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Jyutping joeng4 gaan1
Pinyin yáng jiān

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. the world of the living
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    喺​有​靈​魂​嘅​概念​下​,​由​出世​到​死亡​間​生活​嘅​空​間
    the world of the living
    • 民間傳説包拯日審陽間,夜審陰間。
      民间传说包拯日审阳间,夜审阴间。
      man4 gaan1 cyun4 syut3 baau1 cing2 jat6 sam2 joeng4 gaan1, je6 sam2 jam1 gaan1.
      Legend has it that Bao Zheng judged affairs in the realm of the living by day and in the underworld by night.
  2. 反義詞
    陰間
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    this world, world of the living
    (syn.) 陽世, 阳世
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    民间传说包拯日审阳间,夜审阴间。
    民間傳説包拯日審陽間,夜審陰間。
    man4 gaan1 cyun4 syut3 baau1 cing2 jat6 sam2 joeng4 gaan1, je6 sam2 jam1 gaan1.
    • Legend has it that Bao Zheng judged affairs in the realm of the living by day and in the underworld by night.
  2. Cantonese
    阳间
    陽間
    • the world of the living