Cantonese words starting with J

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Lamb chop or lamb steak; a large cut of lamb meat.

Lamb chop; lamb ribs.

Sheepskin; the skin or leather of a sheep.

joeng4 pei4 paa4

joeng4 pei4 zi2

羊皮紙羊皮纸

Parchment; a stiff, flat, thin material made from the prepared skin of an animal.

A children's game played with illustrated cardboard cards, also known as menko in Japan.

Yang ping; the light level tone, which is the second tone in Mandarin and the fourth tone in Cantonese.

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陽平聲阳平声

The second tone in Mandarin (yangping), representing the rising tone.

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Foreigners living and working in China, often without a permanent status or long-term plan.

Yangpu, referring to the Yangpu Economic Development Zone in Hainan, China.

joeng4 pou2 ging1 zai3 hoi1 faat3 keoi1

洋浦經濟開發區洋浦经济开发区

Yangpu Economic Development Zone in Hainan.

joeng4 pou2 keoi1

楊浦區杨浦区

Yangpu District, a central district of Shanghai.

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Wax apple; Syzygium samarangense, a tropical tree and its red bell-shaped fruit.

Yangshan county in Qingyuan, Guangdong.

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Yangshan Port, a deepwater port near Shanghai.

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陽山縣阳山县

Yangshan, a county in Qingyuan, Guangdong.

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洋山深水港

Yangshan Deepwater Port, located near Shanghai.

Parasol; sunshade used to block sunlight.

Yangxi; a county of Yangjiang city in Guangdong province.

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陽西縣阳西县

Yangxi, a county in Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province.

The world of the living; this mortal world.

joeng4 sai3 gaan1

陽世間阳世间

The world of the living; the mortal world.

Yang Sen (1884-1977), a Sichuan warlord and general.

joeng4 sam1 sau3

楊深秀杨深秀

Yang Shenxiu (1849-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the unsuccessful 1898 reform movement.

Yangxin County, in southeastern Hubei Province, China.

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陽新縣阳新县

Yangxin County, a county in Huangshi City, Hubei Province.

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楊守仁杨守仁

Yang Shouren (1912–2005), a Chinese agricultural scientist.

joeng4 sau3 cing1

楊秀清杨秀清

Yang Xiuqing, organizer and commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion.

One's predestined lifespan in the mortal world.

To play dead; to feign death.

Amniotic fluid; the protective liquid surrounding a fetus within the amnion.

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Yangxin county in Binzhou, Shandong province, China.

joeng4 seon3 jyun6

陽信縣阳信县

Yangxin County, in Binzhou City, Shandong Province.

To claim credit due to others; to appropriate others' credit or honor.

joeng4 sing1 hei3

揚聲器扬声器

Loudspeaker; an electroacoustic device that converts electrical signals into sound.

Positive result, especially in pathology, indicating the presence of a specific condition.

City of Rams; a nickname for Guangzhou (Canton).

Yangcheng, a county in Shanxi province.

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陽城縣阳城县

Yangcheng County, in Jincheng, Shanxi, China.

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楊丞琳杨丞琳

Rainie Yang, a Taiwanese singer, actress, and television host.

An excess of yang in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

To steal, pocket, or usurp property that does not belong to you.

A social gaffe, blunder, or embarrassing mistake.

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楊尚昆杨尚昆

Yang Shangkun (1907-1998), former PRC president and military leader.

Yangshuo, a county in Guilin, Guangxi.

joeng4 sok3 jyun6

陽朔縣阳朔县

Yangshuo, a county in Guilin, Guangxi.

Sage; the culinary and medicinal herb.

joeng4 sou3 joeng5 beng6

羊瘙癢病羊瘙痒病

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

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羊瘙癢症羊瘙痒症

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