Cantonese words starting with J

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ji3 zung1 jan4sweetheart; the person of one's thoughts

ji3 zung1 si6sth that is expected or wished for

ji4apparatus; appearance; ceremony; to yearn for

ji4non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; to wipe out; to tear down; wound; to pacify; to raze to the ground; level; much; foreign

ji4mother's sister; concubine; a general term of address for an older female who is around the same age as one's mum

ji4proper; suitable; fitting; ought to

ji4ancient wine vessel; Yi ethnic group; laws and rules

ji4harmony; pleasure; happy

ji4to plan to; to imitate; to compare; to propose; to imagine

ji4shadbush or shadberry (genus Amelanchier)

ji4to doubt; to suspect; doubtful; puzzled; suscpicion; unclear

ji4bruise; wound

ji4used in 盱眙[Xu1 yi2] (the name of place in Jiangsu)

ji4to move; to change; to remove

ji4and; and so; yet (not); (indicates change of state); and then; this is the end; your; besides; from a certain point

ji4friendship; courtesy; obligations; suitable

ji4to present; to give as a present

ji4winding; to continue far and long

ji4winding; to continue far and long

ji4cheek; chin; to nourish

ji4syrup; sweet cakes

ji4 ban1see 宜賓市|宜宾市[Yi2 bin1 Shi4]

宜賓市宜宾市

ji4 ban1 si5Yibin, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]

兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫

ji4 bat1 jim4 mou5 cau2, gau2 bat1 jim4 gaa1 pan4a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)

ji4 beng6 zing3hypochondriasis; also written 疑病[yi2 bing4]

ji4 bing1troops deployed to mislead the enemy

ji4 bing1ignorant; (a summer insect has no word for ice, Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])

ji4 biu2appearance; meter (i.e. measuring instrument)

ji4 biu2the first cousins on the maternal side where their mums are sisters

儀表盤仪表盘

ji4 biu2 pun4dashboard

ji4 bou2Ipoh city in Malaysia, capital of Sultanate of Perak on Malayan peninsula

ji4 bou2 si5Ipoh city in Malaysia, capital of Sultanate of Perak on Malayan peninsula

ji4 ce2(not only ...) but also; in addition

ji4 ceoi4to remove

ji4 ceon1see 宜春市[Yi2 chun1 Shi4]

ji4 ceon1 si5Yichun, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]

ji4 ci5to be suspected to be

ji4 cing4to redirect one's affections; empathy (i.e. attribution of feelings to an object)

移情別戀移情别恋

ji4 cing4 bit6 lyun2change of affection, shift of love (idiom); to change one's feelings to another love

ji4 coeng1see 宜昌市[Yi2 chang1 Shi4]

ji4 coeng1 si5Yichang, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3]

ji4 cyun1see 宜川縣|宜川县[Yi2 chuan1 Xian4]

宜川縣宜川县

ji4 cyun1 jyun6Yichuan, a county in Yan'an City 延安市[Yan2 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi

ji4 dak1(adverb) impatiently wish for; eagerly look forward to; to long for; would rather; be only too glad to

ji4 dau6(literary) doubts; cause for suspicion

ji4 dik6non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China

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