Cantonese words starting with J

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jan4 min6 gwong2

人面廣人面广

to have a well connected or influential contact network [written and colloquial]

jan4 min6 gwong2 fut3

人面廣闊人面广阔

to have a well connected or influential contact network [written and colloquial]

jan4 min6 sau3 sam1

人面獸心人面兽心

lit. human face, beastly heart (idiom)

jan4 min6 tou4 faa1

the missing feeling one male feel as his partner leaves him

jan4 ming6 gwaan1 tin1

人命關天人命关天

human life is beyond value (idiom)

jan4 mou4 cin1 jat6 hou2

人無千日好人无千日好

friendships do not last forever

jan4 mou4 cin1 jat6 hou2, faa1 mou4 baak3 jat6 hung4

人無千日好，花無百日紅人无千日好，花无百日红

all good things come to an end [written and colloquial]

jan4 mou4 gau2 joeng6

人模狗樣人模狗样

(idiom) to pose; Taiwan pr. [ren2 mo2 gou3 yang4]

jan4 mou4 jyun4 jan4

人無完人人无完人

nobody is perfect

jan4 mou4 jyun5 leoi6 ，bit1 jau5 gan6 jau1

人無遠慮，必有近憂人无远虑，必有近忧

He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).

jan4 mun5 wai4 waan6

人滿為患人满为患

packed with people; overpopulation

jan4 mun5 zi1 waan6

人滿之患人满之患

disasters or issues caused by overcrowding

jan4 ng5 jan4 luk6

(idiom) to make a show of being decent and proper; to display phony or hypocritical behavior

jan4 ngau5 hei3

人偶戲人偶戏

Ren'ai or Jenai District of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 Shi4], Taiwan

jan4 oi3 hoeng1

仁愛鄉仁爱乡

Ren'ai or Jenai Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan

仁愛區仁爱区

Ren'ai or Jenai District of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 Shi4], Taiwan

jan4 paa3 ceot1 meng2 zyu1 paa3 zong3

人怕出名豬怕壯人怕出名猪怕壮

lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter)

jan4 saan1 jan4 hoi2

(noun) (of metaphor) People are everywhere

the world; the world of the living

(human) penis (TCM)

jan4 sai3 gaan1

人世間人世间

the secular world

jan4 sai3 gwai2 daai6

人細鬼大人细鬼大

(slang) someone who is young but mature and astute ; savvy

popular feeling

jan4 sam1 bat1 zuk1 se4 tan1 zoeng6

人心不足蛇吞象

a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)

jan4 sam1 gaak3 tou5 pei4

人心隔肚皮

cannot judge one is a good person by its look (slang)

sapodilla, a tropical fruit bearing tree

jan4 sam1 jan4 seot6

仁心仁術仁心仁术

benevolent heart and skillful execution (idiom, from Mencius); charitable in thought and deed

jan4 sam1 juk6 zou6

a heart is made out of meat, which means no matter how cruel a person is, he or she still has some sympathy

jan4 sam1 juk6 zou6

all human beings are capable of having emotions and sympathy afterall [written and colloquial]

jan4 sam1 naan4 caak1

人心難測人心难测

hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)

jan4 sam1 so2 hoeng3

that which is yearned for by the public

jan4 sam1 wong4 wong4

uneasiness or anxiety felt by general public

person; human body

jan4 san1 gung1 gik1

人身攻擊人身攻击

personal attack

jan4 san1 kyun4

人身權人身权

one's personal rights

jan4 san1 on1 cyun4

personal safety

jan4 san1 si6 gu3

accident causing injury or death

an official (in former times)

jan4 san4 gung6 fan5

人神共憤人神共愤

be hated by both men and god; incur the greatest popular indignation

jan4 sang1 dei6 bat1 suk6

人生地不熟

as a new arrival (to a place), one feeling insecure or unfamiliar with the surroundings

jan4 sang1 gun1

人生觀人生观

philosophy of life

jan4 sang1 ho4 cyu3 bat1 soeng1 fung4

人生何處不相逢人生何处不相逢

it's a small world (idiom)