Cantonese words starting with J
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冤家
jyun1 gaa1enemy; (in opera) sweetheart or destined love
冤家對頭冤家对头
jyun1 gaa1 deoi3 tau4enemy (idiom); opponent
冤家宜解不宜結冤家宜解不宜结
jyun1 gaa1 ji4 gaai2 bat1 ji4 git3It is better to squash enmity rather than keeping it alive (proverb)
冤家路窄
jyun1 gaa1 lou6 zaak3lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom)
冤假錯案冤假错案
jyun1 gaa2 co3 on3unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)
淵谷渊谷
jyun1 guk1deep valley
冤鬼
jyun1 gwai2ghost with bad luck; one who keeps pestering or troubling another person
淵廣渊广
jyun1 gwong2broad and extensive (of knowledge etc)
冤口冤面
jyun1 hau2 jyun1 min6to put on an annoying or unsatisfied look on one face
冤氣冤气
jyun1 hei3resentment over unfair treatment
淵海渊海
jyun1 hoi2(lit.) abyss and ocean
冤有頭，債有主冤有头，债有主
jyun1 jau5 tau4 ，zaai3 jau5 zyu2an injustice has a start, a debt has a debtor, which means to understand a situation, one must find the ones who started it first
鴛綺鸳绮
jyun1 ji2magnificent fabrics
冤抑
jyun1 jik1to suffer injustice
蜿蜒
jyun1 jin4(of a snake) to wriggle along
冤孽
jyun1 jip6sin (in Buddhism)
冤業冤业
jyun1 jip6sin (in Buddhism); also written 冤孽
鴛鴦鸳鸯
jyun1 joeng1(Hong Kong style beverage) Yuanyang or coffee with tea
鴛鴦房鸳鸯房
jyun1 joeng1 fong2a honeymoon suite for lovers [colloquial]
鴛鴦腳鸳鸯脚
jyun1 joeng1 goek3a type of flying kicks style in martial arts [colloquial]
鴛鴦戲水鸳鸯戏水
jyun1 joeng1 hei3 seoi2lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water
鴛鴦襪鸳鸯袜
jyun1 joeng1 mat6mismatched socks
鴛鴦門鸳鸯门
jyun1 joeng1 mun4a styles or schools of martial art; mismatched doors (two different door panels on a door)
鴛鴦鍋鸳鸯锅
jyun1 joeng1 wo1"mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other)
鴛鴦蝴蝶鸳鸯蝴蝶
jyun1 joeng1 wu4 dip6Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds)
鴛鴦蝴蝶派鸳鸯蝴蝶派
jyun1 joeng1 wu4 dip6 paai3Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists
冤獄冤狱
jyun1 juk6unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up
淵淵渊渊
jyun1 jyun1deep and still
冤冤相報冤冤相报
jyun1 jyun1 soeng1 bou3one might suffer from terrible consequences when all they had in mind is revenge
冤冤相報何時了冤冤相报何时了
jyun1 jyun1 soeng1 bou3 ho4 si4 liu5if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)
淵源渊源
jyun1 jyun4(noun) Deep-connected ties (of kinship or friendship)
淵玄渊玄
jyun1 jyun4profundity
淵遠渊远
jyun1 jyun5deep
淵壑渊壑
jyun1 kok3deep valley
冤厲冤厉
jyun1 lai6full of hatred because of injustice, mostly used in ghost story
冤戾
jyun1 lai6to convict or blame somebody unjustly
淵慮渊虑
jyun1 leoi6profound thoughts or ideas
淵默渊默
jyun1 mak6profound silence
鴛盟鸳盟
jyun1 mang4vow of love between a couple
淵謀渊谋
jyun1 mau4profound or erudite plans
鳶尾鸢尾
jyun1 mei5Iricdaceae, the iris family
鳶尾花鸢尾花
jyun1 mei5 faa1iris (family Iridaceae)
冤誣冤诬
jyun1 mou4unjust charge
淵詣渊诣
jyun1 ngai6deep and profound meaning
冤案
jyun1 on3miscarriage of justice
淵深渊深
jyun1 sam1profound (knowledge)
淵藪渊薮
jyun1 sau2(lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures
冤仇
jyun1 sau4rancor; hatred resulting from grievances
冤死
jyun1 sei2to suffer an unjust death
淵識渊识
jyun1 sik1erudite and sophisticated
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