Cantonese words starting with J
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jan4 sang1 jat1 sai3 ，cou2 muk6 jat1 ceon1
人生一世，草木一春
Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
jan4 sang1 jyu4 mung6
人生如夢人生如梦
life is but a dream (idiom)
jan4 sang1 jyu4 ziu1 lou6
人生如朝露
human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
jan4 sang1 lou6 bat1 suk6
人生路不熟
everything is unfamiliar
jan4 sang1 ziu1 lou6
人生朝露
human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
jan4 sau2
人手
(noun) Workforce
jan4 sau3
仁獸仁兽
another name for Chinese unicorn (a Chinese mythical beast)
jan4 sau6
仁壽仁寿
see 仁壽縣|仁寿县[Ren2 shou4 Xian4]
jan4 sau6 bou2 him2
人壽保險人寿保险
life insurance
jan4 sau6 jin3 so1
人壽燕梳人寿燕梳
life insurance
jan4 sau6 jyun6
仁壽縣仁寿县
Renshou, a county in Meishan City 眉山市[Mei2 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan
jan4 sau6 nin4 fung1
人壽年豐人寿年丰
long-lived people, rich harvests (idiom); stable and affluent society
jan4 se4
人蛇
illegal immigrant
jan4 se4 zaap6 tyun4
人蛇集團人蛇集团
human smuggling syndicate
jan4 se5 bou6
人社部
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (PRC)
jan4 sei2 bat1 nang4 fuk6 sang1
人死不能復生人死不能复生
the dead cannot be revived [written and colloquial]
jan4 seng1
人聲人声
Human voice
jan4 seoi4 mou4 gwo3
人誰無過人谁无过
Everyone makes mistakes (idiom)
jan4 seoi6
人瑞
centenarian; century-old person
jan4 seot6
仁術仁术
kindness; to govern in humanitarian way
jan4 si4
寅時寅时
3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
jan4 si6
人事
personnel; human affairs; (euphemism) sexuality
jan4 si6
人士
(noun) (A formal word of) folks
jan4 si6
人氏
native
jan4 si6 bat1 zi1
人事不知
to have lost consciousness
jan4 si6 bou6
人事部
personnel office
jan4 si6 bou6 mun4
人事部門人事部门
personnel office
jan4 si6 cyu3
人事處人事处
human resources department
jan4 si6 gun2 lei5
人事管理
personnel management
jan4 si6 tit3 faan6 si6 gong3
人是鐵飯是鋼人是铁饭是钢
one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
jan4 sik6 maau5 loeng4
寅食卯糧寅食卯粮
one's income is not enough for one's expenditure, resulting in an overdraft
jan4 sing1 ding2 fai3
人聲鼎沸人声鼎沸
lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom); brouhaha
jan4 sing3
人性
human nature; human
jan4 so2 gung6 zi1
人所共知
something that everybody knows
jan4 soeng3
人相
physiognomy
jan4 soeng3 hok6
人相學人相学
physiognomy (judgment of a person's fate, character etc, based on facial features)
jan4 sou3
人數人数
number of people
jan4 syun2
人選人选
choice of person
jan4 syun3 bat1 jyu4 tin1 syun3
人算不如天算
man proposes, God disposes (idiom)
jan4 tai2
人體人体
human body
jan4 tai2 gaai2 fau2
人體解剖人体解剖
human anatomy
jan4 tai2 gaai2 fau2 hok6
人體解剖學人体解剖学
human anatomy
jan4 tai2 gung1 hok6
人體工學人体工学
ergonomics
jan4 tai2 hei3 gun1
人體器官人体器官
human organ
jan4 tau4
人頭人头
(noun) (of body part) Head
jan4 tau4 jung2 jung2
人頭涌涌人头涌涌
crowded with a lot of people
jan4 tau4 jung2 jung2
人頭湧湧人头涌涌
crowded
jan4 tau4 maa5
人頭馬人头马
Rémy Martin cognac
jan4 tau4 seoi3
人頭稅人头税
poll tax
jan4 tau4 si1 san1
人頭獅身人头狮身
sphinx