Cantonese words starting with S

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To accept a surrender.

sau6 hong4 ji4 sik1

受降儀式受降仪式

A surrender ceremony.

To accept an appointment; to take office or assume a post.

To appoint to an office or position.

sau6 jan4 cin4 coi4 ，tai3 jan4 siu1 zoi1

受人錢財，替人消災受人钱财，替人消灾

To be committed to completing a difficult task once you have accepted payment for it.

sau6 jan4 ji5 beng3

To hand someone the sword hilt; to give someone a lever or pretext against oneself.

sau6 jan4 ji5 jyu4 bat1 jyu4 sau6 jan4 ji5 jyu4

授人以魚不如授人以漁授人以鱼不如授人以渔

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

sau6 jan4 ji6 fan1 sei3

受人二分四

To work as an employee for someone, especially for a very low wage.

To become pregnant; to conceive.

Shroud; burial clothes worn by the deceased.

To prompt, hint, or suggest something to someone, usually with the expectation that they will carry out the task under your direction.

To benefit from; to receive a benefit.

sau6 jik1 fei2 cin2

受益匪淺受益匪浅

To benefit greatly; to receive a wealth of benefit.

Beneficiary; a person who receives benefits from a trust, fund, insurance policy, or inheritance.

A birthday banquet, typically held for an elderly person.

To undergo punishment, especially to be executed or physically punished.

sau6 jing4 jan4

A person serving a sentence or undergoing punishment; an inmate.

To study under a teacher, or used as a first-person pronoun by a student addressing their teacher.

To teach, impart knowledge, or give instruction.

To be heated; to encounter heat.

sau6 joek3 cuk1

受約束受约束

To be restricted, constrained, or bound.

To suffer abuse or maltreatment, particularly physical, mental, or sexual abuse.

sau6 joek6 kwong4

Shouyang County, a county in Jinzhong, Shanxi, China.

sau6 joeng4 jyun6

壽陽縣寿阳县

Shouyang, a county in Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, China.

To be insulted, humiliated, or disgraced.

Beneficial, useful, or to benefit from.

To breastfeed or lactate.

To award, confer, or bestow power, proof, or honor.

To award, vest, confer, or give.

To sell out; to be sold out.

sau6 jyun4 zik1 zi2

While stocks last; a promotion or sale that ends as soon as the items are sold out.

sau6 jyun5 m4 sau6 ngaang6

受軟唔受硬受软唔受硬

To respond to gentle persuasion or kindness but resist coercion or force.

Shou County, a county in Huainan, Anhui Province.

To accept someone's romantic pursuit or advances.

To accept bribes; to take a bribe.

To suffer from poverty; to live in poor conditions.

To be trapped, stranded, or in a difficult situation.

Embarrassed or placed in an awkward position.

To be authorized; to receive authorization or power.

To authorize, empower, or permit someone or an organization to act on one's behalf.

sau6 kyun4 faan6 wai4

授權範圍授权范围

Scope of authority; the limits of power or authorization granted to someone.

sau6 kyun4 ling6

授權令授权令

A warrant; an official judicial authorization in a legal context.

sau6 kyun4 syu1

授權書授权书

A power of attorney or written letter of authorization.

To accept a gift.

A birthday present for an elderly person.

To accept and handle a case or application.

To be implicated, dragged into, or inconvenienced by someone else's trouble.

To bear or withstand force, pressure, or weight.

To receive, accept, or take possession of something.