Cantonese words starting with J
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夜郎
je6 long4small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty
夜郎自大
je6 long4 zi6 daai6lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom)
夜鷺夜鹭
je6 lou6(bird species of China) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
夜媽媽夜妈妈
je6 maa1 maa1very late at night; so late at night; pitch dark at night [colloquial]
夜麻麻
je6 maa4 maa4deep into the night (spoken)
夜晚
je6 maan5night
夜晚黑
je6 maan5 haak1(noun) night time; at night
夜盲
je6 maang4Night-blindness
夜盲症
je6 maang4 zing3night blindness
夜貓子夜猫子
je6 maau1 zi2owl
夜明珠
je6 ming4 zyu1Luminescent pearls
夜幕
je6 mok6curtain of night
夜幕低垂
je6 mok6 dai1 seoi4darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc)
夜幕降臨夜幕降临
je6 mok6 gong3 lam4nightfall
夜鳥夜鸟
je6 niu5nocturnal bird
夜盆兒夜盆儿
je6 pun2 ji4chamber pot
夜深人靜夜深人静
je6 sam1 jan4 zing6in the dead of night (idiom)
夜神仙
je6 san4 sin1night owl
夜生活
je6 sang1 wut6night life
夜市
je6 si5night market
夜視夜视
je6 si6night vision
夜視鏡夜视镜
je6 si6 geng2night vision device
夜視儀夜视仪
je6 si6 ji4night vision device
夜色
je6 sik1night scene
夜色蒼茫夜色苍茫
je6 sik1 cong1 mong4gathering dusk
夜宵
je6 siu1midnight snack
夜消
je6 siu1variant of 夜宵[ye4 xiao1]
夜宵兒夜宵儿
je6 siu1 ji4erhua variant of 夜宵[ye4 xiao1]
夜壺夜壶
je6 wu2chamber pot
夜襲夜袭
je6 zaap6night attack
夜戰夜战
je6 zin3Night fight
夜總會夜总会
je6 zung2 wui2nightclub; nightspot
贏赢
jeng4to beat; to profit
贏得赢得
jeng4 dak1to win
贏家赢家
jeng4 gaa1winner
贏餘赢余
jeng4 jyu4variant of 盈餘|盈余[ying2 yu2]
贏利赢利
jeng4 lei6gain; to make a profit
贏面赢面
jeng4 min6chances of winning (spoken)
佯
jeoi4to feign; false
蕤
jeoi4fringe; dropping leaves
睿
jeoi6astute; farsighted
芮
jeoi6small; water's edge
蚋
jeoi6(mosquito); blackfly
裔
jeoi6descendants; progeny; hem of a garment; distant land
銳锐
jeoi6acute; keen; vigour; energetic; rapidly; drastically
銳不可當锐不可当
jeoi6 bat1 ho2 dong1unstoppable
銳步锐步
jeoi6 bou6Reebok (sportswear manufacturer)
銳化锐化
jeoi6 faa3to sharpen
銳減锐减
jeoi6 gaam2steep decline
銳角锐角
jeoi6 gok3acute angle
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