Cantonese words starting with J
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緣木求魚缘木求鱼
jyun4 muk6 kau4 jyu4lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
玄門玄门
jyun4 mun4the profound school in Buddhism
圓滿圆满
jyun4 mun5(adjective) Complete
完滿完满
jyun4 mun5successful
圓夢圆梦
jyun4 mung6to fulfill one's dream; oneiromancy
元末
jyun4 mut6final years of Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
元末明初
jyun4 mut6 ming4 co1late Yuan and early Ming
袁彌明袁弥明
jyun4 nei4 ming4Erica Yuen Mi-ming, name of a Hong Kong politician, actress, and presenter
懸崖悬崖
jyun4 ngaai4precipice
懸崖峭壁悬崖峭壁
jyun4 ngaai4 ciu3 bik1(idiom) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces
懸崖勒馬悬崖勒马
jyun4 ngaai4 lak6 maa5lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom)
懸崖絕壁悬崖绝壁
jyun4 ngaai4 zyut6 bik1see 懸崖峭壁|悬崖峭壁[xuan2 ya2 qiao4 bi4]
懸岩悬岩
jyun4 ngaam4cliff
園藝园艺
jyun4 ngai6gardening
員外员外
jyun4 ngoi6landlord (old usage)
沿岸
jyun4 ngon6coastal area
沿岸地區沿岸地区
jyun4 ngon6 dei6 keoi1coastal area
懸念悬念
jyun4 nim6suspense in a movie, play etc
元年
jyun4 nin4first year of an emperor's reign; first year of a significant time period
元惡元恶
jyun4 ok3arch-criminal
元惡大憝元恶大憝
jyun4 ok3 daai6 deoi6arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
懸案悬案
jyun4 on3unresolved question
玄奧玄奥
jyun4 ou3abstruse; the mysteries of the universe
原平
jyun4 ping4see 原平市[Yuan2 ping2 Shi4]
原平市
jyun4 ping4 si5Yuanping, a county-level city in Xinzhou City 忻州市[Xin1 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi
園圃园圃
jyun4 pou2garden plot
玄圃
jyun4 pou2mythical fairyland on Kunlun Mountain 崑崙|昆仑[Kun1 lun2]
元配
jyun4 pui3first wife
原判
jyun4 pun3Original Judgement
圓盤圆盘
jyun4 pun4disk
元山
jyun4 saan1Wonsan city in Kangweon province 江原道 of North Korea
員山员山
jyun4 saan1Yuanshan Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 Xian4], Taiwan
鉛山铅山
jyun4 saan1see 鉛山縣|铅山县[Yan2 shan1 Xian4]
員山鄉员山乡
jyun4 saan1 hoeng1Yuanshan Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 Xian4], Taiwan
鉛山縣铅山县
jyun4 saan1 jyun6Yanshan, a county in Shangrao City 上饒市|上饶市[Shang4 rao2 Shi4], Jiangxi
元山市
jyun4 saan1 si5Wonsan city in Kangweon province 江原道 of North Korea
原生橄欖油原生橄榄油
jyun4 saang1 gaam3 laam2 jau4virgin olive oil
芫茜
jyun4 sai1(noun) cilantro; coriander; Chinese parsley; dhania
袁世凱袁世凯
jyun4 sai3 hoi2Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
元世祖
jyun4 sai3 zou2lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
圓心圆心
jyun4 sam1center of circle
玄參玄参
jyun4 sam1Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis)
鉛芯铅芯
jyun4 sam1 pencil lead
鉛芯筆铅芯笔
jyun4 sam1 bat1mechanical pencil
元神
jyun4 san4primordial spirit
原腎管原肾管
jyun4 san6 gun2protonephridium (invertebrate anatomy)
原生
jyun4 sang1original; native; proto-
原生動物原生动物
jyun4 sang1 dung6 mat6protozoan (bacteria)
原生生物
jyun4 sang1 sang1 mat6protist
原生質原生质
jyun4 sang1 zat1protoplasm
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