Cantonese words starting with J
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人日
jan4 jat6Human Day, on the 7th day of first month for the lunar calendar, the day when...
人有我有
jan4 jau5 ngo5 jau5one wanting an item not because of need, but just because lots of people have...
人有三急
jan4 jau5 saam1 gap1(jocular) to need to answer the call of nature
人有三衰六旺
jan4 jau5 saam1 seoi1 luk6 wong6one has three bad and six good fortunes, which means a person's life has ups ...
人有失手，馬有失蹄人有失手，马有失蹄
jan4 jau5 sat1 sau2, maa5 jau5 sat1 tai4lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom); even the b...
人又老，錢又冇人又老，钱又冇
jan4 jau6 lou5, cin2 jau6 mou5old and penniless [colloquial]
人意
jan4 ji3people's expectations
人兒人儿
jan4 ji4figurine
仁義仁义
jan4 ji6benevolence and righteousness
仁義道德仁义道德
jan4 ji6 dou6 dak1compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
人煙人烟
jan4 jin1sign of human habitation
人煙稀少人烟稀少
jan4 jin1 hei1 siu2no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
人言可畏
jan4 jin4 ho2 wai3gossip is a fearful thing (idiom)
仁言利博
jan4 jin4 lei6 bok3Words of benevolence apply universally (idiom). Humanitarian expressions bene...
人言籍籍
jan4 jin4 zik6 zik6tongues are wagging (idiom)
人影
jan4 jing2lit. human shadow, meaning not a trace of other human presence around, to des...
人形
jan4 jing4human form
人妖
jan4 jiu1transvestite; ladyboy
人仰馬翻人仰马翻
jan4 joeng5 maa5 faan1to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom); in a complete mess
人肉
jan4 juk6human flesh [written and colloquial]
人肉打樁機人肉打桩机
jan4 juk6 daa2 zong1 gei1literally: a human pile driver, can also be used in a derogatory way to descr...
人肉搜索
jan4 juk6 sau2 saak3to crowdsource information about sb or sth (typically as a form of vigilantis...
人肉搜索引擎
jan4 juk6 sau2 saak3 jan5 king4human flesh search engine
人肉炸彈人肉炸弹
jan4 juk6 zaa3 daan2one strapping a bomb to oneself
人魚人鱼
jan4 jyu4mermaid; sea cow; giant salamander
人員人员
jan4 jyun4staff; personnel
人猿
jan4 jyun4anthropoid ape
人緣人缘
jan4 jyun4relations with other people
夤緣夤缘
jan4 jyun4to curry favor
人緣兒人缘儿
jan4 jyun4 ji4erhua variant of 人緣|人缘[ren2 yuan2]
夤緣攀附夤缘攀附
jan4 jyun4 paan1 fu6to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by curryin...
人琴俱亡
jan4 kam4 keoi1 mong4person and lute have both vanished (idiom)
人給家足人给家足
jan4 kap1 gaa1 zuk1lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comforta...
人窮志不窮人穷志不穷
jan4 kung4 zi3 bat1 kung4one who is poor but with great ambitions
人窮志短人穷志短
jan4 kung4 zi3 dyun2poor and with low expectations
人困馬乏人困马乏
jan4 kwan3 maa5 fat6riders tired and horses weary (idiom); exhausted; fatigued
人羣
jan4 kwan4a group of people; a crowd
人群
jan4 kwan4crowd
人權人权
jan4 kyun4human rights
人權鬥士人权斗士
jan4 kyun4 dau3 si6a human rights activist
人權法人权法
jan4 kyun4 faat3Human Rights law (Hong Kong)
人權觀察人权观察
jan4 kyun4 gun1 caat3Human Rights Watch (HRW), New York-based non-governmental organization
人嚟
jan4 lai4summoning one to come and serve
人流
jan4 lau4stream of people; abbr. for 人工流產|人工流产[ren2 gong1 liu2 chan3]
人流手術人流手术
jan4 lau4 sau2 seot6an abortion
人類人类
jan4 leoi6humanity; mankind
人類基因組計劃人类基因组计划
jan4 leoi6 gei1 jan1 zou2 gai3 waak6Human Genome Project
人類起源人类起源
jan4 leoi6 hei2 jyun4origin of mankind
人類學人类学
jan4 leoi6 hok6anthropology
人類學家人类学家
jan4 leoi6 hok6 gaa1anthropologist
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