Cantonese words starting with J

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joeng5 uk1to lie looking at the ceiling (in despair)

仰屋興嘆仰屋兴叹

joeng5 uk1 hing1 taan3to stare at the ceiling in despair; nothing you can do about it

仰屋著書仰屋著书

joeng5 uk1 zyu3 syu1lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book

joeng5 wing6backstroke

養和醫院养和医院

joeng5 wo4 ji1 jyun2Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital

joeng5 wu6to maintain; curing (concrete etc)

joeng5 wut6to provide for; to raise animals; support; to give birth

joeng5 zi2adopted son

joeng5 zik6(noun) Usually it refers to aquaculture or aquafarming

養殖業养殖业

joeng5 zik6 jip6cultivation industry

養精蓄銳养精蓄锐

joeng5 zing1 cuk1 jeoi6to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push

joeng5 zoeng3to rely on

養尊處優养尊处优

joeng5 zyun1 cyu3 jau1(idiom) Be in the live in clover

joeng6soil; territory

joeng6manner; way; shape; sample; style

joeng6to overflow; used in place names; swirl

joeng6flowing water

joeng6(verb) Concede

joeng6to ferment; to make honey (of bees); to form gradually; stuffed vegetables (cooking method)

joeng6 baan2template; model

樣板戲样板戏

joeng6 baan2 hei3model theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution)

joeng6 bai3see 漾濞彝族自治縣|漾濞彝族自治县[Yang4 bi4 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]

joeng6 ban2sample; specimen

joeng6 bou6to concede; to yield; (linguistics) concessive

joeng6 bun2sample; specimen

joeng6 bun6to be accommodating in negotiating the boundary of one's field

恙蟲病恙虫病

joeng6 cung4 beng6(medicine) scrub typhus; bush typhus; tsutsugamushi disease

joeng6 daan1sample sheet; form

釀豆腐酿豆腐

joeng6 dau6 fu6Yong Tau Foo (tofu), a Chinese food of stuffed bean curd

joeng6 gei1prototype

joeng6 hoi1to get out of the way

讓人羨慕让人羡慕

joeng6 jan4 sin6 mou6enviable

joeng6 ji4see 樣子|样子[yang4 zi5]

joeng6 jin1to offer a cigarette

讓賢與能让贤与能

joeng6 jin4 jyu5 nang4to step aside and give a more worthy person a chance (idiom)

釀熱物酿热物

joeng6 jit6 mat6biological fuel (such as horse dung)

joeng6 joeng6to argue noisily; to make widely known

joeng6 joeng6all kinds

樣樣事样样事

joeng6 joeng6 si6all sorts of things

joeng6 kau4to concede points (in a game)

joeng6 lai6sample; model; example

joeng6 lou6to make way (for sth)

joeng6 maau6appearance; manifestation

釀母菌酿母菌

joeng6 mou5 kwan2yeast

joeng6 mui4zymase (enzyme in yeast involved in fermentation)

joeng6 pek3shout oneself hoarse

joeng6 seoi1ugly face (derogatory)

joeng6 sik1type

joeng6 sing4to make (wine or spirits)

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