Cantonese words starting with J

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jyun4 hei3 gun1

Source organ; the organ from which a transplant is harvested.

Deceitful trickery or mystery; deliberately confusing or mystifying language or behavior.

A hanging river whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain, or a waterfall.

Why, or for what reason.

jyun4 ho4 jyun6

沿河縣沿河县

Yanhe County, also known as Yanhe Tujia Autonomous County in Guizhou province.

jyun4 ho4 tou2 gaa1 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

沿河土家族自治縣沿河土家族自治县

Yanhe Tujia Autonomous County, in Tongren, Guizhou.

Coastal; the area near the sea, including both water and land.

jyun4 hoi2 dei6 keoi1

沿海地區沿海地区

Coastal area; coastland.

jyun4 hoi2 zau1

Coastal region; maritime province.

Metaphysics; specifically, either supernatural practices like feng shui or the Wei-Jin Daoist philosophical school.

Intact, whole, and in good condition.

jyun4 hou2 jyu4 co1

Intact and as good as new; restored to its original condition.

jyun4 hou2 mou4 kyut3

完好無缺完好无缺

In perfect condition; intact and undamaged.

jyun4 hou2 mou4 syun2

完好無損完好无损

Intact; in perfect condition and undamaged.

jyun4 hou3 man6

元好問元好问

Yuan Haowen, a famous poet of Northern China during the Jin-Yuan transition.

Chief culprit or prime suspect behind a crime or disaster.

To hang or be suspended in mid-air, or to be vacant.

jyun4 hung1 zi6

懸空寺悬空寺

Hanging Temple; a temple built into a cliff near Mount Heng in Shanxi Province.

To offer a bounty or reward for capturing or killing someone or an animal.

A circle or ring.

Vowel; a speech sound produced without constriction of the vocal tract, typically voiced and serving as a syllable nucleus.

jyun4 jam1 wo4 haai4

元音和諧元音和谐

Vowel harmony, a phonological process where vowels in a word must belong to the same class.

Cause or reason; the source or origin that makes something happen.

jyun4 jan1 hai6 jan1 wai6

原因係因為原因系因为

The reason is because...

jyun4 jan1 han2 gaan2 daan1

原因很簡單原因很简单

The reason is very simple.

The reason is...

Letterpress printing.

Prehistoric man or hominid.

A perfect person; someone without any flaws.

Ape-man; a general term for human ancestors who closely resembled apes, such as Homo erectus.

Crude oil; unrefined petroleum.

Reason, cause, or origin of an event.

The reason or cause of an incident.

Original; originally existing.

A garden, park, or animal enclosure, especially one belonging to royalty.

An open, natural environment untouched by human activity, such as a wilderness, prairie, or meadow.

The Lantern Festival, held on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month.

Full and mellow, typically describing a voice, or smooth and round.

Original intention or meaning, often referred to after being misunderstood.

Suspenseful; full of mystery and suspense.

Edge, brim, or border of an object.

jyun4 ji4 mei6 kyut3

懸而未決悬而未决

Pending a decision; hanging in the balance.

Original meaning or literal meaning of a word or phrase.

Yuan Ying (1878-1953), an influential Chinese Buddhist monk.

Prototype, archetype, or the original form and basic model of something.

Original shape or form, or one's true character and form.

Circle; a perfectly round geometric shape.

Gestalt; total form.

jyun4 jing4 bat1 lou6

原形畢露原形毕露

To reveal one's true colors or true self; to be unmasked.