Cantonese words starting with S

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Warden or head of a school or university dormitory.

卸肩兒卸肩儿

To lay down a burden, or to feel a weight off one's shoulders.

卸肩裝卸肩装

Off-the-shoulder women's clothing.

To unload, lay down, or remove a burden, especially cargo from a vehicle.

My home or family, used as a humble form of address.

To step down or retire from a post at the end of a term of office.

An ancient Chinese official title.

Dormitory roommate; flatmate.

To pardon, absolve, or excuse.

Laxative; medication used to promote bowel movements and treat constipation.

Buddhist relic found in the cremated ashes of a spiritual master.

Stupa; a mound-shaped Buddhist monument containing holy relics.

Sarira; Buddhist relics found in the ashes after cremation.

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A Buddhist pagoda or stupa where the cremated relics of spiritual masters are kept.

An official decree of amnesty or pardon.

To pardon, absolve, or remit a punishment.

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卸磨殺驢卸磨杀驴

To discard or get rid of someone once they have outlived their usefulness.

To take off one's head ornaments and jewelry.

To loosen or remove a yoke

To have diarrhea.

瀉肚子泻肚子

To have diarrhea.

Erroneous written form of 潟湖 (lagoon).

To shirk responsibility, shift the blame, or pass the buck to someone else.

To forgive or pardon a sin, offense, or offender.

To resign from office; to step down from a post.

To uninstall installed software.

To remove makeup.

To remove makeup and costume, especially of an actor or performer.

A Chinese surname, typically romanized as Sheh.

Snake; serpent.

Snake gallbladder, used in traditional Chinese medicine.

A place to slack off at work; literally a snake nest.

Crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela).

Extremely difficult to deal with or manage.

Shedao, or Snake Island, a small rocky island in the Bohai Sea off the tip of the Liaoning peninsula.

蛇島蝮蛇岛蝮

Snake Island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), a venomous pit viper species that feeds on migrating birds.

Venin; snake venom or a toxin extracted from it.

Criminals who are illegal immigrants.

Ophiuchus; the Serpent-bearer constellation.

Snake soup; a Cantonese delicacy made with shredded snake meat, chicken, pork, and spices.

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蛇見硫磺蛇见硫磺

Clashing with each other; an extreme incompatibility where one party is completely subdued by the other.

Flexible hose or tubing.

Weird, strange, or eccentric.

Red Delicious, a variety of apple originally from the USA.

To move in a zigzag path like a snake, or to crawl along the ground.

Shekou, a district in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China.

蛇去邊蛇去边

An inquiry asking where someone is going to slack off, play, or hang out in secret.