Cantonese words starting with J

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忧柴忧米
jau1 caai4 jau1 mai5verb; literally, worry about wood and rice, which means people worry about li...
jau1 cai1to repudiate one's wife
jau1 cik1Happiness and Sorrow,Joy and sad
休戚相关
jau1 cik1 soeng1 gwaan1to share the same interests (idiom); to be in the same boat
jau1 cing4passionate, special feelings
休达
jau1 daat6Ceuta, autonomous city of Spain on the northern coast of Africa, bordering Mo...
优等
jau1 dang2first-rate; high-class; superior
优点
jau1 dim2merit; strong point; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]
优待
jau1 doi6preferential treatment; to give preferential treatment
优待券
jau1 doi6 hyun3discount coupon
优待票
jau1 doi6 piu3reduced-price ticket (e.g. for students)
优化
jau1 faa3to optimize
优化组合
jau1 faa3 zou2 hap6optimised group
忧愤
jau1 fan5adj; worried and angry
jau1 fau4UFO (loanword); space ship
jau1 fui1 seoi2whitewashing (a wall ; room)
jau1 fung4 gaap3Qiu Fengjia or Ch'iu Feng-chia (1864-1912), Taiwanese Hakkanese poet
jau1 gaa3to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave
优格
jau1 gaak3(loanword) yogurt
jau1 gam3to place under house arrest; to imprison
丘吉尔
jau1 gat1 ji5variant of 邱吉爾|邱吉尔[Qiu1 ji2 er3]
邱吉尔
jau1 gat1 ji5Winston Churchill (1874–1965), UK politican and prime minister 1940–1945 and ...
忧惧
jau1 geoi6apprehension
幽径
jau1 ging3secluded path
优角
jau1 gok3reflex angle
jau1 guk1deep valley
优客李林
jau1 haak3 lei5 lam4Ukulele, a Taiwanese pop group
休闲
jau1 haan4relaxing, leisure
休闲
jau1 haan4leisure; not working; to enjoy leisure
幽闲
jau1 haan4free, casual
休闲鞋
jau1 haan4 haai4leisure shoes
jau1 hak1(medicine) (loanword) shock; to go into shock
优厚
jau1 hau5generous, liberal (pay, compensation)
jau1 hei3recreation
jau1 hoeng1delicate fragrance
休学
jau1 hok6to suspend schooling
优酷
jau1 huk6Youku, Chinese video hosting platform
jau1 jan5(zoology) earthworm
忧悒
jau1 jap1anxious; burdened with care
jau1 jau1(literary) (onom.) bleating of a deer
jau1 jau1dark and silence
优柔
jau1 jau4gentle; indecisive
优游
jau1 jau4carefree
优柔寡断
jau1 jau4 gwaa2 dyun6indecisive
优游自得
jau1 jau4 zi6 dak1free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
jau1 ji1 dak6Hewitt
丘尔金
jau1 ji5 gam1Churkin (name)
优异
jau1 ji6exceptional; outstandingly good
优异奖
jau1 ji6 zoeng2excellence award
jau1 jit3to whimper

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