwort, specifically the species Jungermannia lanceolata.

葉偉文叶伟文

Ye Weimin; also known by the alias Ye Weiwen.

葉偉民叶伟民

Raymond Yip Wai-Man, a Hong Kong film director.