Cantonese words starting with J

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饮奶
jam2 naai5drink milk
饮衫
jam2 saam1(wedding) banquet outfit; clothes (spoken)
饮水
jam2 seoi2to drink water
饮水机
jam2 seoi2 gei1water dispenser; drinking fountain
饮水器
jam2 seoi2 hei3water dispenser
饮水尾
jam2 seoi2 mei5having left-overs or remains from others (spoken)
饮水思源
jam2 seoi2 si1 jyun4lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessin...
饮食
jam2 sik6eating and drinking
饮食店
jam2 sik6 dim3an eatery
饮食业
jam2 sik6 jip6food catering industry; catering trade
饮食疗养
jam2 sik6 liu4 joeng5diet
饮胜
jam2 sing3(v.) to drink a toast to someone; to express good wishes before you drink to ...
饮胜渠
jam2 sing3 keoi5toast;cheers;bottoms up
饮头啖汤
jam2 tau4 daam6 tong1the early bird gets the worm (spoken)
饮筒
jam2 tung2(noun) a drinking straw
饮鸩止渴
jam2 zam6 zi2 hot3(literally: to quench one's thirst by drinking poison); to employ a quick and...
饮酒
jam2 zau2to drink wine
饮酒驾车
jam2 zau2 gaa3 ce1drink and drive (moderately high blood alcohol concentration)
饮酒作乐
jam2 zau2 zok3 lok6drinking party; to paint the town red
饮醉
jam2 zeoi3drunk (spoken)
饮醉酒
jam2 zeoi3 zau2drunk (spoken)
饮醉咗
jam2 zeoi3 zo2to be drunk
饮咗门官茶
jam2 zo2 mun4 gun1 caa4to be grinning all the time
饮早茶
jam2 zou2 caa4to have morning tea and breakfast
荫蔽
jam3 bai3to be shaded or concealed by foliage; hidden; shade (of a tree)
荫庇
jam3 bei3protection; shelter
荫凉
jam3 loeng4shady and cool
jam3 zeng2manhole; inspection chamber
jam4a surname
jam4to chant; to moan; cry (of certain animals and insects)
jam4pregnant; to conceive
jam4excess; wanton; lascivious; depraved; steeped
jam4long and heavy rain
淫贼
jam4 caak6a pervert
淫词亵语
jam4 ci4 sit3 jyu5dirty words
淫词秽语
jam4 ci4 wai3 jyu5(idiom) obscene words; dirty talk
jam4 coeng3to chant
淫虫
jam4 cung4sex maniac
淫荡
jam4 dong6loose in morals; licentious
淫妇
jam4 fu5loose woman; Jezebel
淫风
jam4 fung1lascivious
吟风弄月
jam4 fung1 lung6 jyut6lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetr...
任剑辉
jam4 gim3 fai1Yam Kim-fai, a Cantonese opera actress
淫径
jam4 ging3(old) see 邪路[xie2 lu4]
jam4 gwai2lecherous devil
jam4 gwan3womanizer; lecher
jam4 hang6wanton or lascivious behavior
jam4 jan4thirty-ninth year I3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1962 or 2022
jam4 jat6to indulge in; debauchery
jam4 jau1Renqiu, a city in Hebei Province, China

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