Cantonese words starting with S

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To maintain and carry on a family business or inheritance.

Homepage of a website, or the startup page of a web browser.

Of the utmost importance; chief; primary; number one.

sau2 jiu4 beng3

手搖柄手摇柄

A hand crank or manual winding handle.

sau2 jiu4 fung1 kam4

手搖風琴手摇风琴

Hand organ; a hurdy-gurdy or street organ operated by a hand crank.

To keep an appointment, promise, or agreement.

For manual use; operated by hand.

Sign language; a language that uses hand gestures, facial expressions, and mouth movements to communicate.

To defend, guard, or protect against attack.

To have one's hands become limp or tired; to hesitate or show mercy when firmness is needed.

The principal county magistrate in imperial China.

Handcuffs or shackles used to lock a person's hands together behind their back.

A severed head of an enemy.

Handcuffs; shackle-like devices designed to secure a person's wrists.

Handball, either the team sport or the football (soccer) foul of touching the ball with hands.

To seek, search for, or look for something.

The first phase or instalment; a down payment for a purchase.

To plunder, extort, or ransack; variant of 搜刮.

sau2 kwai1 geoi2

守規矩守规矩

To abide by the rules, obey regulations, or behave oneself.

手拉車手拉车

A handcart, trolley, or pull cart.

sau2 laai1 sau2

To join hands or hold hands.

sau2 laai1 wu4 lou4

手拉葫蘆手拉葫芦

A hand chain pulley block; a manual chain hoist.

The first case; the first occurrence of an event or instance.

sau2 lau4 daan2

手榴彈手榴弹

Hand grenade, or a long-throw in football that lands directly in the penalty area.

手裡劍手里剑

Shuriken; a straight or circular throwing weapon used by ninja and samurai.

In one's hand; in one's possession or under one's control.

First round of a competition, election, movie screening, or event.

The muscular strength of the hand or gripping power.

Bracelet; a piece of jewelry worn around the wrist.

To keep vigil over a deceased person's body before cremation or burial.

Leader or head of an organization.

Handcuffs; shackle for the hands.

To search for and collect similar items from various places.

sau2 lung4 mun4

守龍門守龙门

To play as a goalkeeper.

Fingerprints and palm prints collectively.

Gloves or mittens.

Unfinished work, loose ends, or minor tidying tasks left over after a job is mostly complete.

Head and tail, or the beginning and end of something.

sau2 mei5 coeng4

手尾長手尾长

Troublesome, problematic, or requiring a long time and prolonged attention to fully resolve.

The initial and final sounds of a syllable, typically referring to onset and rime.

sau2 mei5 soeng1 zip3

To join head to tail, forming a continuous line or sequence.

sau2 mong4 goek3 lyun6

手忙腳亂手忙脚乱

To be in a great bustle; to get into a fluster or be disorganized due to a heavy workload.

To keep watch; to look out and guard.

sau2 mong6 soeng1 zo6

To help and protect one another, especially among neighbours.

sau2 mou4 bok3 gai1 zi1 lik6

手無縛雞之力手无缚鸡之力

Physically weak; lacking the strength even to truss a chicken.

sau2 mou4 cyun3 tit3

手無寸鐵手无寸铁

Unarmed; defenseless; having no weapons in one's hands.

sau2 mou5 zuk1 dou6

To dance for joy; to wave one's hands and feet in great excitement.

To keep goal; to act as a goalkeeper.

守門人守门人

Gatekeeper or goalkeeper.