Cantonese words starting with S

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saam1 gok3 fu3 caa3

三角褲衩三角裤衩

saam1 gok3 fuk1 daai2

三角腹帶三角腹带

athletic supporter

saam1 gok3 gaa2

saam1 gok3 gan1

sling (for a wounded arm)

saam1 gok3 gei1

deltoid muscle (over the shoulder)

saam1 gok3 gwaan1 hai6

三角關係三角关系

triangular relationship; (esp.) a love triangle

saam1 gok3 haam4 sou3

三角函數三角函数

trigonometric function

saam1 gok3 hok6

三角學三角学

saam1 gok3 hung2 lung4

三角恐龍三角恐龙

triceratops (dinosaur)

saam1 gok3 jing4

saam1 gok3 lung4

三角龍三角龙

saam1 gok3 lyun2 oi3

三角戀愛三角恋爱

saam1 gok3 pei4 daai2

三角皮帶三角皮带

saam1 gok3 tit3

三角鐵三角铁

(Percussion instrument)The triangle

saam1 gok3 zaai3

三角債三角债

triangular debt

saam1 gok3 zau1

delta (geography)

saam1 gok3 zeoi1

三角錐三角锥

triangular pyramid (math.)

Triangulum (constellation)

Heilongjiang,Ussuri River and the Songhua River

saam1 gong1 bing6 lau4

三江並流三江并流

the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a region in northwestern Yunnan where three major rivers – the Jinsha River (upper Yangtze) 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 Jiang1], Lancang River (Mekong) 瀾滄江|澜沧江[Lan2 cang1 Jiang1], and Nu River (Salween) 怒江[Nu4 Jiang1] – run roughly parallel to each other for over 300 kilometers, recognized as a World Heritage Site

saam1 gong1 dung6 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

三江侗族自治縣三江侗族自治县

Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, in Liuzhou City 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi

saam1 gong1 jyun4

Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwaters of Changjiang or Yangtze, Huanghe or Yellow River and Lancang or Mekong River

saam1 gong1 ng5 soeng4

三綱五常三纲五常

three principles and five virtues (idiom)

saam1 gong1 ping4 jyun4

Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] or Amur, Songhua 松花江[Song1 hua1 jiang1], Ussuri 烏蘇里江|乌苏里江[Wu1 su1 li3 jiang1]

saam1 gong1 sang1 taai3 leoi5 jau4 keoi1

三江生態旅遊區三江生态旅游区

Sanjiang Ecological Tourist Area in Wenchuan county 汶川縣|汶川县[Wen4 chuan1 xian4], northwest Sichuan

saam1 gu1 luk6 po4

(slang) gossipy women who like to gossipy and sow discord

saam1 gu3 maau4 lou4

三顧茅廬三顾茅庐

lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] to his cause by visiting him three times)

saam1 gun1 daai6 dai3

the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)

saam1 gung1 ging1 fai3

三公經費三公经费

"three public expenditures" of the PRC government, i.e. air travel, food and entertainment, and public vehicles

saam1 gung1 siu1 fai3

三公消費三公消费

see 三公經費|三公经费[san1 gong1 jing1 fei4]

saam1 gwai1 ji1

三歸依三归依

the Three Pillars of Faith (Buddha, dharma, sangha), aka 三寶|三宝[san1 bao3]

saam1 gwai6 gau2 kau3

to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)

(in former times) upper, middle and lower army; (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force

saam1 gwan1 jung6 ming6

三軍用命三军用命

(of a team) to throw oneself into the battle

(noun) Three country

saam1 gwok3 jin2 ji6

三國演義三国演义

Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains

saam1 gwok3 si2 gei3

三國史記三国史记

History of Three Kingdoms (Korean: Samguk Sagi), the oldest extant Korean history, compiled under Kim Busik 金富軾|金富轼[Jin1 Fu4 shi4] in 1145. The three kingdoms are Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2], Baekje 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4], Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2].

saam1 gwok3 si4 doi6

三國時代三国时代

Three Kingdoms period

saam1 gwok3 zi3

三國志三国志

History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿[Chen2 Shou4] in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝[Jin4 chao2], 65 scrolls

the sun, the moon, and the stars

saam1 gwong1 zing3 caak3

Three Alls Policy (kill all, burn all, loot all), Japanese policy in China during WWII

saam1 haa6 ng5 ceoi4 ji6

三下五除二

three, set five remove two (abacus rule); quickly and easily

Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu2 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2]

saam1 haap6 daai6 baa3

三峽大壩三峡大坝

Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River

saam1 haap6 seoi2 fu3

三峽水庫三峡水库

Three Gorges Reservoir on the Changjiang or Yangtze

saam1 haap6 zan3

三峽鎮三峡镇

Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan

profession categorisation of masonry, carpentry and paint

saam1 hap6 jat1

saam1 hap6 ng5 ji6

三俠五義三侠五义

Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話|评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆