Cantonese words starting with S

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sei3 ngaan5 zai2male wearing glasses (slang)

sei3 nin4four years

sei3 ping4see 四平市[Si4 ping2 Shi4]

四平八穩四平八稳

sei3 ping4 baat3 wan2everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary

sei3 ping4 baat3 zing3neat, tidy; proper

sei3 ping4 si5Siping, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]

sei3 pong4nearby regions

sei3 saan3to disperse

sei3 saan3 ban1 tou4to scatter in all directions

sei3 sai3 tung4 tong4Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍[Lao3 She3]

sei3 sap6 cat1forty seven

四十二章經四十二章经

sei3 sap6 ji6 zoeng1 ging1The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾[Jia1 ye4 Mo2 teng2] and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰[Zhu2 fa3 lan2] (Dharmaraksha)

sei3 sap6 nin4 doi6during the 40s (era)

sei3 sap6 sei3forty four

四捨五入四舍五入

sei3 se2 ng5 jap6(math.) to round up or down

sei3 se6to radiate all around

sei3 sei3 luk6 luk6appropriately, justly; a suitable consensus

四四聲四四声

sei3 sei3 seng1the sound of 'die die' all the time (the sound of 四 sounds like '死'die') [colloquial]

sei3 si4the four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]

sei3 sing1the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声

四聲杜鵑四声杜鹃

sei3 sing1 dou6 gyun1(bird species of China) Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)

四星級四星级

sei3 sing1 kap1Four-stars

四聖諦四圣谛

sei3 sing3 dai3the Four Noble Truths (Buddhism)

四小龍四小龙

sei3 siu2 lung4Four Asian Tigers; Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong)

sei3 syu1Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子

四書五經四书五经

sei3 syu1 ng5 ging1the Four books and Five classics

sei3 taan3 tong4tetrose (CH2O)4, monosaccharide with four carbon atoms

sei3 tai2one's four limbs

四體不勤，五穀不分四体不勤，五谷不分

sei3 tai2 bat1 kan4 ，ng5 guk1 bat1 fan1never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite

四頭肌四头肌

sei3 tau4 gei1quadriceps muscle group

sei3 tiu4four (amount); four poker cards of the same number but different suits

四通八達四通八达

sei3 tung1 baat3 daat6roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides

四環素四环素

sei3 waan4 sou3tetracycline

sei3 wai4all around; encircled

sei3 wai4the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor; the four directions; four-dimensional

四圍貢四围贡

sei3 wai4 gung3loiter aruond, hang around

四維空間四维空间

sei3 wai4 hung1 gaan1four-dimensional space (math.)

四圍蒲四围蒲

sei3 wai4 pou4to hang out around different places; to go out and about [colloquial]

sei3 wu4Sihu (or Ssuhu) township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan

sei3 wu4sihu (or "khuurchir" in Mongolian), a bowed instrument with four strings, primarily associated with Mongolian and Chinese culture

四湖鄉四湖乡

sei3 wu4 hoeng1Sihu (or Ssuhu) township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan

sei3 wui6see 四會市|四会市[Si4 hui4 Shi4]

四會市四会市

sei3 wui6 si5Sihui, a county-level city in Zhaoqing City 肇慶市|肇庆市[Zhao4 qing4 Shi4], Guangdong

sei3 zai2adult's videos; pornography

sei3 zak1four rules, 四則運算 is the elementary arithmetic

sei3 zau1all around

sei3 zau1around; surroundings

四周圍四周围

sei3 zau1 wai4everywhere; all around; surrounding

四隻腳四只脚

sei3 zek3 goek3four legs; four legged [written and colloquial]

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