Cantonese words starting with J

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Liquid crystal; a state of matter commonly used in LCD screens.

To reverse or overturn a situation or result.

Feeble, weak, or half dead.

To flood, submerge, or cover with water.

To marinate; to steep food in seasoning to infuse it with flavor before cooking.

To castrate; to neuter or remove the male reproductive organs.

A smallpox inoculation.

Capon; a castrated rooster.

To suffer many small, gradual losses over time that eventually amount to a significant loss.

To castrate, or figuratively, to deprive something of its essential parts.

Dying, weak, or barely breathing; also used figuratively to describe something in decline or decay.

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On the verge of death; breathing very weakly; at one's last gasp.

Omelette; a dish made from beaten eggs folded around a filling.

Stuffy and hot; humid and airless.

To submerge or cover with water; to drown, bury, or overwhelm.

Picky, fussy, or fastidious.

Picky, fastidious, fussy, or choosy.

jim1 zim1 seng1 mun6

奄尖聲悶奄尖声闷

Fussy, picky, and hard to please.

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腌尖腥悶腌尖腥闷

Particular, picky, and constantly complaining or grumbling.

A lid, flap, or cover, especially referring to the protective operculum of a mollusk or the abdomen/apron of a crustacean.

To cover, hide, or conceal.

To cover, seal, or apply something wet or medicated over an area.

To have a nightmare; to experience bad dreams.

Shabby, grotty, and dirty, especially of a place.

To cover up or completely hide what is underneath, either physically or metaphorically.

掩口費掩口费

Hush money; a bribe paid to someone to keep a secret or remain silent.

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To deceive others by concealing the truth; to cover up or hide something from public notice.

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掩耳盜鈴掩耳盗铃

To deceive oneself in trying to deceive others; covering one's ears to steal a bell.

Stagnating, tedious, and frustratingly unchanged.

To cover up, conceal, or gloss over one's mistakes or crimes.

A shelter; a structure used to screen and protect people from harm.

To cover, shield, or screen in order to hide or protect.

Fussy, picky, and hard to please; highly fastidious or critical.

To hide, cover, or submerge, or to castrate (variant of 閹).

To get tired of, bored with, or fed up with something due to excessive repetition.

To eat one's fill; to be satisfied or sated with food.

To be tired of, weary of, or fed up with something that one has been doing.

To reject, abandon, or cast aside someone or something out of dislike or disgust.

To be tired of living, world-weary, or suicidal.

To suffer from a loss of appetite, particularly in a pathological way such as anorexia.

Detestable, abhorrent, or unpleasant.

Severe, harsh, or high-intensity; of a fierce or extreme degree.

To suspect, doubt, or question.

Inflammation; inflammatory.

Flame, or a fire-like substance.

A boa constrictor or large python.

A Chinese surname, typically transliterated as Yim or Im.

Beard; whiskers on the cheeks.

Salt; table salt, a salty seasoning made primarily of sodium chloride.

To handle a matter with the utmost seriousness, or to punish severely.