Cantonese words starting with S

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sei3 ngaan5 zai2

Four-eyes; a young man wearing glasses.

Siping; a prefecture-level city in Jilin Province, China.

sei3 ping4 baat3 wan2

四平八穩四平八稳

Very steady, stable, and well-balanced; also used to describe someone overcautious and lacking initiative.

sei3 ping4 baat3 zing3

Proper, neat, and tidy.

Siping, a prefecture-level city in Jilin Province.

Nearby regions; all sides; the surrounding area.

To scatter, disperse, or flee in all directions.

sei3 saan3 ban1 tou4

To flee and scatter in all directions.

sei3 sai3 tung4 tong4

Four generations living under one roof, representing a traditional Chinese ideal of a large, harmonious family.

Forty; the number 40.

Forty-seven; the number 47.

sei3 sap6 ji6 zoeng1 ging1

四十二章經四十二章经

The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections, the first Chinese Buddhist text.

sei3 sap6 nin4 doi6

The 1940s; the decade of the forties in a century.

Forty-four; the number 44.

sei3 se2 ng5 jap6

四捨五入四舍五入

To round a number to a certain decimal place or significant figure.

To radiate all around, shine brilliantly, or spray in all directions.

sei3 sei3 luk6 luk6

By means of an acceptable, compromise agreement; settled and resolved in a mutually agreeable way.

sei3 sei3 seng1

四四聲四四声

Used to describe how the word "four" sounds similar to "death", implying an ominous or unlucky connection.

The four seasons of the year, or the four periods of a day.

The four traditional tone categories in Chinese languages: level, rising, departing, and entering.

sei3 sing1 dou6 gyun1

四聲杜鵑四声杜鹃

Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus); a bird species native to Asia.

sei3 sing1 kap1

四星級四星级

Four-star; rated four stars.

sei3 sing3 dai3

四聖諦四圣谛

The Four Noble Truths in Buddhism.

sei3 siu2 lung4

四小龍四小龙

Four Asian Tigers, also known as the Four Little Dragons, referring to the high-growth economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.

The Four Books, classical Confucian texts comprising the Great Learning, the Doctrine of the Mean, the Analects, and Mencius.

sei3 syu1 ng5 ging1

四書五經四书五经

The Four Books and Five Classics; the authoritative books of Confucianism.

sei3 taan3 tong4

Tetrose, a monosaccharide containing four carbon atoms.

The four limbs of the human body.

sei3 tai2 bat1 kan4 ，ng5 guk1 bat1 fan1

四體不勤，五穀不分四体不勤，五谷不分

An idiom describing someone who does no physical work and cannot tell different crops apart, living as a parasite.

四頭肌四头肌

Quadriceps; the large muscle group on the front of the thigh.

Four of a kind; a poker hand containing four cards of the same rank.

sei3 tung1 baat3 daat6

四通八達四通八达

Accessible from all directions; well-connected and convenient in terms of transportation.

sei3 waan4 sou3

四環素四环素

Tetracycline; a broad-spectrum antibiotic.

Surrounding area, all sides, or everywhere.

The four social bonds; the four directions; or four-dimensional.

sei3 wai4 gung3

四圍貢四围贡

To wander around aimlessly, loiter, or hang around.

sei3 wai4 hung1 gaan1

四維空間四维空间

Four-dimensional space.

四圍蒲四围蒲

To hang out at different places; to go out and about.

Sihu, a township in Yunlin County, Taiwan.

Sihu, a traditional four-stringed bowed instrument associated with Mongolian and Chinese culture.

sei3 wu4 hoeng1

四湖鄉四湖乡

Sihu township in Yunlin County, Taiwan.

Sihui, a county-level city in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China.

四會市四会市

Sihui, a county-level city in Zhaoqing, Guangdong.

Uncensored pornography or a category-four adult film; also refers to No. 4 heroin.

The four fundamental operations of arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

All around; the surrounding area or vicinity.

All around; surroundings; the vicinity.

四周圍四周围

Surrounding area or everywhere on all sides.

sei3 zek3 goek3

四隻腳四只脚

Four players in a game of mahjong.