Cantonese words starting with J

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Dazzling, bright, and shining.

juk1 juk1 gung3

喐喐貢喐喐贡

To constantly fidget, squirm, or shake one's body or limbs.

Moving constantly or continuously; shaking, wiggling, or shifting slightly.

juk1 lai4 (lei4) juk1 heoi3

Moving around continuously or shifting from side to side.

juk1 lo4 nip6 jat6

沃羅湼日沃罗涅日

Voronezh, a city in the southwest of European Russia.

To encourage, advise, or motivate someone to work hard.

Constricted, pent-up, or repressed.

juk1 san1 juk1 sai3

喐身喐勢喐身喐势

To fidget, move around constantly, or gesture restlessly.

juk1 san1 juk1 sai3

郁身郁勢郁身郁势

To fidget, squirm, or be unable to sit still.

To start working on something, or to start a fight.

To start a physical fight, assault someone, or to take action and get to work.

juk1 sau2 juk1 goek3

喐手喐腳喐手喐脚

To start a physical fight or get physically aggressive; to start punching and kicking.

Wo River, a river in Shanxi province.

Yuting; the brand name of an emergency contraceptive pill containing levonorgestrel.

Fertile land; rich, productive soil.

Vaud, a canton of Switzerland.

Desire; lust; appetite.

To bathe, wash oneself, or be immersed in something.

The Yu River, an ancient name for the Bai River in Henan.

Prison; jail; a facility where criminals are confined.

Jade; a hard, lustrous, and translucent mineral used for jewelry and ornaments.

Congee; rice porridge cooked with a large amount of water.

Ornate, adorned, or decorative.

To give birth to, or to raise, train, and educate.

Mattress or cushion; a soft pad.

To humiliate, insult, or disgrace someone by putting them down.

To sell, especially due to financial hardship; also used as a surname or to mean to usurp.

A bathroom heater, typically using infrared lamps.

juk6 baa6 bat1 nang4

欲罷不能欲罢不能

To want to stop but be unable to; to feel an urge to continue doing something.

Jade and silk; traditionally used as gifts, often symbolising friendship, peace, or an alliance.

juk6 baau1 zi2 daa2 gau2

肉包子打狗

To lose something completely with no hope of retrieval; like throwing a meat bun at a dog.

juk6 bat1 doek3 , bat1 sing4 hei3

玉不琢,不成器

People need to be educated, disciplined, or shaped through hard work and trials to reach their full potential.

Meat patty; minced meat shaped into a flat patty.

To fight hand-to-hand, or to have sex.

肉搏戰肉搏战

Hand-to-hand combat; close-quarters fighting.

To feel pained or reluctant when losing something valuable, especially money; to feel hurt or distressed.

juk6 ceoi2 gu1 jyu4

To give in order to take; to make concessions first in order to gain more later.

juk6 ceoi2 gu1 jyu5

欲取姑與欲取姑与

To make concessions for the sake of future gains.

juk6 ceoi4 zam1 baan2 soeng6

肉隨砧板上肉随砧板上

To have no choice but to submit to being taken advantage of; to be at someone's mercy like meat on a chopping board.

Hangnail; a small, torn piece of skin next to a fingernail or toenail.

Public bath or a large bathing pool.

Public bath or bathing beach; a place where the public can bathe or swim.

To educate and foster talent.

Bedsore; pressure ulcer.

juk6 cuk1 ji4 bat1 daat6

欲速而不達欲速而不达

Haste makes waste; trying to do things too quickly prevents one from reaching the goal.

juk6 cuk1 zak1 bat1 daat6

欲速則不達欲速则不达

Haste makes waste; trying to do things too quickly will prevent you from achieving your goal.

Tamagawa, a Japanese name.

Tamagawa, a city in Akita prefecture, Japan.