Cantonese words starting with S
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四方形
sei3 fong1 jing4square (shape)
四方𡃈
sei3 fong1 kwaak1four-sided frame, square
四方緙四方缂
sei3 fong1 kwaak1four-sided frame, square
四方臉四方脸
sei3 fong1 lim5square-jawed face
四方帽
sei3 fong1 mou2see 方帽[fang1 mao4]
四方木
sei3 fong1 muk6a slacker; those who doesn't know how to adapt to changing circumstances and are set in their ways (literally: a squared wood); describes someone who is very passive
四方臺四方台
sei3 fong1 toi4see 四方臺區|四方台区[Si4 fang1 tai2 Qu1]
四方臺區四方台区
sei3 fong1 toi4 keoi1Sifangtai, a district of Shuangyashan City 雙鴨山市|双鸭山市[Shuang1 ya1 shan1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
四方竹
sei3 fong1 zuk1a kind of bamboo
四庫四库
sei3 fu3the four book depositories, namely: classics 經|经, history 史, philosophy 子[zi3], belles-lettres 集
四庫全書四库全书
sei3 fu3 cyun4 syu1Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty)
四更
sei3 gaang1fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)
四郊
sei3 gaau1suburb
四近
sei3 gan6nearby
四九
sei3 gau2an ordinary junior member in a triad gang [colloquial]
四九仔
sei3 gau2 zai249er, which means an ordinary member in Triad
四舊四旧
sei3 gau6the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution)
四境
sei3 ging2all the borders
四哥
sei3 go1fourth elder brother
四個全面四个全面
sei3 go3 cyun4 min6Four Comprehensives (political guidelines announced by President Xi Jinping, 2015)
四個現代化四个现代化
sei3 go3 jin6 doi6 faa3Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology
四個小時四个小时
sei3 go3 siu2 si4four hours [written and colloquial]
四個字四个字
sei3 go3 zi6four words or characters
四腳朝天四脚朝天
sei3 goek3 ciu4 tin1four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
四腳爬爬四脚爬爬
sei3 goek3 paa4 paa4one who is crawling on the floor using both hands and feet
四腳蛇四脚蛇
sei3 goek3 se4lizard
四角
sei3 gok3the four corners (of a rectangle)
四角柱體四角柱体
sei3 gok3 cyu5 tai2cuboid
四角褲四角裤
sei3 gok3 fu3boxer shorts
四角號碼四角号码
sei3 gok3 hou6 maa5four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
四角形
sei3 gok3 jing4(geometry) quadrangle; quadrilateral
四顧四顾
sei3 gu3to look around
四季
sei3 gwai3four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]
四季豆
sei3 gwai3 dau2green bean; runner bean
四季豆腐
sei3 gwai3 dau6 fu6four seasons beancurd
四季桔
sei3 gwai3 gat1clementine (fruit)
四季如春
sei3 gwai3 jyu4 ceon1four seasons like spring
四季酒店
sei3 gwai3 zau2 dim3Four Seasons Hotel
四國四国
sei3 gwok3Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)
四國犬四国犬
sei3 gwok3 hyun2Shikoku (dog)
四下
sei3 haa6everywhere
四下裡四下里
sei3 haa6 leoi5all around
四合院
sei3 hap6 jyun2courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
四起
sei3 hei2to spring up everywhere
四氫大麻酚四氢大麻酚
sei3 hing1 daai6 maa4 fan1Tetrahydrocannabinol, THC
四海
sei3 hoi2four seas
四海一家
sei3 hoi2 jat1 gaa1home everywhere, it means the world is united
四海流浪
sei3 hoi2 lau4 long6Fourway Rangers; rove everywhere
四海飄零四海飘零
sei3 hoi2 piu1 ling4drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
四海為家四海为家
sei3 hoi2 wai4 gaa1to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom); to roam about unconstrained
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