Cantonese words starting with S

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sau2 zuk6procedure; formalities

sau2 zuk6bracelet

手續費手续费

sau2 zuk6 fai3service charge; commission

sau2 zung6to emphasize; to rank first

sau2 zyu1 doi6 tou3lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom); to trust to chance rather than show initiative

守株待兔，緣木求魚守株待兔，缘木求鱼

sau2 zyu1 doi6 tou3 ，jyun4 muk6 kau4 jyu4to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action

守株緣木守株缘木

sau2 zyu1 jyun4 muk6abbr. for 守株待兔，緣木求魚|守株待兔，缘木求鱼[shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4 , yuan2 mu4 qiu2 yu2]

sau2 zyu6to hold on to; to keep

sau2 zyun3gimlet

sau2 zyut3to remain honest and poor

sau3to cough; to gargle

sau3constellation

sau3to rinse one's mouth with water; to wash

sau3to hunt; hunting dog

sau3beast; beastly

sau3thin; (of clothing) tight; (of land) unproductive ; desolate; meagre

sau3handsome; elegant; performance; show (loanword) M: 场cháng [场]; luxuriant; excellent; clever; brilliant; to put forth flowers or ears

sau3to embroider; embroidery

sau3 baa1 baa1thin; emaciated

sau3 baan1rust spot; rust stain (on metal)

獸病理學兽病理学

sau3 beng6 lei5 hok6veterinary pathology

sau3 coeng4slim

sau3 coi4a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); skillful writer

秀才不出門，全知天下事秀才不出门，全知天下事

sau3 coi4 bat1 ceot1 mun4, cyun4 zi1 tin1 haa6 si6a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)

秀才不出門，能知天下事秀才不出门，能知天下事

sau3 coi4 bat1 ceot1 mun4 ，nang4 zi1 tin1 haa6 si6a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)

sau3 dau6to short-circuit; to get one's wires crossed

sau3 deon1see 坐墩[zuo4 dun1]

sau3 faa1to embroider

繡花鞋绣花鞋

sau3 faa1 haai4embroidered shoes

繡花枕頭绣花枕头

sau3 faa1 zam2 tau4Embroidered pillow; a metaphor to describe someone who is just all looks on the outside but shallow on the inside with no talents

sau3 faat3beautiful hair

鏽腹短翅鶇锈腹短翅鸫

sau3 fuk1 dyun2 ci3 dung1(bird species of China) rusty-bellied shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra)

sau3 fung1see 秀峰區|秀峰区[Xiu4 feng1 Qu1]

秀峰區秀峰区

sau3 fung1 keoi1Xiufeng, a district of Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi

sau3 gaan1bestiality

瘦金體瘦金体

sau3 gam1 tai2Skinny body, a font type; skinny golden style calligraphy

獸腳亞目兽脚亚目

sau3 goek3 aa3 muk6suborder Theropoda (beast-footed dinosaur group) within order Saurischia containing carnivorous dinosaurs

獸腳類恐龍兽脚类恐龙

sau3 goek3 leoi6 hung2 lung4theropod (beast-footed dinosaur group)

sau3 gwat1 caai4very skinny [colloquial]

sau3 gwat1 jyu4 caai4(adjective) skinny; scrawny

瘦骨如柴煲碌竹

sau3 gwat1 jyu4 caai4 bou1 luk1 zuk1Extremely thin; as thin as a stick

sau3 gwat1 leon4 seon1skinny; emaciated (idiom)

sau3 gwat1 ling4 ding1(idiom) emaciated; scrawny

sau3 gwat1 ling4 ling4bony

sau3 gwat1 sin1someone who is all skin and bone

sau3 hang6brutal act

sau3 hau2to rinse one's mouth; to gargle

sau3 hau2 seoi2mouthwash

sau3 hei3delicate

鏽胸藍姬鶲锈胸蓝姬鹟

sau3 hung1 laam4 gei1 jung1(bird species of China) slaty-backed flycatcher (Ficedula erithacus)

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