Cantonese words starting with J

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The source and course of a river or watercourse; the origin and development of something.

Principle or basic theory; the fundamental rules that a system follows.

Profound theory or abstruse principles.

Crew neck; a semi-circular neckline on a garment.

Yuanling, a county in Huaihua, Hunan Province.

jyun4 ling4 jyun6

沅陵縣沅陵县

Yuanling, a county in Huaihua City, Hunan Province.

Raw material; substances used to manufacture other products.

To be finished or completed; or to be ruined and done for.

jyun4 loeng4 ci3 gu2

懸樑刺股悬梁刺股

To study assiduously and tirelessly.

To forgive; to pardon and no longer feel angry about someone's past wrongdoing.

Originally, formerly, or as it turns out; a variant of 原來.

As it turns out; indicating a realization of the actual situation, which is contrary to one's previous belief.

jyun4 loi4 jyu4 ci2

原來如此原来如此

So that's how it is; I see.

Yuen Long, a district in the northwest New Territories of Hong Kong.

jyun4 long5 keoi1

元朗區元朗区

Yuen Long District, a district in the New Territories, Hong Kong.

jyun4 long5 ming4 keoi4

Yuen Long Nullah; a concrete-lined drainage channel that runs through the town centre of Yuen Long.

jyun4 long5 si5

Yuen Long Town, Hong Kong.

jyun4 lou4 fong1 zi2

圓顱方趾圆颅方趾

A human being, characterized by a round head and square feet.

A founding or long-serving senior member of an organization who is highly respected.

jyun4 lou5 jyun2

Senate; an assembly of senior statesmen or upper house of a legislature.

Along the way; on the way.

jyun4 luk1 luk1

圓碌碌圆碌碌

Round; chubby or plump; circular.

One who has achieved the Way; an enlightened or accomplished person.

Original appearance, state, or truth.

jyun4 mai5 caa4

Genmaicha; Japanese brown rice green tea.

Original text or source text.

jyun4 mat6 liu2

Yuanmou County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China.

jyun4 mau4 jyun6

元謀縣元谋县

Yuanmou County, a county in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan

Perfect and flawless without any defects.

jyun4 mei5 mou4 haa4

完美無瑕完美无瑕

Perfect in every way, without any flaws or blemishes.

jyun4 mei5 mou4 kyut3

完美無缺完美无缺

Perfect and flawless; so beautiful and complete that there are no defects or shortcomings.

jyun4 mei5 zyu2 ji6 ze2

完美主義者完美主义者

A perfectionist; someone who demands perfection of themselves or others.

Original name; the name a person, place, or thing was originally called.

jyun4 min6 beng2

圓麵餅圆面饼

A round flatbread.

jyun4 min6 zik1

圓面積圆面积

Area of a circle.

jyun4 ming4 jyun2

圓明園圆明园

The Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) in Beijing.

Mysterious, profound, or abstruse.

The Black Tortoise, a mythological symbol representing the seven mansions of the northern sky.

jyun4 mou5 keoi1

玄武區玄武区

Xuanwu, a district of Nanjing, Jiangsu.

jyun4 mou5 kuk1

圓舞曲圆舞曲

Waltz; a ballroom dance or the music for it, written in triple time.

jyun4 mou5 mun4 zi1 bin3

玄武門之變玄武门之变

The Xuanwu Gate Incident, a coup in 626 AD where Li Shimin killed his brothers and seized the Tang throne.

jyun4 mou5 ngaam4

Basalt; a dark, fine-grained volcanic rock.

jyun4 mou5 zat1 jung4 ngaam4

玄武質熔岩玄武质熔岩

Basalt; a type of dark volcanic rock.

Raw coal; run-of-mine coal that has not been sorted or washed.

Raw coal; coal that has not been processed or washed.

Yuan Mei, a Qing dynasty poet, essayist, and gastronome.

Logs; timber; raw wood that has been felled but not yet processed.