Cantonese words starting with J

11,098 entries

jiu3 ling5main aspects; gist

jiu3 loek6roughly; summary

jiu3 lou6important road; fig. key position

jiu3 maa3either ...

要買人心要买人心

jiu3 maai5 jan4 sam1variant of 邀買人心|邀买人心[yao1 mai3 ren2 xin1]

jiu3 man4important news story

jiu3 meng6to cause sb's death; (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance

jiu3 min6wanting a good reputation or face (spoken)

jiu3 min6 zi2see 愛面子|爱面子[ai4 mian4 zi5]

jiu3 mou6key task

jiu3 muk6important substance (of a document)

jiu3 mut6variant of 要麼|要么[yao4 me5]

jiu3 sang1 jiu3 sei2throwing emotions openly (spoken)

jiu3 sei2extremely

jiu3 sei2 bat1 wut6half dead

jiu3 sei2 jiu3 wut6terribly; desperately

jiu3 si6important matter

jiu3 si6(coll.) if

jiu3 sou3(noun) Important or main element

jiu3 syu1important hub; key position

jiu3 syut3as for

jiu3 tou4main plan

jiu3 zeon1strategic location; important hub

jiu3 zi1in brief

jiu3 zi2straw rope

jiu3 zi2the gist (of a text or argument)

jiu3 zik1key job

jiu3 zoeng3to demand repayment

jiu4surname Yao

jiu4handsome; a surname

jiu4graceful; enchanting; delicate

jiu4to shake; to row; to wag; to wave; to agitate

jiu4name of a river

jiu4jade; mother-of-pearl; precious; white like jade; mythical ; name of an ethnic group

jiu4kiln; coal pit; (coll.) brothel

jiu4fuel; firewood; a woodcutter; Wikstroemia japonica

jiu4popular ballad; folksong

jiu4light carriage

jiu4distant; far

jiu4used as part of a name

jiu4surname Rao

jiu4 baai2(verb) To rock

搖擺不定摇摆不定

jiu4 baai2 bat1 ding6indecisive

搖擺舞摇摆舞

jiu4 baai2 mou5swing (dance)

搖擺州摇摆州

jiu4 baai2 zau1swing state (US politics)

jiu4 ban1Yao Bin (1957-), PRC champion ice skater during early 1980s and more recently national skating coach

遙不可及遥不可及

jiu4 bat1 ho2 kap6unattainable; out of reach

jiu4 caak1telemetry

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