Cantonese words starting with J

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軟泥兒软泥儿

Soft mud or silt.

jyun5 nam4 nam4

軟腍腍软腍腍

Very soft and squishy to the touch.

Tweed; a soft, pliable wool fabric.

jyun5 ngaang6 bat1 hek3

軟硬不吃软硬不吃

Unmoved by force or persuasion; impervious to both soft and hard approaches.

jyun5 ngaang6 gim1 si1

軟硬兼施软硬兼施

To use both hard and soft tactics; to combine coercion with persuasion.

jyun5 ngaang6 gin2

軟硬件软硬件

Software and hardware

jyun5 ngaang6 tin1 si1

軟硬天師软硬天师

Softhard, a pioneering Hong Kong hip hop comedy duo composed of Jan Lamb and Eric Kot.

jyun5 ngan4 jam1

軟齦音软龈音

Velar sound in linguistics.

Soft sleeper; a class of train ticket with a softer and more comfortable bunk.

jyun5 nong4 sau1 gip3

阮囊羞澀阮囊羞涩

Poor, having no money, or being in financial difficulties.

Yuan'an County, in Yichang, Hubei province, China.

Nguyen An (1381–1453), a Vietnamese architect and engineer who was a principal designer of the Forbidden City.

jyun5 on1 jyun6

遠安縣远安县

Yuan'an, a county in Yichang, Hubei.

軟皮蛇软皮蛇

An unmotivated, lazy, or sluggish person.

Photographic film.

Distant mountains or hills.

jyun5 sat6 lik6

軟實力软实力

Soft power; the ability to influence others through cultural or ideological appeal rather than coercion.

jyun5 seoi2 bat1 gaai2 gan6 hot3

遠水不解近渴远水不解近渴

A slow remedy cannot meet an urgent, immediate need.

jyun5 seoi2 bat1 gau3 gan6 fo2

遠水不救近火远水不救近火

A slow remedy cannot meet an urgency; literally, distant water cannot quench a nearby fire.

jyun5 seoi2 gau3 bat1 liu5 gan6 fo2

遠水救不了近火远水救不了近火

Water from afar cannot put out a fire nearby; a slow or distant remedy cannot solve an urgent, immediate problem.

Farsightedness, also known as hyperopia or hypermetropia.

Foresight; long-term vision or deep insight.

jyun5 sing3 duk6 ban2

軟性毒品软性毒品

To travel or trek to a far-off place; to cross a wide distance or ocean.

To sell goods to faraway places or abroad.

Pleasantly soft and comfortable.

jyun5 sung4 mou5

Ruan Chongwu (born 1933), Chinese politician and third governor of Hainan.

Computer software, more commonly referred to as "jyun2 gin2" (軟件) in Hong Kong.

jyun5 tai2 dung6 mat6

軟體動物软体动物

Mollusk; any soft-bodied, invertebrate animal belonging to the phylum Mollusca.

jyun5 tai2 jip6

軟體業软体业

The software industry.

The distant sky; the horizon.

To look far into the distance from a high place.

Gummy candy, jelly drops, or any soft, chewy candy.

Long-distance; a long journey.

jyun5 zau2 gou1 fei1

遠走高飛远走高飞

To flee to a distant place; to run away to far off.

Distant descendants

jyun5 zeon3 jung5

阮晉勇阮晋勇

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949-), prime minister of Vietnam 2006-2016.

jyun5 zi1 syun1

軟脂酸软脂酸

Far-reaching ambition, or milkwort, a plant whose roots are used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Soft seat; first-class or sleeper compartment seat on trains in China.

To mount a military expedition, or figuratively, to travel far to compete in a competition.

jyun5 zing1 gwan1

遠征軍远征军

An expeditionary force; army sent on a military campaign abroad.

Soft seat; a first-class seat category on trains in mainland China.

Soft seat, as on trains, boats, or other public transport.

jyun5 zoek6 luk6

軟著陸软着陆

Soft landing, in aviation or economics.

A remote ancestor.

jyun5 zou2 zik1

軟組織软组织