Cantonese words starting with J

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To preview or prepare a lesson before class.

To pay in advance before a service begins.

To foresee, predict, or know beforehand how something will develop and turn out.

A preview of an exhibition or an auction.

To have expected or anticipated that something would happen.

In advance; beforehand.

To congratulate beforehand; to wish in advance that something goes smoothly or successfully.

Smelly, stinking, or having a foul odor.

Injustice, to wrong or accuse falsely, or a waste of money.

A character used in place names.

An abyss or a very deep place; also an origin or source.

A bad smell, especially a musty or damp odor.

To wriggle, meander, or move like a snake.

Kite; a medium-sized bird of prey from the hawk family.

jyun1 bang1 laan6 cau3

冤崩爛臭冤崩烂臭

Extremely smelly; stinking, describing a person's body.

jyun1 bang1 laan6 cau3

葾崩爛臭葾崩烂臭

Extremely smelly; having a terrible stench.

Erudite; of knowledge that is broad, profound, and vast.

A rotten or horrible smell; a foul stench.

jyun1 daai6 tau4

冤大頭冤大头

A gullible person who spends money unnecessarily, gets ripped off, or is swindled.

An enemy, opponent, or irreconcilable foe; sometimes used affectionately for a lover or spouse.

jyun1 gaa1 lou6 zaak3

An inevitable confrontation; used when enemies or rivals meet in a narrow path and cannot avoid each other.

A vengeful ghost of someone unjustly killed, or figuratively, a stalker who relentlessly follows someone.

jyun1 hau2 jyun1 min6

To pull a long face; to wear an annoyed, discontented, or grumpy expression.

Unbearable, tiresome, or overwhelming due to excessive attention or affection.

jyun1 jau5 tau4 ，zaai3 jau5 zyu2

冤有頭，債有主冤有头，债有主

Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt has its debtor; to resolve a problem, one must target those responsible.

Winding or twisting like a snake; meandering, zigzagging, or bending.

Mandarin duck, often used figuratively to refer to an affectionate couple.

jyun1 joeng1 fong2

鴛鴦房鸳鸯房

An affordable honeymoon suite for newlyweds, or a double room for couples in a hotel.

jyun1 joeng1 goek3

鴛鴦腳鸳鸯脚

Someone with one foot or leg larger than the other, usually caused by an injury.

jyun1 joeng1 hei3 seoi2

鴛鴦戲水鸳鸯戏水

To describe a couple playing in the water together.

jyun1 joeng1 mat6

鴛鴦襪鸳鸯袜

Mismatched socks.

jyun1 joeng1 mun4

鴛鴦門鸳鸯门

Mismatched doors, or a school of martial arts.

Wrongful imprisonment; a miscarriage of justice.

jyun1 jyun1 soeng1 bou3

冤冤相報冤冤相报

Revenge breeds further revenge; a vicious cycle of mutual retaliation.

jyun1 jyun1 soeng1 bou3 ho4 si4 liu5

冤冤相報何時了冤冤相报何时了

Revenge begets revenge, so the cycle may never end; a saying used to urge someone to let go of a grudge.

Origin, source, or historical beginning.

Full of hatred and malice because of an injustice, typically describing ghosts or spirits in horror stories.

To frame, set up, or wrongly accuse someone.

A vow of love between a couple.

A case of miscarriage of justice where an innocent person is wrongfully convicted.

Enmity, grudge, or rancour arising from being wronged or insulted.

Deep, internal, and severe pain.

The ghost of a person who died of injustice.

To be falsely accused or framed for a crime or wrongdoing that one did not commit.

To wrong, falsely accuse, or wrongly blame someone who is innocent.

jyun1 wong2 lou6

Extra distance travelled when taking an unnecessarily long way or detour.

jyun1 zyu1 tau4 dou1 jau5 mang4 bei6 pou4 saat3

冤豬頭都有盟鼻菩薩冤猪头都有盟鼻菩萨

Every jack has his Jill; there is someone for everyone, no matter how unappealing they might seem.

A round or ball-shaped object, such as a meatball or a pill.

Tactful and restrained, or soft, beautiful, and elegant.

Seemingly; as if; as though.