Cantonese words starting with J

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Repercussions or lingering consequences of an event.

Harpoon; a long spear-like instrument used for catching fish.

Fishery products; seafood and other aquatic products.

jyu4 cam4 ngaan6 miu5

魚沉雁杳鱼沉雁杳

To have all contact and communication completely cut off; to be lost without a trace.

The emperor's carriage.

Stupid, foolish, or silly; having low intelligence.

jyu4 ceot1 jat1 cit3

如出一轍如出一辙

To be exactly the same or identical; as if coming from the same track.

jyu4 ci1 jyu4 zeoi3

如癡如醉如痴如醉

Enthralled, mesmerized, or enraptured.

So, such, in this way, or like that.

jyu4 ci2 ji4 ji5

That is all; nothing more; that is the way it is.

jyu4 ci2 ze2 bun1

如此這般如此这般

Thus and so; like this and like that; indicating that a process or situation has been described in detail.

To use the toilet or washroom.

Yuci, a district of Jinzhong city in Shanxi province.

A nickname for Cathay Pacific, because its logo resembles a shark's fin.

魚翅餃鱼翅饺

Shark fin dumpling; a type of Chinese dumpling traditionally filled with shark fin, or shaped like a shark fin.

魚翅瓜鱼翅瓜

Spaghetti squash (Cucurbita pepo).

榆次區榆次区

Yuci, a district of Jinzhong City in Shanxi Province.

魚翅湯鱼翅汤

Shark fin soup.

Flattering words; adulation; sycophancy.

Yuchi Township, a municipality in Nantou County, Taiwan.

jyu4 ci4 hoeng1

魚池鄉鱼池乡

Yuchi Township, a township in Nantou County in central Taiwan.

Surplus money; spare cash or savings remaining after expenses.

The samara or flat, round seed of an elm tree.

Public sentiment, opinion, or feedback.

Cotangent, a trigonometric function.

As before; just like in the beginning.

jyu4 co5 zam1 zin1

如坐針氈如坐针毡

To be on pins and needles; to be in a state of extreme anxiety or discomfort.

Fishing ground; fishery.

The fish hold of a fishing vessel.

Grassy; resembling grass.

Worm; helminth.

Remainder or remaining balance; what is left over.

Yu Dan (1965–), Chinese scholar and author known for popularizing Chinese classical thought.

Fish ball; a food made from minced fish paste shaped into balls, commonly available in white or fried yellow varieties.

jyu4 daan2 dong3

魚蛋檔鱼蛋档

A fishball stall; or a type of dark, partitioned brothel popular in Hong Kong in the 1980s.

jyu4 daan2 fan2

魚蛋粉鱼蛋粉

Fishball rice noodles; a classic Cantonese noodle dish.

魚蛋河鱼蛋河

Flat rice noodles served with fish balls in soup.

jyu4 daan2 mui1

魚蛋妹鱼蛋妹

A girl who worked at a "fishball stall", a parlor offering sexual services short of intercourse.

Fish ball; a common Cantonese food made of fish paste.

Land or the earth; in older contexts, geography.

Leeway, latitude, or room for maneuver, bargaining, or change in one's words or actions.

Stupid, foolish, or slow-witted.

Lesser fish eagle (Icthyophaga humilis).

jyu4 do6 jin1 mou6

如墮煙霧如堕烟雾

To feel lost, confused, or utterly bewildered, as if lost in a thick fog.

jyu4 do6 ng5 lei5 mou6 zung1

如墮五里霧中如堕五里雾中

As if lost in a thick fog; completely muddled, bewildered, or lost.

Remnants of a defeated clique, party, or gang.

Residual poison or pernicious influence remaining from a past evil or disaster.