Cantonese words starting with J

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Yo; a casual greeting used to get someone's attention.

Oh! (an interjection indicating slight surprise).

Contract or agreement.

Leaf of the iris; or a variant of the character for medicine.

To restrain, bind, or restrict someone or something from exceeding a specified limit.

joek3 cuk1 lik6

約束力约束力

Binding force; the power or authority to restrict someone or something within a specified scope.

Jordan; a country in the Middle East with its capital in Amman.

To arrange; to agree on; to make an appointment or a commitment in advance.

joek3 ding6 zuk6 sing4

約定俗成约定俗成

Accepted through common practice; established by popular usage or long-term custom rather than formal rules.

joek3 faat3 saam1 zoeng1

約法三章约法三章

To establish a set of rules or make an agreement before starting an activity to prevent future disputes.

To arrange a meeting in advance; to make an appointment to meet someone.

To leap up, spring up, or jump up.

joek3 hon6 noi6 si1 bou2

約翰內斯堡约翰内斯堡

Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa

joek3 hon6 noi6 si1 bou2

約翰尼斯堡约翰尼斯堡

Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa.

To make an appointment, agreement, or arrangement with someone.

Approximately; roughly; generally.

Approximately, roughly, or about.

To arrange a casual sexual encounter or hook up for sex.

An approximate number; a simplified value close to but not exactly equal to the precise number.

To go on a date, or to arrange a meeting between two or more people.

Weak, inferior, or easily defeated; can also denote a low degree of an adjective.

To say, speak, or write.

Malaria, or any disease characterized by intermittent fever and chills.

An ancient bamboo flute or woodwind instrument.

To appeal, implore, urge, or cry out.

To be like; as if.

Medicine, drugs, or chemical substances used to treat illness or improve physical health.

Cruel, tyrannical, and merciless; also to abuse or persecute.

To banter, mock, or jeer.

To jump or leap.

A key, used literally or figuratively.

An ancient unit of volume equivalent to half a ge (around 50ml), or the Kangxi radical 214.

Medicines and pharmaceutical products, usually referring to Western medicine.

joek6 bat1 gam1 fung1

弱不禁風弱不禁风

Physically weak and fragile, as if unable to withstand even a gust of wind.

Medicinal tablet or pill.

Traditional Chinese medicinal ingredients, such as herbs or animal parts that are dried or preserved.

joek6 coi4 pou2

藥材舖药材铺

A shop that sells traditional Chinese herbal medicine.

joek6 coi4 pou2

藥材鋪药材铺

A Chinese herbal medicine shop.

Pharmaceutical manufacturer; a medicine factory.

To abuse animals; to commit animal cruelty.

Weakness, shortcoming, or weak point.

To abuse or mistreat a person or animal cruelly and inhumanely.

joek6 dou3 beng6 ceoi4

藥到病除药到病除

To have an illness cured or relieved as soon as medicine is taken.

To weaken or lessen in intensity or strength.

Medical expenses; the cost of medicine or medical treatment.

Medicinal powder; medicine in powdered form.

If not; if it were not for; otherwise.

A Chinese medicine prescription, detailing the combination and dosage of herbs to treat an illness.

Pharmacy; a licensed drugstore with a registered pharmacist on duty, often also selling daily necessities.

Weak, feeble, or cowardly.