Cantonese words starting with J
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元首
jyun4 sau2head of state
玄石
jyun4 sek6magnetite Fe3O4
芫荽
jyun4 seoi1(vegetable) Cilantro
芫荽葉芫荽叶
jyun4 seoi1 jip6coriander leaf
原水
jyun4 seoi2raw water
沅水
jyun4 seoi2Yuan River
元帥元帅
jyun4 seoi3(military) marshal; commander-in-chief
完稅完税
jyun4 seoi3to pay tax
懸垂悬垂
jyun4 seoi4to hang down; to be suspended
鉛垂線铅垂线
jyun4 seoi4 sin3plumbline
元史
jyun4 si2History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Song Lian 宋濂[Song4 Lian2] in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls
元氏
jyun4 si6see 元氏縣|元氏县[Yuan2 shi4 Xian4]
完事
jyun4 si6to complete an event
完事大吉
jyun4 si6 daai6 gat1(idiom) (usu. after 就[jiu4]) (having done such-and-such) everything is now fine; that's the end of the matter; (one is) all set
元氏縣元氏县
jyun4 si6 jyun6Yuanshi, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei
源氏物語源氏物语
jyun4 si6 mat6 jyu5The Tale of Genji, classic Japanese novel by Murasaki Shikibu (c. 11th century)
原色
jyun4 sik1primary color
緣飾缘饰
jyun4 sik1fringe
原先
jyun4 sin1originally; former
沿線沿线
jyun4 sin3along the line (e.g. railway)
原線圈原线圈
jyun4 sin3 hyun1Primary Coil
完善
jyun4 sin6(of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive; excellent; to improve
原聲結他原声结他
jyun4 sing1 git3 taa1Acoustic guitar
完成
jyun4 sing4to complete; to accomplish
源城
jyun4 sing4see 源城區|源城区[Yuan2 cheng2 Qu1]
源城區源城区
jyun4 sing4 keoi1Yuancheng, a district of Heyuan City 河源市[He2 yuan2 Shi4], Guangdong
完成時完成时
jyun4 sing4 si4perfect tense (grammar)
元宵
jyun4 siu1Lantern Festival; see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4]
元宵節元宵节
jyun4 siu1 zit3Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
袁紹袁绍
jyun4 siu6Yuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord
懸賞悬赏
jyun4 soeng2to offer a reward
懸賞令悬赏令
jyun4 soeng2 ling6an order to post a reward (for the capture of a criminal)
懸索橋悬索桥
jyun4 sok3 kiu4suspension bridge
原蘇聯原苏联
jyun4 sou1 lyun4former Soviet Union
元素
jyun4 sou3element (key component of sth); (math.) element (member of a set)
元素符號元素符号
jyun4 sou3 fu4 hou6Symbols for elements
原訴人原诉人
jyun4 sou3 jan4plaintiff (legal)
元素週期表元素周期表
jyun4 sou3 zau1 kei4 biu2periodic table of the elements (chemistry)
懸殊悬殊
jyun4 syu4vastly different; poles apart
玄孫玄孙
jyun4 syun1great-great-grandson
鉛酸蓄電池铅酸蓄电池
jyun4 syun1 cuk1 din6 ci4lead-acid accumulator
元太祖
jyun4 taai3 zou2posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2] (1162-1227)
沿灘沿滩
jyun4 taan1see 沿灘區|沿滩区[Yan2 tan1 Qu1]
沿灘區沿滩区
jyun4 taan1 keoi1Yantan, a district of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市[Zi4 gong4 Shi4], Sichuan
元蹄
jyun4 tai4a trotter; a pig hoof [written and colloquial]
圓蹄圆蹄
jyun4 tai4pig's elbow or hoof
源頭源头
jyun4 tau4source; origin; fountainhead
袁頭袁头
jyun4 tau4silver coin from the early days of the Republic of China (1912-1949) bearing the head of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3]
烷烴烷烃
jyun4 ting1alkane
懸停悬停
jyun4 ting4to hover (helicopter, computer mouse etc)
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