Cantonese words starting with J
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揚起扬起
joeng4 hei2to raise one's head
揚棄扬弃
joeng4 hei3verb; Philosophy: in metabolic process, develop the positive element in old stuff, and eliminate the negative element sublate; develop what is useful or healthy and discard what is not; It also mean throw away
洋氣洋气
joeng4 hei3Western style; trendy
蘘荷
joeng4 ho4myoga ginger (Zingiber mioga)
洋香菜
joeng4 hoeng1 coi3parsley
楊開慧杨开慧
joeng4 hoi1 wai6Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife
洋殼洋壳
joeng4 hok3oceanic crust (geology)
洋學洋学
joeng4 hok6Western learning
洋腔洋調洋腔洋调
joeng4 hong1 joeng4 diu6to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
洋行
joeng4 hong2(noun) a trading company
揚雄扬雄
joeng4 hung4Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言[Fang1 yan2]
洋人
joeng4 jan4foreigner; (esp.) Westerner
羊入虎口
joeng4 jap6 fu2 hau2lit. a lamb in a tiger's den (idiom)
洋溢
joeng4 jat6brimming with
洋油
joeng4 jau4imported oil
羊油
joeng4 jau4sheep's fat; mutton tallow
楊銳杨锐
joeng4 jeoi6Yang Rui (1855-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
攘夷
joeng4 ji4to repel the barbarians
楊怡杨怡
joeng4 ji4Tavia Yeung Yi, a Hong Kong actress
楊億杨亿
joeng4 jik1Yang Yi (974-1020), Northern Song dynasty writer and poet
揚抑格扬抑格
joeng4 jik1 gaak3trochaic
陽炎阳炎
joeng4 jim4dazzling sunlight
洋燕
joeng4 jin3(bird species of China) Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
佯言
joeng4 jin4to claim falsely (literary)
揚言扬言
joeng4 jin4to put about (a story, plan, threat etc); to threaten
楊凝式杨凝式
joeng4 jing4 sik1Yang Ningshi (873-954) calligrapher of the Five Dynasties period
楊業杨业
joeng4 jip6Yang Ye (died 986), Chinese military general of the Northern Han and the Northern Song dynasties, defended the Song against invasion by the Liao 遼|辽[Liao2]
揚揚扬扬
joeng4 joeng4to be pleased, delighted, victorious
攘羊
joeng4 joeng4to take home sb else's stray sheep
洋洋
joeng4 joeng4vast; self-satisfied
洋洋得意
joeng4 joeng4 dak1 ji3immensely pleased with oneself (idiom); complacent
洋洋灑灑洋洋洒洒
joeng4 joeng4 saa2 saa2voluminous
洋洋自得
joeng4 joeng4 zi6 dak1immensely pleased with oneself (idiom); complacent
羊癢疫羊痒疫
joeng4 joeng5 jik6scrapie (prion disease of sheep)
羊肉
joeng4 juk6mutton
羊肉串
joeng4 juk6 cyun3lamb kebab
羊肉餡羊肉馅
joeng4 juk6 haam2minced mutton
楊玉環杨玉环
joeng4 juk6 waan4Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1] (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1]
羊絨羊绒
joeng4 jung2wool; cashmere
洋員洋员
joeng4 jyun4Westerner employed in Qing China (as professor or military advisor etc)
陽原阳原
joeng4 jyun4see 陽原縣|阳原县[Yang2 yuan2 Xian4]
陽原縣阳原县
joeng4 jyun4 jyun6Yangyuan, a county in Zhangjiakou City 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4], Hebei
洋芫荽
joeng4 jyun4 seoi1parsley
洋縣洋县
joeng4 jyun6Yang County or Yangxian, a county in Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市[Han4 zhong1 Shi4], Shaanxi
楊月清杨月清
joeng4 jyut6 cing1Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director
揚琴扬琴
joeng4 kam4yangqin
洋琴
joeng4 kam4variant of 揚琴|扬琴[yang2 qin2]
陽曲阳曲
joeng4 kuk1see 陽曲縣|阳曲县[Yang2 qu3 Xian4]
陽曲縣阳曲县
joeng4 kuk1 jyun6Yangqu, a county in Taiyuan City 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4], Shanxi
羊群
joeng4 kwan4flock of sheep
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