Cantonese words starting with J

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Head of state, or specifically the title Führer used by Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany.

Magnetite; an iron oxide mineral.

Cilantro, coriander, or Chinese parsley.

jyun4 seoi1 jip6

芫荽葉芫荽叶

Coriander leaf; cilantro.

Raw water; untreated water before purification.

Yuan River, a major river in Hunan province.

Marshal or general; the commander-in-chief of an army.

To pay tax; to have paid all relevant duties.

To hang down or be suspended.

jyun4 seoi4 sin3

鉛垂線铅垂线

History of the Yuan Dynasty, one of the 24 dynastic histories compiled during the Ming dynasty.

Yuanshi, a county in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province.

To finish a task, or to finish making love.

jyun4 si6 daai6 gat1

Everything is now fine and the matter is settled once a task is finished.

jyun4 si6 jyun6

元氏縣元氏县

Yuanshi, a county in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province.

jyun4 si6 mat6 jyu5

源氏物語源氏物语

The Tale of Genji, a classic Japanese novel written by Murasaki Shikibu.

Fringe; decorative edging or border on clothing or objects.

Originally or formerly; at first.

Along the route or line of a railway, road, or boundary.

jyun4 sin3 hyun1

原線圈原线圈

To improve, perfect, or make something better by removing its defects.

jyun4 sing1 git3 taa1

原聲結他原声结他

Acoustic guitar.

To complete, finish, or fulfill something according to requirements.

Yuancheng; a district of Heyuan in Guangdong, China.

jyun4 sing4 keoi1

源城區源城区

Yuancheng, a district of Heyuan City in Guangdong.

jyun4 sing4 si4

完成時完成时

Perfect tense in grammar.

Lantern Festival; the traditional festival on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month.

jyun4 siu1 zit3

元宵節元宵节

Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival, celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Yuan Shao, a general and warlord of the late Eastern Han dynasty.

To offer a reward for information, capturing someone, or retrieving lost items.

jyun4 soeng2 ling6

懸賞令悬赏令

An order to offer or post a reward, typically for the capture of a criminal.

jyun4 sok3 kiu4

懸索橋悬索桥

Suspension bridge

jyun4 sou1 lyun4

原蘇聯原苏联

The former Soviet Union.

An element; a fundamental chemical substance that cannot be broken down.

jyun4 sou3 fu4 hou6

元素符號元素符号

Chemical symbol; the shorthand notation used to represent a chemical element.

jyun4 sou3 jan4

原訴人原诉人

Plaintiff; the party who initiates a lawsuit.

jyun4 sou3 zau1 kei4 biu2

元素週期表元素周期表

The periodic table of elements, a chart organizing chemical elements by atomic number and chemical properties.

Disparate, divergent, or vastly different.

Great-great-grandson; a male descendant four generations down.

jyun4 syun1 cuk1 din6 ci4

鉛酸蓄電池铅酸蓄电池

Lead-acid accumulator or battery.

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Posthumous title of Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire and the Yuan dynasty.

Yantan, a district of Zigong City in Sichuan Province.

jyun4 taan1 keoi1

沿灘區沿滩区

Yantan, a district of Zigong City, Sichuan Province.

Pork trotter or pig's hoof, especially when prepared as a dish.

Pork knuckle; ham hock.

The source, origin, or fountainhead of something.

A silver coin from the early Republic of China bearing the head of Yuan Shikai.

Alkane; an acyclic saturated hydrocarbon.

To hover, as with a helicopter or a computer mouse.