Cantonese words starting with J

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Married; having entered into a marriage.

Ephesus, an ancient Greek city.

ji5 fat1 so2 syu1

以弗所書以弗所书

The Epistle to the Ephesians, a book of the New Testament.

To avoid; just in case; so as to prevent something from happening.

ji5 fong4 maan6 jat1

以防萬一以防万一

To prepare for contingencies; just in case; to safeguard against an emergency.

Negotiation in finance, particularly regarding bills of exchange.

ji5 gaa2 lyun6 zan1

以假亂真以假乱真

To pass off a fake as genuine, making it difficult to distinguish between the real and the counterfeit.

To negotiate or haggle for a lower price.

Erg; the unit of energy and mechanical work in the centimetre-gram-second system.

ji5 gan1 cing1 zing6

耳根清淨耳根清净

To have peace and quiet; to be free from disturbance or nuisance.

耳根軟耳根软

Easily influenced by others; credulous, soft-eared, or gullible.

The soft part of the earlobe, or figurative susceptibility to influence or nagging.

ji5 gan1 zi2 jyun5

耳根子軟耳根子软

Easily influenced by others; credulous, gullible, or unable to resist soft-spoken persuasion.

For a long time already.

Headphones, earphones, or a headset.

ji5 gei2 dok6 jan4

To judge others by oneself; to measure others by one's own standards.

ji5 gin3 fan1 hiu2

已見分曉已见分晓

For the result or outcome of a matter to become apparent and clear.

Already; indicating that an action is completed, time has passed, or a state has been reached.

ji5 ging1 zeon3 hang4

已經進行已经进行

Already underway or already in progress.

ji5 ging2 haau6 jau4

To punish a wrongdoer severely and publicly as a warning to deter others from making the same mistake.

Since a certain point in time, or down from a certain rank or level.

To draft a document or statement.

To emulate or imitate the style of classics.

Eardrum; tympanic membrane.

ji5 gu2 zi1 zok3

擬古之作拟古之作

A literary or artistic work written or created in a classic style.

Deceased; late; having passed away.

ji5 gung1 doi6 zan3

以工代賑以工代赈

To provide employment opportunities as a form of relief instead of giving direct handouts.

ji5 gung1 wai4 sau2

以攻為守以攻为守

To use attack as a means of defense; to take the offensive as a way to defend oneself.

耳摑子耳掴子

A slap on the face.

A slap on the side of the head.

The Israeli military; the Israel Defense Forces or Israeli soldiers.

A slap on the face.

Below, under, or after a certain point, standard, time, or location.

Parotid gland; the subauricular salivary gland located in front of and below each ear.

To fit data to a model.

After, afterwards, from now on, or in the future.

Henceforth, subsequently, or from then on.

ji5 heoi1 daai3 sat6

以虛帶實以虚带实

To let correct ideology guide practical work.

ji5 hoeng2 duk6 ze2

以饗讀者以飨读者

For the benefit of the reader; to satisfy or please the reader.

Erhai Lake; an alpine fault lake in Yunnan Province, China.

To make sound effects, or in historical linguistics, to reconstruct the pronunciation of an ancient language.

Personification; to anthropomorphize or attribute human characteristics to non-human things.

ji5 jan4 fai3 jin4

以人廢言以人废言

To reject or dismiss a statement or opinion solely because of one's dislike for the speaker.

ji5 jan4 meng2 ming6 ming4

以人名命名

To name something after a person; to be eponymous.

ji5 jan4 wai4 bun2

以人為本以人为本

People-oriented; putting people first.

ji5 jat1 jyu6 maan6

以一馭萬以一驭万

To control a key point in order to master the whole situation.

ji5 jat6 doi6 lou4

以逸待勞以逸待劳

To conserve one's energy and wait for the enemy to tire themselves out before attacking.

ji5 jau4 hak1 gong1

以柔克剛以柔克刚

To use softness to conquer strength; to overcome hardness with gentleness.

擬游隼拟游隼

Barbary falcon (Falco pelegrinoides).