Cantonese words starting with S

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sei2 haan1 sei2 dai2

死慳死抵死悭死抵

To pinch pennies; to live extremely frugally or make extreme sacrifices to save money.

An insulting term for an excessively flirtatious, seductive, or promiscuous woman.

sei2 hat1 baak6 laai6

死乞白賴死乞白赖

To pester someone repeatedly and persistently.

To have a foul mouth; describing someone who always says annoying, rude, or offensive things.

sei2 hau2 ngaau5 sat6

死口咬實死口咬实

To insist stubbornly on a claim, story, or viewpoint; to refuse to admit otherwise.

After death; posthumous.

sei2 hei3 baak6 laai6

死氣白賴死气白赖

To importune or pester someone persistently and shamelessly; to be stubbornly clingy.

sei2 hei3 cam4 cam4

死氣沉沉死气沉沉

Lifeless, spiritless, or lacking vitality, describing a person's mood or the general atmosphere.

死氣喉死气喉

Exhaust pipe of a vehicle.

To die or pass away.

sei2 heoi3 wut6 loi4

死去活來死去活来

Hovering between life and death; used figuratively to describe extreme pain or grief.

An impolite command to tell someone to go away or get lost.

sei2 hoi1 di1 laa1

死開啲啦死开啲啦

Piss off; get lost; go away.

sei2 hoi2 ging1 gyun2

死海經卷死海经卷

The Dead Sea Scrolls.

sei2 hoi2 gu2 gyun2

Dead Sea Scrolls

Blind alley; dead end.

死好過死好过

To be better off dead.

Cause of death; the reason why a person or animal died.

sei2 jan1 bat1 ming4

Unknown cause of death

God-damned; freaking; used before a noun to express disdain or anger.

sei2 jan4 cam4 gau6 lou6

死人尋舊路死人寻旧路

To stick stubbornly to old, familiar ways of doing things without being flexible or adaptable.

sei2 jan4 dang1 lung4

死人燈籠死人灯笼

To exaggerate or inflate a figure, especially a cost, price, or statistic.

sei2 jan4 gim1 lam1 lau4

死人兼冧屋

Misfortunes never come alone; an extreme streak of bad luck or a double disaster.

sei2 jan4 lam1 lau2

死人冧樓死人冧楼

People die and buildings collapse; used to refer to massive catastrophes or disasters in general.

死人頭死人头

An affectionate yet derogatory term used to scold or tease close friends; jerk, pest, or rascal.

sei2 jau5 jyu4 gu1

死有餘辜死有余辜

Even death cannot atone for one's crimes; deserving of a punishment worse than death.

sei2 ji4 bat1 goeng1

Dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis; dying yet not completely vanquished.

sei2 ji4 hau6 ji5

死而後已死而后已

To struggle or work until death; to dedicate one's whole life to a cause.

sei2 ji4 mou4 fui3

死而無悔死而无悔

To die without any regrets.

Death penalty; capital punishment.

sei2 jing4 wun4 kei4 zap1 hang4

死刑緩期執行死刑缓期执行

Deferred death sentence.

To die of; to die from.

sei2 jyu1 fei1 ming6

死於非命死于非命

To die an accidental, violent, or untimely death that cuts one's destined lifespan short.

sei2 jyu1 on1 lok6

死於安樂死于安乐

To perish through easy living, complacency, or lack of vigilance.

An unresponsive person, particularly a sexually passive woman.

To pester someone incessantly or cling to them obstinately, often making insistent demands or squabbling endlessly over trivial matters.

Achilles' heel; a fatal weakness or primary vulnerability.

The time of one's death; deadline or final day.

A dead piece in a board game, or a hopeless situation.

死翹翹死翘翘

To die; to kick the bucket.

An exclamation of worry, disappointment, or anger, similar to "oh no!", "shoot!", or "damn!"

sei2 leng1 zai2

死０靚仔死０靓仔

An annoying, cheeky, or bratty young boy.

To work extremely hard; to put all of one's energy into a task.

sei2 leoi5 tou4 sang1

死裡逃生死里逃生

To escape from mortal danger; to have a narrow escape.

sei2 loe2 mou5 jung6

死ｌｕｒ冇用

It is no use to keep begging or pleading.

An abusive term for a middle-aged man, or an affectionate nickname for a husband or boyfriend.

sei2 lou5 gwai2

An offensive term for an older man.