Cantonese words starting with J

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入屋叫人,入庙拜神
jap6 uk1 giu3 jan4, jap6 miu6 baai3 san4one should greet the host when entering their host, as one would pray when en...
入围
jap6 wai4to get past the qualifying round
入闱
jap6 wai4participate in Chinese officials examinations
入户
jap6 wu6to enter sb's house
入会
jap6 wui2to join a society, association etc
入闸
jap6 zaap6to enter the gate, especially in the metro; horses to enter the gate before a...
jap6 zeoi6to convict; conviction
入赘
jap6 zeoi6to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her f...
jap6 zeon1slam dunk
入纸
jap6 zi2submit an application
jap6 zik6to describe a guest takes a seat in a wedding reception or ceremony
jap6 zik6to become naturalized
jap6 zo2gone in; have put in [colloquial]
jap6 zo6to take one's seat
jap6 zyu6to check in (at a hotel etc); to move into (a house)
jat1one; a (article); entire; all; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi ra...
jat1a type of stroke in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2), meaning vertical s...
jat1one (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
jat1 baa2bunch
jat1 baa2 fo2burning with anger
jat1 baa2 hou2 sau2expert
一把钥匙开一把锁
jat1 baa2 joek6 si4 hoi1 jat1 baa2 so2One key opens one lock.
一把眼泪一把鼻涕
jat1 baa2 ngaan5 leoi6 jat1 baa2 bei6 tai3with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
jat1 baa2 sau2working hand; member of a work team; participant
jat1 baa2 sei2 naa4stubborn
尿
jat1 baa2 si2 jat1 baa2 niu6to have endured all sorts of hardships (to raise one's children) (idiom)
jat1 baa2 zaau2to attempt all tasks at once
一败涂地
jat1 baai6 tou4 dei6lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom)
jat1 baak3one hundred
jat1 baak3 jat1faultless
jat1 baak3 ling4 jat1One hundred and one;101
一百万
jat1 baak3 maan6one million
一百万美金
jat1 baak3 maan6 mei5 gam1one million US dollars [written and colloquial]
jat1 baak3 ng5 sap6 do1 nin4more than one hundred and fifty years [written and colloquial]
jat1 baan1lit. one spot (on the leopard)
jat1 baan1 jan4a group of people
一班哗鬼
jat1 baan1 waa1 gwai2a bunch of rowdy kids [colloquial]
jat1 baan2 jat1 ngaan5lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in t...
jat1 baan2 saam1 ngaan5lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats i...
jat1 ban2superb; (of officials in imperial times) the highest rank
一品红
jat1 ban2 hung4poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
一品锅
jat1 ban2 wo1dish containing a variety of meats and vegetables arranged in a broth in a cl...
一笔
jat1 bat1a brushstroke; a large sum of (money) [written and colloquial]
一笔不苟
jat1 bat1 bat1 gau2lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom)
一笔抹杀
jat1 bat1 mut3 saat3to blot out at one stroke; to deny without a hearing
一笔抹煞
jat1 bat1 mut3 saat3variant of 一筆抹殺|一笔抹杀[yi1 bi3 mo3 sha1]
一笔勾销
jat1 bat1 ngau1 siu1to write off at one stroke
一笔OUT销
jat1 bat1OUT siu1the weakest link, name of a TV show [written and colloquial]
jat1 bat1 siu2 sam1Accidentally
一笔还一笔
jat1 bat1 waan4 jat1 bat1one account apart from one account, it means to separate one event from anoth...

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