Cantonese words starting with J

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jan3 zi1 luk6 zoek3

印支綠鵲印支绿鹊

(bird species of China) Indochinese green magpie (Cissa hypoleuca)

trace; abbr. of 印子錢|印子钱[yin4 zi5 qian2], usury

印子錢印子钱

印字機印字机

label printer; dymo

to confirm; to corroborate; to verify

seal; chop; CL:方[fang1]

impression (sth that stays in one's mind)

jan3 zoeng6 paai3

jan3 zoeng6 sam1 hak1

to have a deep impression on something [written and colloquial]

jan3 zoeng6 zyu2 ji6

印象主義印象主义

man; people M: 个gè [个] ; mankind

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

humane; benevolence; respectable

3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger; reverence

a real life sample, role model to other people

a sample used to demostrate how one can behave badly or unacceptedably as seen from public

character; moral strength; integrity

jan4 bat1 ho2 maau6 soeng3

人不可貌相

you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom); often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2]

jan4 bat1 ho2 maau6 soeng3 ，hoi2 seoi2 bat1 ho2 dau2 loeng6

人不可貌相，海水不可斗量

you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)

jan4 bat1 wai6 gei2 ，tin1 zyu1 dei6 mit6

人不為己，天誅地滅人不为己，天诛地灭

Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.

jan4 bat1 zi1 gwai2 bat1 gok3

人不知鬼不覺人不知鬼不觉

in absolute secrecy

jan4 bei2 jan4 bei2 sei2 jan4

人比人，比死人

there's no point in comparing between people, as we are all different, and can be endless in defining differences

jan4 bei2 jan4 ，hei3 sei2 jan4

人比人，氣死人人比人，气死人

(proverb) constantly comparing oneself to others only leads to dissatisfaction and envy

Rinpoche (Tibetan honorific)

personal guarantee

see 仁布縣|仁布县[Ren2 bu4 Xian4]

jan4 bou3 jyun6

仁布縣仁布县

Rinbung, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet

jan4 ce1 wan6 hang4

人車混行人车混行

pedestrian-vehicle mixed use

jan4 ceon2 mou5 joek6 ji1

人蠢冇藥醫人蠢冇藥医

it is used to describe a person who is so stupid that no medicine can cure his

person-times; classifier for number of people participating

benevolent; kind; kindness

person (first person, second person etc in grammar); known as

jan4 cing1 doi6 ci4

人稱代詞人称代词

personal pronoun

monetary gift for one's wedding (Cantonese)

jan4 cing4 bok6 gwo3 zi2

人情薄過紙人情薄过纸

human relationship is thinner than a paper, which means a relationship can be very weak

jan4 cing4 mei6

human warmth; human touch

jan4 cing4 mei6 ji4

人情味兒人情味儿

erhua variant of 人情味[ren2 qing2 wei4]

jan4 cing4 sai3 gu3

worldly wisdom; to know how to get on in the world

jan4 cing4 zi2 gam2 bok6

人情紙咁薄人情纸咁薄

Literal; she has asked.

a tide of people

variant of 人才[ren2 cai2]

jan4 coi4 bui3 ceot1

人才輩出人才辈出

batches of talented people arise amongst generations

jan4 coi4 lau4 sat1

jan4 coi4 loeng5 hung1

人財兩空人财两空

(idiom) to suffer the departure of sb (talented staff or one's spouse etc) and a financial loss as well; to get burned both romantically and financially