Cantonese words starting with J

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jyun4 muk6 kau4 jyu4

緣木求魚缘木求鱼

To attempt the impossible; a fruitless approach.

The profound school in Buddhism; Taoism.

Satisfactory, perfect, and complete, leaving no regrets or flaws.

Perfect, complete, satisfactory, or successful.

To fulfill one's dream, or to interpret dreams.

The final years of the Yuan dynasty.

jyun4 mut6 ming4 co1

The late Yuan and early Ming dynasties; the transition period between the two.

jyun4 nei4 ming4

袁彌明袁弥明

Erica Yuen Mi-ming, a Hong Kong politician, actress, and presenter.

Cliff or precipice.

jyun4 ngaai4 ciu3 bik1

懸崖峭壁悬崖峭壁

Sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces.

jyun4 ngaai4 lak6 maa5

懸崖勒馬悬崖勒马

To pull back before it is too late; to stop a course of action on the brink of disaster.

jyun4 ngaai4 zyut6 bik1

懸崖絕壁悬崖绝壁

Sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces; steep and rugged precipices.

Cliff; overhanging cliff.

Horticulture; gardening; activities related to cultivating and caring for plants.

An honorary official title, or a wealthy gentleman and landlord in traditional China.

Coastal area, shore, or the coast; the land along the edge of a body of water.

jyun4 ngon6 dei6 keoi1

沿岸地區沿岸地区

Suspense; extreme anticipation as to how a situation or story will develop.

The first year of an emperor's reign, or the starting year of a significant era or time period.

Arch-criminal; the chief culprit or leader of an evil group.

jyun4 ok3 daai6 deoi6

元惡大憝元恶大憝

Arch-criminal and archenemy; a major culprit.

An unsolved criminal case, or an unsettled mystery.

Abstruse, profound, and difficult to understand; the mysteries of the universe.

Yuanping, a county-level city in Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.

jyun4 ping4 si5

Yuanping, a county-level city in Xinzhou, Shanxi.

A garden plot or a small garden.

A mythical fairyland on the Kunlun Mountains.

A formal term for a person's first, officially recognized wife.

Original decision or verdict, typically referring to a lower court's ruling in a legal appeal.

A disk or disc; a circular plate.

Wonsan, a city in the Kangwon Province of North Korea.

Yuanshan Township in Yilan County, Taiwan.

Yanshan, a county in Jiangxi, China.

jyun4 saan1 hoeng1

員山鄉员山乡

Yuanshan Township in Yilan County, Taiwan.

jyun4 saan1 jyun6

鉛山縣铅山县

Yanshan, a county in Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province, China.

jyun4 saan1 si5

Wonsan, a port city in Kangwon Province, North Korea.

jyun4 saang1 gaam3 laam2 jau4

原生橄欖油原生橄榄油

Virgin olive oil.

Coriander or cilantro; an aromatic herb with fine leaves used for seasoning.

jyun4 sai3 hoi2

袁世凱袁世凯

Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), a senior general of the late Qing dynasty, subsequent warlord, and self-proclaimed emperor of China.

jyun4 sai3 zou2

Yuan Shizu, the temple name of Kublai Khan, founder and first emperor of the Yuan dynasty.

The center of a circle; the midpoint of a diameter.

Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis), a medicinal herb.

Pencil lead, including lead refills for mechanical pencils.

jyun4 sam1 bat1

鉛芯筆铅芯笔

Mechanical pencil.

Soul or spirit, particularly in Taoist terminology.

jyun4 san6 gun2

原腎管原肾管

Protonephridium; an excretory organ found in some invertebrates.

Original; native; existing from the very beginning or from birth.

jyun4 sang1 dung6 mat6

原生動物原生动物

Protozoan; a single-celled microscopic animal.

jyun4 sang1 sang1 mat6

Protist; any eukaryotic organism that is not an animal, plant, or fungus.

jyun4 sang1 zat1

原生質原生质

Protoplasm; the living contents of a cell, comprising the cytoplasm and nucleoplasm.