Cantonese words starting with J

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To hold power, or to let one's actions be swayed by a particular factor.

To dine or have a formal meal.

Use, purpose, application, or way of using something.

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用戶介面用户介面

User interface; the interface through which a user interacts with a computer or device.

Choice of words; the use of words or wording.

To be used for, or to serve as; used in formal contexts.

A Chinese surname, usually transliterated as Yu or Yue.

In, on, or at, indicating the time or place of an occurrence.

Silt, sediment, or clogged fluid.

To bruise; to have blood stagnate under the skin from an injury, turning it blue-purple.

Winding, roundabout, or to bend.

Taro; a tropical root vegetable.

Pedantic, dogmatic, and behind the times; outdated and old-fashioned in thinking.

Bruised; turned black and blue from bruising or pooled blood.

Silt, mud, or sludge, especially that found at the bottom of a river, lake, or drain.

To silt up or block up; referring to a waterway clogged with silt or debris.

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於心不忍于心不忍

To feel soft-hearted; unable to bear seeing someone suffer.

Having a face full of beard or whiskers.

So, therefore, or hence; used to establish a causal relationship between two events to explain an action.

於是乎于是乎

Therefore, whereupon, as a result, or consequently.

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於事無補于事无补

Futile; of no help to the matter, such that whatever one does will not change the outcome.

Winding, twisting, or indirect.

Hunchbacked; having a bent spine.

An old woman, or to shelter and protect.

A bruise or contusion.

Bruise, blood clot, or blood stasis left inside the body.

To stoop or hunch; or the medical condition of hypophosphatemic rickets.

Embarrassing, humiliated, or ashamed.

Bruise; a subcutaneous injury where blood pools under the skin or muscle, causing dark discoloration.

To drink to excess and become rowdy, violent, or drunk.

Full from eating; to bestow, or a private banquet.

To drink heavily, be addicted to alcohol, or suffer from alcoholism.

First-person pronoun; I or me.

A Chinese surname, typically romanized as Yu or U.

Scholar in ancient China, or relating to Confucianism.

To be like, as if, or similar to.

A character used in personal names.

To entertain; to do something to make someone feel happy or amused.

Small island; islet.

Pleased; joyful; happy.

Silly, foolish, or stupid.

To connect, join up, be together, or be associated with.

Classical final particle expressing doubt, questioning, or exclamation.

Used in personal names.

Related to fishing, fishery, or making a living by catching and breeding fish.

To immerse, moisten, or be damp; also to delay or remain somewhere.

Fine jade, its luster, or figuratively, one's virtues and merits.