Cantonese words starting with S

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sek6 ging2 saan1

Shijingshan, a district in Beijing, China.

sek6 ging2 saan1 keoi1

石景山區石景山区

Shijingshan, an inner district of west Beijing.

Goose barnacle (Pollicipes pollicipes).

石硤尾石硖尾

Shek Kip Mei, an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Shek Kong, an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong.

Gypsum or plaster; calcium sulfate mineral used in construction, medicine, and food production.

sek6 gou1 bang1 daai2

石膏繃帶石膏绷带

sek6 gou1 coeng4 baan2

石膏牆板石膏墙板

Drywall; plasterboard.

Stone drum; a type of ancient Chinese stone monument.

石鼓區石鼓区

Shigu, a district of Hengyang City, Hunan.

Stone drum script; an early form of Chinese characters inscribed on stone, preceding the small seal script.

Shek Kwu Chau, an island in Hong Kong south of Lantau Island.

Sarcophagus; a stone coffin.

Stonemasonry, or a stonemason.

sek6 gwaai2 keoi1

石拐區石拐区

Shiguai District, a district of Baotou City in Inner Mongolia.

Stone roller; a heavy stone cylinder used in farming or road-building to level or compact soil.

Great fruits; major achievement or triumphant success.

sek6 gwo2 gan2 cyun4

碩果僅存硕果仅存

One of the few remaining people or things; a rare survivor.

sek6 gwo2 leoi4 leoi4

碩果累累硕果累累

Heavily laden with fruit, or metaphorically, having achieved great and numerous successes.

Stone carving; an inscription or symbol carved into stone.

Stone implement or stoneware; utensils made from stone.

sek6 hei3 si4 doi6

石器時代石器时代

Shihezi, a sub-prefecture-level city in northern Xinjiang.

sek6 ho4 zi2 si5

Shihezi, a subprefecture-level city in northern Xinjiang, China.

sek6 hok6 tung1 jyu4

碩學通儒硕学通儒

A wise and highly learned scholar.

Lithography; a printing process using a flat stone or metal plate.

Petroleum or crude oil; a thick, black liquid fossil fuel.

sek6 jau4 faa3 hok6

石油化學石油化学

Petrochemistry; the branch of chemistry concerned with petroleum and natural gas.

sek6 jau4 ham3 taam3

Oil exploration.

石油氣石油气

Petroleum gas; liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) used as fuel for cooking and vehicles.

sek6 jau4 hei3 lou4

石油氣爐石油气炉

An LPG stove or bottled gas stove.

sek6 jau4 laap6

石油蠟石油蜡

Petroleum ether.

sek6 jau4 syu1 ceot1 gwok3 zou2 zik1

石油輸出國組織石油输出国组织

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

sek6 jau4 wun6 sik6 ban2 hong6 muk6

石油換食品項目石油换食品项目

Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme

Reindeer moss; a type of lichen.

sek6 jeoi5 si3 zi2

石蕊試紙石蕊试纸

Litmus paper; test paper used to measure pH, turning red with acid and blue with alkali.

Quartz; a common silicate mineral and the second most abundant mineral in Earth's crust.

sek6 jing1 lou5 sou3 dang1

石英鹵素燈石英卤素灯

Quartz halogen lamp.

sek6 jing1 mak6

石英脈石英脉

sek6 jing1 zung1

石英鐘石英钟

Quartz clock; a clock that uses an electronic oscillator regulated by a quartz crystal to keep time.

Stoning; a method of execution by throwing stones at a person until they die.

sek6 juk6 gwan1

Shi Yukun (circa 1810-1871), a Qing dynasty master storyteller of pinghua.

sek6 jyun4 san6 taai3 long4

石原慎太郎

Ishihara Shintarō (1932-2022), Japanese author, politician, and governor of Tokyo from 1999 to 2012.

Stone steps; a flight of stone stairs.

sek6 kei4 zaam6

石碁站石棋站

Shiqi Station, a railway station.

Sêrxü county in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan.

sek6 keoi4 gok3

石渠閣石渠阁

The Shiqu pavilion, where a Han dynasty cabinet meeting in 51 BC established the Five Classics as state canon.

sek6 keoi4 gok3 ji5

石渠閣議石渠阁议

A cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the Five Classics of Confucianism as the state canon.