Cantonese words starting with J

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A fable, parable, or short story that conveys a moral lesson or wisdom.

Prophecy; to predict or make a bold forecast about the future.

預言家预言家

Prophet; a person who predicts the future.

jyu6 jing3 lik6

預應力预应力

Prestress; compressive stress applied to a structure before it is subjected to external loads.

To preheat; to warm up in advance.

An appointment or booking; a reservation made in advance.

An ancient military chariot driver.

Reserved for the exclusive use of the emperor, or metaphorically, serving a specific powerful person.

To be contained in; to reside in; to be implied or included within.

To do something smoothly, effortlessly, and with ease.

Yuyuan Garden, a famous classical garden in Shanghai, China.

To withhold or deduct in advance.

To preorder or pre-purchase goods or services in advance.

To exceed a time limit; to be overdue or past the deadline.

To expect, anticipate, or look forward to.

jyu6 kei4 jung6 tou4

預期用途预期用途

Intended use; the purpose for which something is designed or planned.

jyu6 kei4 teoi1 lei5

預期推理预期推理

Predictive inference; the process of making predictions about future or unseen observations.

To preview; to view a document, image, or print layout before final execution.

To set aside, reserve, or book in advance.

To expect, predict, or anticipate future events based on evidence.

愈來愈愈来愈

More and more; increasingly.

To count somebody in; to include someone in a plan or activity.

Yumin county in Tacheng prefecture, Xinjiang.

jyu6 man4 jyun6

裕民縣裕民县

Yumin, a county in Tacheng Prefecture, Xinjiang.

Premeditation; a detailed plan made before carrying out an action.

jyu6 mau4 saat3 jan4

預謀殺人预谋杀人

Premeditated murder; intentional homicide planned in advance.

jyu6 miu4 jyu6 hak1

The more one tries to explain, the worse the situation looks; to make matters worse by trying to cover them up.

To resist foreign aggression or ward off insults.

To die in an accident, disaster, or catastrophe.

jyu6 naan6 syun4

遇難船遇难船

Shipwreck; a vessel that has met with a disaster at sea.

遇難者遇难者

Victim or fatality of an accident or disaster.

To happen to coincide, run into, or meet by chance, leading to another event.

To drown; to experience breathing difficulties in water due to an accident or inability to swim.

Yu'an District in Lu'an City, Anhui Province.

裕安區裕安区

Yu'an, a district of Lu'an City in Anhui province.

Contingency plan; an emergency or backup plan prepared in advance.

Pre-allocated; set up, configured, or matched in advance.

jyu6 sai3 ming4 jin4

An influential collection of vernacular short stories compiled by Feng Menglong in the Ming dynasty, also known as Stories Old and New.

預收費预收费

Prepayment; fees collected in advance.

The emperor's hand.

Driver of a horse carriage or handler of pack animals.

jyu6 sau3 seot6

馭獸術驭兽术

Animal training; the art of taming and controlling beasts.

To sell in advance; to pre-sell.

Imperial censor, a formal title for an official in dynastic China.

Pretest; a preliminary trial, examination, or pilot test.

To issue a directive or declare an instruction.

To foreshadow or predict; to indicate that a future event will happen based on current signs.

jyu6 si6 sang1 fung1

遇事生風遇事生风

To stir up trouble or create a sensation at every opportunity.