Cantonese words starting with J

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The person of one's dreams; beloved person; the person that one loves.

Something expected, wished for, or anticipated.

Instrument, apparatus, or tool.

Diminutive suffix, no longer productive.

A derogatory term used in ancient China to refer to foreign countries or non-Han ethnic groups.

An aunt, or a form of address for a middle-aged woman.

Suitable or appropriate.

An ancient ritual wine vessel; also refers to laws, rules, or the Yi ethnic group.

Pleasant, joyful, or comfortable.

To draft or draw up a document; also to plan or intend.

Shadbush or shadberry (plants of the genus Amelanchier).

To doubt, suspect, or disbelieve; to be uncertain.

Injury; wound; damage.

Used in the place name Xuyi, a county in Jiangsu province.

To move, shift, or transfer something from one place to another.

And; as well as; used to connect words or clauses to show coordination or progression.

Friendship or interpersonal relations.

Used in personal names.

Winding; continuing far and long.

Winding; to extend, stretch, or continue far and long.

Sweets; candy or syrup.

Fish eggs, roe, or caviar.

Yibin, a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China.

宜賓市宜宾市

Yibin, a prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province.

ji4 bat1 jim4 mou5 cau2, gau2 bat1 jim4 gaa1 pan4

兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫

A child does not dislike their mother for being ugly, and a dog does not dislike its home for being poor.

ji4 beng6 zing3

Hypochondriasis; health anxiety disorder.

Troops deployed to mislead the enemy; decoy forces.

Ignorant; having a limited perspective.

Appearance and grooming, including clothing, accessories, and hairstyle.

The relationship between cousins whose mothers are sisters.

儀表盤仪表盘

Dashboard; instrument panel on a vehicle or control system.

Ipoh; a city in Malaysia, the capital of Perak state.

Ipoh; a city in Malaysia and the capital of Perak state on the Malayan peninsula.

And; also; in addition; furthermore.

To remove; to take away or eliminate.

Yichun, a prefecture-level city in Jiangxi province, China.

Yichun, a prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province, China.

To suspect to be; seemingly or apparently being someone or something due to close resemblance.

To redirect one's affections, or to project feelings onto an object.

ji4 cing4 bit6 lyun2

移情別戀移情别恋

To stop loving someone and fall in love with someone else.

Yichang, a prefecture-level city in Hubei Province, China.

Yichang, a prefecture-level city in Hubei Province.

Yichuan County in Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.

ji4 cyun1 jyun6

宜川縣宜川县

Yichuan County, a county in Yan'an, Shaanxi.

To prefer, or to wish that something would happen.

Doubts, suspicions, or a cause for suspicion.

Non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China.