Cantonese words starting with J
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人生一世，草木一春
jan4 sang1 jat1 sai3 ，cou2 muk6 jat1 ceon1Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human...
人生如夢人生如梦
jan4 sang1 jyu4 mung6life is but a dream (idiom)
人生如朝露
jan4 sang1 jyu4 ziu1 lou6human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature o...
人生路不熟
jan4 sang1 lou6 bat1 suk6everything is unfamiliar
人生朝露
jan4 sang1 ziu1 lou6human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature o...
人手
jan4 sau2(noun) Workforce
仁獸仁兽
jan4 sau3another name for Chinese unicorn (a Chinese mythical beast)
仁壽仁寿
jan4 sau6see 仁壽縣|仁寿县[Ren2 shou4 Xian4]
人壽保險人寿保险
jan4 sau6 bou2 him2life insurance
人壽燕梳人寿燕梳
jan4 sau6 jin3 so1life insurance
仁壽縣仁寿县
jan4 sau6 jyun6Renshou, a county in Meishan City 眉山市[Mei2 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan
人壽年豐人寿年丰
jan4 sau6 nin4 fung1long-lived people, rich harvests (idiom); stable and affluent society
人蛇
jan4 se4illegal immigrant
人蛇集團人蛇集团
jan4 se4 zaap6 tyun4human smuggling syndicate
人社部
jan4 se5 bou6Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (PRC)
人死不能復生人死不能复生
jan4 sei2 bat1 nang4 fuk6 sang1the dead cannot be revived [written and colloquial]
人聲人声
jan4 seng1Human voice
人誰無過人谁无过
jan4 seoi4 mou4 gwo3Everyone makes mistakes (idiom)
人瑞
jan4 seoi6centenarian; century-old person
仁術仁术
jan4 seot6kindness; to govern in humanitarian way
寅時寅时
jan4 si43-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
人事
jan4 si6personnel; human affairs; (euphemism) sexuality
人士
jan4 si6(noun) (A formal word of) folks
人氏
jan4 si6native
人事不知
jan4 si6 bat1 zi1to have lost consciousness
人事部
jan4 si6 bou6personnel office
人事部門人事部门
jan4 si6 bou6 mun4personnel office
人事處人事处
jan4 si6 cyu3human resources department
人事管理
jan4 si6 gun2 lei5personnel management
人是鐵飯是鋼人是铁饭是钢
jan4 si6 tit3 faan6 si6 gong3one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
寅食卯糧寅食卯粮
jan4 sik6 maau5 loeng4one's income is not enough for one's expenditure, resulting in an overdraft
人聲鼎沸人声鼎沸
jan4 sing1 ding2 fai3lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom); brouhaha
人性
jan4 sing3human nature; human
人所共知
jan4 so2 gung6 zi1something that everybody knows
人相
jan4 soeng3physiognomy
人相學人相学
jan4 soeng3 hok6physiognomy (judgment of a person's fate, character etc, based on facial feat...
人數人数
jan4 sou3number of people
人選人选
jan4 syun2choice of person
人算不如天算
jan4 syun3 bat1 jyu4 tin1 syun3man proposes, God disposes (idiom)
人體人体
jan4 tai2human body
人體解剖人体解剖
jan4 tai2 gaai2 fau2human anatomy
人體解剖學人体解剖学
jan4 tai2 gaai2 fau2 hok6human anatomy
人體工學人体工学
jan4 tai2 gung1 hok6ergonomics
人體器官人体器官
jan4 tai2 hei3 gun1human organ
人頭人头
jan4 tau4(noun) (of body part) Head
人頭涌涌人头涌涌
jan4 tau4 jung2 jung2crowded with a lot of people
人頭湧湧人头涌涌
jan4 tau4 jung2 jung2crowded
人頭馬人头马
jan4 tau4 maa5Rémy Martin cognac
人頭稅人头税
jan4 tau4 seoi3poll tax
人頭獅身人头狮身
jan4 tau4 si1 san1sphinx
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