Cantonese words starting with S

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Tapestry; an embroidered curtain or hanging.

Xiuzhou, a district of Jiaxing city in Zhejiang province, China.

sau3 zau1 keoi1

秀洲區秀洲区

Xiuzhou, a district of Jiaxing City in Zhejiang Province.

A thin or skinny person.

To worry, feel anxious, or be downcast due to worry.

Anxious heart; melancholy thoughts or weighed-down feelings.

sau4 coeng4 baak3 git3

愁腸百結愁肠百结

Weighed down with anxiety; deeply worried and filled with grief.

An enemy; a deeply hated foe or nemesis.

Anxious, worried, and sorrowful.

To hate or resent the rich.

An enemy or foe with whom one has a mutual feud or grudge.

Hatred, hostility, or a deep-seated grudge caused by perceived harm.

sau4 han6 zeoi6

sau4 han6 zeoi6 hang6

Hatred, enmity, or a deep-seated grudge between people.

An enemy or foe; a person who has wronged someone to the point of causing deep resentment or hatred.

sau4 jan4 soeng1 gin3 ，fan6 ngoi6 ngaan5 hung4

仇人相見，分外眼紅仇人相见，分外眼红

When enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred.

A worried look or sad expression.

Hatred, enmity, or resentment, and the desire for revenge.

A feud, grudge, or state of deep-seated mutual hostility.

To knit one's brows, or to have a worried and gloomy expression.

sau4 mei4 bat1 zin2

To have a worried frown; looking extremely anxious or weighed down by sorrow.

sau4 mei4 fu2 lim5

愁眉苦臉愁眉苦脸

To have a sad, worried, or depressed look; to pull a long face.

To feel gloomy, depressed, or in low spirits.

To feel animosity toward foreigners or outsiders; xenophobic.

sau4 ngoi6 sam1 lei5

Xenophobia; a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers.

To kill in revenge, or commit murder out of a vendetta or grudge.

Anxious, gloomy, or melancholy thoughts and feelings.

To look at someone with hatred, to be hostile towards someone, or to treat them as an enemy.

Gloomy clouds, representing a sad, distressed, or miserable mood or atmosphere.

sau4 wan4 caam2 mou6

愁雲慘霧愁云惨雾

A miserable, gloomy, and depressing atmosphere.

The passive, submissive, or less masculine partner in a gay relationship.

Life span; longevity; old age.

To confer, award, or give; to teach or instruct.

To face punishment, blame, or imprisonment; originally to be executed by firing squad.

Coffin, or the planks used to make a coffin.

A Chinese steamed bun with lotus seed paste filling, dyed red and printed with the character for longevity, eaten at post-funeral feasts.

To be unable to stand, bear, or endure something.

sau6 bei2 naam4 saan1

壽比南山寿比南山

A blessing wishing someone a long life, literally meaning to live as long as the Southern Mountain.

To fall ill or become sick.

To suffer a setback, be discomfited, or be forced to back down.

The insured person.

受茶禮受茶礼

To accept a wedding proposal and engagement gifts, of a woman.

To accept, receive, or take.

To uphold or receive something, such as a blessing or a spell.

An object in linguistics.

To get damp, moist, or affected by moisture.

To suffer a setback; to be defeated or foiled.

Coffin; a box in which a corpse is buried.