Cantonese words starting with J
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jan4 coi4 ngoi6 lau4
人才外流
brain drain
jan4 coi4 zai2 zai2
人才濟濟人才济济
a galaxy of talent (idiom)
jan4 cuk1 gung6 waan6 zing3
人畜共患症
zoonosis
jan4 cung4
人叢人丛
crowd of people
jan4 cung4
人從人从
retinue
jan4 cyun1
仁川
Incheon Metropolitan City in Gyeonggi Province 京畿道[Jing1 ji1 dao4], South Korea
jan4 cyun1 gwong2 wik6 si5
仁川廣域市仁川广域市
Incheon Metropolitan City in Gyeonggi Province 京畿道[Jing1 ji1 dao4], South Korea
jan4 cyun1 si5
仁川市
Incheon Metropolitan City in Gyeonggi Province 京畿道[Jing1 ji1 dao4], South Korea
jan4 cyun4 jan4
人傳人人传人
transmitted person-to-person
jan4 daai6
人大
Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Da4 xue2])
jan4 daan1
仁丹
Jintan mouth refresher lozenge, produced by Morishita Jintan company from 1905
jan4 dai6
仁弟
(honorific written address to younger man) My dear young friend
jan4 dak1
仁德
benevolent integrity
jan4 dei6
人哋
(pronoun) they; he; she; I; other people; everybody else
jan4 dei6
人地
others (spoken)
jan4 dei6 ge3
人哋嘅
other people's [colloquial]
jan4 dei6 sang1 so1
人地生疏
describes the situation where a person is unfamiliar with a new place
jan4 ding1
人丁
number of people in a family; (old) adult males
jan4 ding6
人定
middle of the night
jan4 ding6 sing3 tin1
人定勝天人定胜天
man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature
jan4 do1 hou2 zou6 zok3
人多好做作
Many hands make the job easy
jan4 do1 sai3 zung3
人多勢眾人多势众
many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength
jan4 do1 sau2 goek3 lyun6
人多手腳亂人多手脚乱
too many cooks in the kitchen, too many people trying to work on the same task
jan4 dou6
人道
(noun) Act of humanity
jan4 dou6 gau3 wun4
人道救援
humanitarian aid
jan4 dou6 zyu2 ji6
人道主義人道主义
humanism
jan4 faa3
仁化
see 仁化縣|仁化县[Ren2 hua4 Xian4]
jan4 faa3 jyun6
仁化縣仁化县
Renhua, a county in Shaoguan City 韶關市|韶关市[Shao2 guan1 Shi4], Guangdong
jan4 faan6
人犯
criminal; suspect (old)
jan4 fau4 jyu1 si6
人浮於事人浮于事
more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
jan4 fu2
寅虎
Year 3, year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)
jan4 gaa1
人家
household; family; household business; CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]
jan4 gaak3
人格
personality; dignity
jan4 gaak3 faa3
人格化
to personalize
jan4 gaak3 mei6 lik6
人格魅力
personal charm
jan4 gaak3 san4
人格神
personal god
jan4 gaan1
人間人间
the human world
jan4 gaan1 dei6 juk6
人間地獄人间地狱
hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
jan4 gaan1 fat6 gaau3
人間佛教人间佛教
Humanistic Buddhism
jan4 gaan1 hei2 kek6
人間喜劇人间喜剧
La Comédie humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honoré de Balzac 巴爾扎克|巴尔扎克[Ba1 er3 zha1 ke4]
jan4 gaan1 tin1 tong4
人間天堂人间天堂
heaven on Earth
jan4 gaan1 zing1 faat3
人間蒸發人间蒸发
to vanish
jan4 gaap3 jan4 jyun4
人夾人緣人夹人缘
relationships are developed based on destiny; if they are meant to develop relationship, it will naturally occur
jan4 gap1 zi3 sang1
人急智生
sharp or quick-witted while emergency or desperate
jan4 gei1 gaai3 min2
人機界面人机界面
user interface
jan4 gei1 gung1 cing4
人機工程人机工程
ergonomics
jan4 geoi1
人居
human habitat
jan4 gin3 jan4 oi3
人見人愛人见人爱
loved by all
jan4 git6
人傑人杰
outstanding talent; illustrious individual
jan4 git6 dei6 ling4
人傑地靈人杰地灵
illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son