Cantonese words starting with J

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The main aspects, gist, or key points of a matter.

An outline, summary, or brief account of the main points.

An important road or a key position.

Either... or...; used to present alternative possibilities.

jiu3 maai5 jan4 sam1

要買人心要买人心

To buy or win people's hearts and support through favor or bribery.

Important news; a front-page story or headline.

Extremely; awfully; to the highest degree.

To be concerned about keeping face, maintaining one's reputation, or preserving one's dignity.

To want to save face; to be sensitive about one's reputation.

Either... or...

An important task, vital mission, or essential duty.

The important points, main items, or table of contents of a document.

Or; either... or...

jiu3 sang1 jiu3 sei2

To act hysterically, crying and shouting.

Extremely; awfully; to death.

jiu3 sei2 bat1 wut6

Half dead; hovering between life and death; lacking energy or vitality.

jiu3 sei2 jiu3 wut6

To make a desperate, hysterical, or life-or-death scene; to throw a massive tantrum.

An important matter; a task or business of high priority or significance.

Essential factor or key element.

An important hub or key position.

As for; speaking of; when it comes to.

Main plan; major outline or blueprint.

Strategic location; an important hub or crossing point.

In short; in brief; in a word.

Straw rope used for binding things together.

The gist, main point, or essence of a text or argument.

An important post, key job, or prominent position.

To demand debt repayment.

Yao, a legendary ruler of prehistoric China, or the surname Yao.

A Chinese surname, commonly romanized as Yiu, Io, Yeo, or Yeow.

Graceful, enchanting, and delicate in appearance or manner.

To shake, wave, or rock; to sway back and forth.

An oar or paddle.

Name of a river in China.

Precious jade; beautiful jade.

A kiln, a coal mine, or historically a brothel.

Firewood, a woodcutter, or the shrub Wikstroemia japonica.

Rhyme, ballad, or folk song; popular songs passed down among people.

A light carriage.

Far or distant.

An alternative reading of the character 陶, used in specific historical names and Hong Kong place names.

To forgive, spare, or show mercy to someone.

To swing, sway, shake, or rock back and forth.

jiu4 baai2 bat1 ding6

搖擺不定摇摆不定

Wavering, hesitant, or constantly shifting one's stance.

jiu4 baai2 mou5

搖擺舞摇摆舞

jiu4 baai2 zau1

搖擺州摇摆州

Swing state; a US state where the two major political parties have similar levels of support.

Yao Bin, a Chinese ice skater and national figure skating coach born in 1957.

jiu4 bat1 ho2 kap6

遙不可及遥不可及

Distant and unreachable, as if one could never arrive or achieve it.

Telemetry; the remote measurement and transmission of data.