Cantonese words starting with J

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To drink to excess and become rowdy, violent, or drunk.

Full from eating; to bestow, or a private banquet.

jyu3 gam1 jim3 fei4

飫甘饜肥饫甘餍肥

To live in luxury and eat rich, sumptuous food.

To drink heavily, be addicted to alcohol, or suffer from alcoholism.

jyu3 zau2 zi1 si6

To drink excessively and cause trouble.

To be drunk and rowdy.

First-person pronoun; I or me.

A Chinese surname, typically transliterated as Yu, Yue, U, or Yee.

A Chinese surname, typically romanized as Yu or U.

Scholar in ancient China, or relating to Confucianism.

Such as, like, for instance, or for example.

A character used in personal names.

To entertain; to do something to make someone feel happy or amused.

Mountain range.

A character used in Shandong place names, such as Mount Yu (Yushan).

Short form for Lantau Island (大嶼山).

Pleased; joyful; happy.

Silly, foolish, or stupid.

To connect, join up, be together, or be associated with.

Classical final particle expressing doubt, questioning, or exclamation.

Used in personal names.

Related to fishing, fishery, or making a living by catching and breeding fish.

To immerse, moisten, or be damp; also to delay or remain somewhere.

Fine jade, its luster, or figuratively, one's virtues and merits.

To reclaim land or farm using slash-and-burn methods.

An ancient area or mountain.

A hole in a wall.

An ancient Chinese wind instrument.

Plump, fertile, or rich.

To lift or carry on one's shoulders.

To eat, chew, or consume; to endure or tolerate.

A Chinese surname, usually transliterated as Yu.

To squirm or wriggle; a type of worm.

An undershirt, jacket, or bib.

To desire passionately; to long for or covet.

To flatter or toady to someone.

A carriage or sedan chair; by extension, the earth, world, or territory.

To exceed or go beyond.

The surname Yu.

A corner, edge, or nook.

An ancient summer sacrifice for rain.

Remaining, extra, or surplus.

A dead person or corpse.

Pallas's gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus).

Milt; the seminal fluid or sperm-filled glands of male fish, also known as soft roe.

Foolish, stupid, or clumsy.

jyu4 bat1 ho2 kap6

Hopelessly and unbelievably stupid; the height of folly.

jyu4 bei3 si2 zi2

To have perfect command of, as the arm moves the finger.