Cantonese words starting with S

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Procedure, formalities, or the official steps taken to process or confirm something.

Bracelet or bangle.

手續費手续费

Handling fee; a charge for processing a procedure or transaction.

To prioritize, emphasize, or rank first.

sau2 zyu1 doi6 tou3

To wait foolishly for a stroke of luck; to expect rewards without effort based on a past accidental success.

sau2 zyu1 doi6 tou3 ，jyun4 muk6 kau4 jyu4

守株待兔，緣木求魚守株待兔，缘木求鱼

To use foolish, impractical, or impossible methods to achieve one's goals.

sau2 zyu1 jyun4 muk6

守株緣木守株缘木

To use foolish, passive, or counterproductive methods to achieve an impossible goal.

To hold on to, keep, guard, or defend.

Gimlet; a hand drill.

To remain honest and simple, or to keep a low profile instead of showing off.

To cough, or to rinse the mouth or gargle.

To stay overnight; to lodge for the night.

To rinse one's mouth with water; to wash.

To hunt, or a hunting dog.

Beast; animal, especially non-human animals.

Thin, slim, or lean.

Elegant, beautiful, or refined.

To embroider; to sew decorative patterns onto fabric with needle and thread.

Thin; skinny; emaciated.

Rust spot or rust stain on metal.

sau3 beng6 lei5 hok6

獸病理學兽病理学

Veterinary pathology

Slim, slender, or tall and thin.

An imperial scholar who passed the entry-level civil service examinations in ancient China.

sau3 coi4 bat1 ceot1 mun4, cyun4 zi1 tin1 haa6 si6

秀才不出門，全知天下事秀才不出门，全知天下事

A learned person does not need to leave home to know what is going on in the world.

sau3 coi4 bat1 ceot1 mun4 ，nang4 zi1 tin1 haa6 si6

秀才不出門，能知天下事秀才不出门，能知天下事

To gain wide knowledge of world affairs through extensive reading without having to travel.

To short-circuit, or to have a brain freeze or get one's wires crossed.

An ornamental garden stool; a porcelain or wooden drum-shaped stool.

To embroider, especially with floral or other decorative patterns.

sau3 faa1 haai4

繡花鞋绣花鞋

Embroidered shoes.

sau3 faa1 zam2 tau4

繡花枕頭绣花枕头

An embroidered pillow, used as a metaphor for an attractive but superficial person with no real talent or substance.

Beautiful, elegant hair, usually describing a woman's hair.

sau3 fuk1 dyun2 ci3 dung1

鏽腹短翅鶇锈腹短翅鸫

Rusty-bellied shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra); a species of bird.

Xiufeng, a district of Guilin city in Guangxi, China.

sau3 fung1 keoi1

秀峰區秀峰区

Xiufeng, a district of Guilin City in Guangxi, China.

Bestiality; sexual relations between a human and a non-human animal.

瘦金體瘦金体

Slender gold style; a calligraphic style created by Emperor Huizong of Song, characterized by thin, sharp strokes.

sau3 goek3 aa3 muk6

獸腳亞目兽脚亚目

Theropoda; a suborder of bipedal, mostly carnivorous dinosaurs within the order Saurischia.

sau3 goek3 leoi6 hung2 lung4

獸腳類恐龍兽脚类恐龙

Theropod; a group of beast-footed dinosaurs.

sau3 gwat1 caai4

A very skinny person; skin and bones.

sau3 gwat1 jyu4 caai4

As thin as a lath; extremely skinny, bony, and thin.

sau3 gwat1 jyu4 caai4 bou1 luk1 zuk1

瘦骨如柴煲碌竹

Extremely thin; as thin as a stick or a matchstick.

sau3 gwat1 leon4 seon1

Bony and extremely thin; all skin and bones with skeletal features prominent.

sau3 gwat1 ling4 ding1

Emaciated and scrawny.

sau3 gwat1 ling4 ling4

Scrawny and bony; skeletal in appearance.

sau3 gwat1 sin1

An extremely thin, skinny, or bony person.

Brutish, beastly, or inhumane behavior.

To rinse one's mouth or gargle with water or other liquids.

sau3 hau2 seoi2

Mouthwash; a liquid used to clean the mouth and kill bacteria.

Delicate, elegant, and refined in appearance or manner.

sau3 hung1 laam4 gei1 jung1

鏽胸藍姬鶲锈胸蓝姬鹟

Slaty-backed flycatcher (Ficedula erithacus), a bird species.