Cantonese words starting with J

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ji4 sing3 joeng5 sau6

頤性養壽颐性养寿

To take care of one's spirit and keep fit; to maintain one's health and prolong life.

Yicheng, a county-level city in Xiangyang, Hubei.

Yicheng, a county-level city in Xiangyang, Hubei province

To make a laughingstock of oneself; to do something that invites ridicule or laughter.

ji4 siu3 daai6 fong1

貽笑大方贻笑大方

To make a fool of oneself in front of experts; to incur the ridicule of those in the know.

ji4 siu3 fong1 gaa1

貽笑方家贻笑方家

To make a fool of oneself in front of experts; to be laughed at by those who know better.

To transfer a case, a person, files, or other items to another department or authority.

ji4 sung3 faat3 baan6

移送法辦移送法办

To hand over to the authorities for legal action; to bring to justice.

Offspring; children and grandchildren.

ji4 syun1 zi6 jau5 ji4 syun1 fuk1

兒孫自有兒孫福儿孙自有儿孙福

Younger generations will have their own fortune and will naturally make the right arrangements for themselves.

Manner, demeanor, bearing, or deportment; a person's posture, movements, and behavior.

ji4 taai3 maan6 fong1

儀態萬方仪态万方

Graceful and elegant in appearance and bearing; typically used to describe women.

ji4 taai3 taai2

Concubine, particularly in the context of a man's second or subsequent wife in a polygamous system.

Malt sugar or maltose.

A child or minor.

ji4 tung4 bat1 ji4

兒童不宜儿童不宜

Not suitable for children; usually referring to content containing pornography, gore, or violence.

ji4 tung4 gei1 gam1 wui2

兒童基金會儿童基金会

UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund).

ji4 tung4 kyun4 lei6 gung1 joek3

兒童權利公約儿童权利公约

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

兒童節儿童节

Children's Day, a festival celebrating children.

A web of doubts or unresolved suspicions in one's mind.

Puzzled, confused, or uncertain about something.

To shift in location or position; to dislocate.

ji4 wai4 ping4 dei6

夷為平地夷为平地

To level; to raze to the ground.

An uncertain or suspicious situation; clouds of suspicion.

Kind and cheerful; tolerant and happy.

ji4 wo2 joeng4 hong2

Jardine Matheson, an influential British trading company and conglomerate.

頤和園颐和园

Summer Palace in Beijing

Yihuang, a county in Jiangxi province, China.

ji4 wong4 jyun6

宜黃縣宜黄县

Yihuang, a county in Fuzhou City, Jiangxi.

A diversion, decoy, or ruse designed to mislead the enemy or others.

Name of an ancient barbarian island state, possibly referring to Taiwan.

Yizhou, a district of Hechi city in Guangxi, China.

Wife's elder sister.

To put resources to a different use, or in linguistics, to borrow.

A son; a male offspring of someone.

To order or direct someone with one's chin; to be bossy and arrogant.

ji4 zi2 fung1 sai2

頤指風使颐指风使

To order people about by chin movements and facial gestures.

ji4 zi2 hei3 sai2

頤指氣使颐指气使

To boss others around arrogantly; to command people with an overbearing, haughty attitude.

To transplant plants, organs, or tissues from one place to another.

To transplant or graft.

ji4 zik6 sau2 seot6

移植手術移植手术

An organ transplant operation.

Portability, particularly in reference to software's ability to run on different platforms.

Etiquette, protocol, or ceremonial rites.

Yizhang; a county in Chenzhou, Hunan, China.

ji4 zoeng1 jyun6

宜章縣宜章县

Yizhang County, in Chenzhou, Hunan province.

ji4 zoeng3 deoi2

儀仗隊仪仗队

Guard of honor; ceremonial guards used in various ceremonies, typically from the military or uniformed services.

Ceremonial weaponry or a guard of honor used in official ceremonies.

Uncle; the husband of one's mother's sister.

To transplant plants in agriculture or horticulture.