Cantonese words starting with J

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To melt; to turn from solid to liquid due to heat.

Fine, soft hair or down on animals, or fabric with a soft nap on its surface.

Fine, soft, and thin hair.

Minced or mashed food that has been ground into a paste.

To blend, integrate, or merge; to melt or thaw.

Grand, solemn, or hoping.

Flannel; a soft woven fabric made of cotton yarn or wool.

A mediocre person; someone of ordinary or average talent.

Melting point; the temperature at which a substance changes state from solid to liquid.

A solutional cave formed by the chemical weathering and erosion of limestone by water.

To dissolve; for a solid substance to disperse and disappear into a liquid.

To melt; to change from a solid to a liquid state due to heat.

To melt or thaw, especially of ice, frost, or snow.

To dissolve a solid in a liquid, forming a homogeneous mixture.

Commission; a fee paid to an agent or employee for services rendered.

Domestic helper; a servant or maid hired to handle household chores and care for family members.

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容光煥發容光焕发

Glowing with health and vitality; radiant and full of energy.

To contain, hold, or accommodate.

Harmonious and friendly; getting along well with one another.

To fuse, blend, or mix together into a single entity.

Container; vessel used to hold items.

To allow, permit, or tolerate, often used in making requests or in negative contexts.

To tolerate, put up with, or condone something unpleasant or wrong without speaking out or resisting.

A domestic helper, maid, or servant who handles household chores and cares for family members.

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庸人自擾庸人自扰

To worry about nothing; to make problems for oneself.

To integrate into, blend in, or become a part of.

An incompetent doctor or quack.

Easy, simple, or straightforward; also likely, prone, or liable to.

Solution; a homogeneous liquid mixture of two or more substances.

Yongyan, the personal name of the Jiaqing Emperor of the Qing dynasty.

Whispering; speaking softly and low.

Downy; covered with fine, soft, and thick hair or fur.

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溶溶爛爛溶溶烂烂

Worn out, in shambles, or completely ruined.

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茸茸爛爛茸茸烂烂

Tattered, ragged, and extremely worn out.

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蓉蓉爛爛蓉蓉烂烂

Tattered, worn-out, or badly mangled.

Bighead carp; a large freshwater food fish.

Capacity; a measure of how much a vessel or container can hold.

A furnace for melting metal, or figuratively, a melting pot of cultures, languages, or races.

Mediocre, incompetent, or undistinguished.

A person's facial appearance or looks.

Very easily or likely, often used in a rhetorical context.

To accommodate, hold, or contain.

Lava; rock that has been heated into a liquid state.

One's facial appearance, features, and expression.

To find a place to stay, settle, or shelter; to make a place one's home.

Banyan; a large evergreen tree with a wide canopy and slender aerial roots.

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榕樹鬚榕树须

Aerial roots of a banyan tree, also used as an ingredient in Chinese medicine.

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榕樹灣榕树湾

Yung Shue Wan, a place on Lamma Island, Hong Kong.

To experience a meth crash or comedown.

Harmonious, happy, pleasant, and warm.