Cantonese words starting with S

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To walk or drive uphill on a slope.

To step forward, approach, or come forward.

To attend court; to hold an imperial audience with the emperor.

To enter the court or field, or to release a product onto the market.

Top-quality dish; high-quality food or course.

soeng5 dak1 saan1 do1 zung1 jyu6 fu2

上得山多終遇虎上得山多终遇虎

If you keep taking risks or doing bad things, you will eventually get caught or run into trouble.

Higher up; a bit higher.

To take drugs, particularly to get high or satisfy an addiction.

To hang oneself.

To be fooled, deceived, or tricked; to fall into a trap.

To attend or conduct a class.

To put a product on the shelves for sale; to list a new product.

To take to the streets to demonstrate or protest.

To board a plane; to get on a flight.

Photogenic; looking good on camera, whether in photos or on film.

soeng5 go3 lai5 baai3

上個禮拜上个礼拜

soeng5 gong1 soeng5 sin3

上綱上線上纲上线

To exaggerate a minor issue by adding multiple layers of interpretation, turning it into a serious wrongdoing to criticize heavily.

To start a new job; to report for duty on one's first day of work.

soeng5 gwai2 dou6

上軌道上轨道

To get on track; to begin to proceed in an orderly and smooth manner.

To go up or ascend; also used after a verb to indicate upward movement.

To offer incense; to light and place incense sticks in a burner to show respect to deities or ancestors.

To go to school or attend school.

To take up office; to assume a post or start a position.

To become addicted; to form a habit or urge that is impossible to stop.

To perform; to put on stage or screen, such as a play or a movie.

To screen or show a film.

soeng5 kaa1 laa4

To color in; to add color to a drawing or object.

To formally establish a nominal, non-blood kinship, such as becoming sworn siblings or godparents and godchildren.

To apply wax to a surface; to wax.

To come up or come over.

To be allocated a public housing flat, or to go upstairs to a flat.

To wind up a clock, watch, or other mechanical device.

To go up and down, get on and off, or fluctuate; can also refer to a lift, hoist, or staircase.

To start off on a journey, or figuratively to pass away.

To mount or ride a horse.

Close to or slightly exceeding ten thousand; up to tens of thousands.

To go online, surf the internet, or do activities that require an internet connection.

soeng5 mong5 doi6 lei5

上網代理上网代理

Internet proxy server.

To go to someone's house to visit, make inquiries, or provide services.

To go ashore from a ship, or figuratively to be settled in a safe and stable situation.

To think obsessively about something; to have something on one's mind constantly to the point of distraction.

To go up a hill or mountain, or to bury the dead.

To take something to heart, care deeply about, or treat seriously.

To go public on the stock market, or to launch a product onto the market.

To go online or launch a website, or to enter the starting area of a running race.

The rising tone category in Chinese languages.

soeng5 tin1 tong4

To go to heaven; to pass away.

To serve dishes to the dining table; to set someone up; to bring a matter to an official meeting.

To go on stage, to assume office, or to sign up for a mobile service contract.

To serve food onto a dining table, or to put a proposal, plan, or matter on the agenda.