玉 (juk6) — jade; precious stone; gem in Cantonese
jukˍ₆玉Mandarin Pinyin: yu4
Meaning of 玉
nounjade; precious stone; gem
noungraceful; slender; elegant
noun(of a woman) pure; fair; beautiful
nouna polite expression for "your"
Example Sentences with 玉
niˉ¹呢ginˍ₆件haiˍ₆係jukˍ₆玉sikˉ¹石diuˉ¹彫haak˗₃刻ban2.品。
This is a jade carving.
go˗₃個jukˍ₆玉zok˗₃鐲houˊ²好leng3.靚。
The jade bracelet is very beautiful.
maaˉ¹媽miˉ¹咪go˗₃個jukˍ₆玉zok3.鐲。
Mommy's jade bracelet.
ngoˏ₅我maaiˏ₅買zoˊ²咗go˗₃個jukˍ₆玉zok3.鐲。
I bought a jade bracelet.
tiuˎ₄條jukˍ₆玉zok˗₃鐲dyun˗₃斷zo2.咗。
The jade bracelet is broken.
Words Containing 玉
玉門juk6 mun4
Yumen, a Chinese county-level city in Gansu Province
碧玉bik1 juk6
jasper
玉米粉juk6 mai5 fan2
cornstarch; corn starch; corn flour
如花似玉jyu4 faa1 ci5 juk6
to be young and beautiful tantamount to flowers and jade
玉門池juk6 mun4 ci4
the female sex organ (lit., "the jade gate [vaginal opening] pond")
金玉良言gam1 juk6 loeng4 jin4
gems of wisdom; priceless advice
香消玉殞hoeng1 siu1 juk6 wan5
(of a woman) decease; die
金玉其外gam1 juk6 kei4 ngoi6
all that glitters is not gold; showy but useless; whited sepulchre
化干戈為玉帛faa3 gon1 gwo1 wai4 juk6 baak6
beat swords into ploughshares
玉王邊juk6 wong4 bin1
Kangxi radical 96 (玉) in its component form ⺩
玉兔juk6 tou3
poetic name for moon
玉米juk6/1 mai5
maize; corn | Cant.: 粟米
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