Cantonese words starting with J

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To raise, hoist, or lift up.

To discard what is useless and develop what is useful, or to sublate in a philosophical sense.

Stylish and trendy, typically with a Western-influenced aesthetic.

Myoga ginger (Zingiber mioga).

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楊開慧杨开慧

Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife.

Western learning.

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洋腔洋調洋腔洋调

To speak with a foreign accent or to use words from a foreign language, often in an affected manner.

Hong; a trading company that deals with trade between China and Western countries.

Yang Xiong, a Western Han dynasty scholar, poet, and lexicographer.

Westerner; a white person of Western origin.

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To step straight into danger; a lamb in a tiger's mouth.

To overflow with; to be permeated with or full of.

Kerosene; imported oil.

Sheep's fat or mutton tallow.

Yang Rui (1855-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898.

To repel the barbarians; to drive out foreign invaders.

Tavia Yeung Yi, a Hong Kong actress.

Yang Yi (974-1020), a Northern Song dynasty writer and poet.

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揚抑格扬抑格

Trochaic; a metrical foot used in formal poetry consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one.

Dazzling sunlight or heat shimmer on a hot day.

Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica), a species of swallow bird.

To claim falsely or lie about something.

To threaten, intimidate, or declare intentions by public announcement.

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楊凝式杨凝式

Yang Ningshi (873-954), a calligrapher of the Five Dynasties period.

Yang Ye, a Chinese military general of the Northern Han and Northern Song dynasties who defended against the Liao invasion.

To be pleased, self-satisfied, or triumphant.

To steal or take home someone else's stray sheep.

Vast and numerous, or self-satisfied and pleased.

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Immensely pleased with oneself; complacent or self-satisfied.

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洋洋灑灑洋洋洒洒

Voluminous, copious, or sweeping in writing or speech.

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To look immensely proud of oneself; to be smugly self-satisfied.

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羊癢疫羊痒疫

Scrapie, a fatal, degenerative prion disease affecting the nervous systems of sheep and goats.

Mutton or lamb; the meat of sheep or goats used for food.

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Lamb kebab; mutton skewers.

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羊肉餡羊肉馅

Minced mutton; mutton filling.

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楊玉環杨玉环

Yang Yuhuan, known as Yang Guifei, a famous Tang dynasty consort and beauty.

Cashmere; a soft and elastic animal fiber from the undercoat of goats, used to make fabric.

A Westerner employed in Qing dynasty China, such as a professor or military advisor.

Yangyuan County, in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China.

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陽原縣阳原县

Yangyuan, a county in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province.

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Yang County, a county in Shaanxi, China.

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楊月清杨月清

Yang Yueqing, a Chinese-Canadian female documentary film director.

Yangqin; a Chinese hammered dulcimer.

Yangqin; a Chinese hammered dulcimer.

Yangqu; a county of Taiyuan, Shanxi Province.

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陽曲縣阳曲县

Yangqu, a county in Taiyuan, Shanxi province.

A flock of sheep.