Cantonese words starting with J

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To reclaim land or farm using slash-and-burn methods.

An ancient area or mountain.

A hole in a wall.

An ancient Chinese wind instrument.

Plump, fertile, or rich.

To lift or carry on one's shoulders.

To eat, chew, or consume; to endure or tolerate.

To worry, care about, or be concerned.

To squirm or wriggle; a type of worm.

An undershirt, jacket, or bib.

To desire passionately; to long for or covet.

To flatter or toady to someone.

A carriage or sedan chair; by extension, the earth, world, or territory.

To exceed or go beyond.

A corner, edge, or nook.

Remaining, extra, or surplus.

Fish; any of the cold-blooded, gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals.

Milt; the seminal fluid or sperm-filled glands of male fish, also known as soft roe.

Foolish, stupid, or clumsy.

jyu4 bat1 ho2 kap6

Hopelessly and unbelievably stupid; the height of folly.

Repercussions or lingering consequences of an event.

Fishery products; seafood and other aquatic products.

Stupid, foolish, or silly; having low intelligence.

jyu4 ceot1 jat1 cit3

如出一轍如出一辙

To be exactly the same or identical; as if coming from the same track.

So, such, in this way, or like that.

jyu4 ci2 ji4 ji5

That is all; nothing more; that is the way it is.

To use the toilet or washroom.

Shark's fin, or shark's fin soup.

魚翅餃鱼翅饺

Shark fin dumpling; a type of Chinese dumpling traditionally filled with shark fin, or shaped like a shark fin.

The samara or flat, round seed of an elm tree.

Fish ball; a food made from minced fish paste shaped into balls, commonly available in white or fried yellow varieties.

jyu4 daan2 dong3

魚蛋檔鱼蛋档

Fishball stall; a food stall selling fishballs and other street snacks.

jyu4 daan2 fan2

魚蛋粉鱼蛋粉

Fishball rice noodles; a classic Cantonese noodle dish.

魚蛋河鱼蛋河

Flat rice noodles served with fish balls in soup.

jyu4 daan2 mui1

魚蛋妹鱼蛋妹

An adolescent female sex worker who provides non-penetrative sexual services.

Fish ball; a common Cantonese food made of fish paste.

Leeway, latitude, or room for maneuver, bargaining, or change in one's words or actions.

Residual poison or pernicious influence remaining from a past evil or disaster.

To wiggle, creep, or crawl like a worm; also refers to peristalsis in medicine.

Newly hatched fish fry; fingerlings.

Happy, pleased, and relaxed.

Lights on fishing boats.

jyu4 fo2 jyu4 tou4

In full swing, raging, or intense.

Fisherman; a person who catches or breeds fish for a living.

jyu4 fu2 tim1 jik6

To grow even stronger by gaining some assistance or resources.

Fried fish curd; a deep-fried food made of fish meat and egg whites.

Confucianism or Ruism; the school of thought represented by Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi.

Yoga; a practice for physical and spiritual well-being involving stretching, breathing, and meditation.