Cantonese words starting with S

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seng1 daai6 gaap3 mou5 zeon2

聲大夾冇準声大夹冇准

To speak loudly but make mistakes, talk nonsense, or be inaccurate.

seng1 fung1 hyut3 jyu5

腥風血雨腥风血雨

A reign of terror, or an extremely perilous and brutal environment.

seng1 hang1 hang1

Having the strong, foul smell of raw or rotting meat or fish.

Strength of voice, or news and response.

The smell of fish; a fishy odor.

Rank and strong-smelling, especially of raw meat or fish.

The fishy smell or taste of seafood, raw meat, or blood.

To be hypercritical, picky, or find fault in everything.

Hoarse; having a raspy, low, or husky voice.

An individual's voice; the unique quality or tone of a person's voice when speaking or singing.

Smelly; having an offensive smell of urine, raw meat, or wild animals.

The smell of raw meat or fish; meat or a meat-based diet; also used historically to disparage foreign invaders.

To regain consciousness, wake up, or sober up.

Unable to recall; cannot remember.

Surname, last name, or family name.

A city, walled town, or fortified settlement where people live and gather.

seng4 cyun1 jan4

A large crowd or group of people.

seng4 dau3 jan4

成竇人成窦人

A whole crowd or bunch of people, often used with a negative or dismissive tone.

seng4 go3 beng2 jan3 gam2

成個餅印咁成个饼印咁

To look exactly alike; to be a duplicate of or two peas in a pod.

seng4 luk1 muk6 gam2

To be very slow in action and thoughts; to be stiff and unresponsive like a log.

All night long; the whole night.

To have heard from other sources.

seng4 paang4 jan4

A large group of people; a whole bunch of people.

One's whole life; a lifetime.

seng4 sai3 jan4

One's whole life; an entire lifetime.

The whole body; all over one's body.

Always; all the time; very often.

seng4 ziu1 zou2

The whole morning; all morning.

seo4 waat6 tai1

To slide down a slide; a playground slide.

The "walk slowly" component in Chinese characters.

To throw down, trip, or cause someone to fall by manipulating their center of gravity.

The surname Sui.

To pacify or appease; also refers to a carriage harness.

An ancient official or clerk; mutually; all.

Bad, mean, or acting like a jerk.

Ability and wisdom, or a stratagem.

Although; though; even though.

To need, want, or require; to be indispensable for achieving a goal.

Must; have to; to be required to do something.

To decline, decay, or lose prosperity and power.

seoi1 baai6 jau4 wing4

雖敗猶榮虽败犹荣

To be defeated but still remain honorable; to feel proud despite losing.

Suibin, a county in Hegang, Heilongjiang province.

seoi1 ban1 jyun6

綏濱縣绥滨县

Suibin County, a county in Hegang, Heilongjiang.

seoi1 bei2 jan4 tai2

To lose face, be humiliated, or make a fool of oneself in front of others.

seoi1 bin1 faan6

衰邊瓣衰边瓣

An inquiry about the crime someone has committed, equivalent to "what are you in for?"

Radioactive decay; the physical or chemical process where an element or elementary particle transforms into another.

seoi1 bin3 jit6

衰變熱衰变热

Decay heat; the heat produced as a result of radioactive decay.

seoi1 bin3 kuk1 sin3

衰變曲線衰变曲线

Decay curves, representing the decrease in quantity of a substance over time.

seoi1 bin3 lin2

衰變鏈衰变链

Decay chain; a series of radioactive decays of different decay products as a sequential series of transformations.

Suide, a county in Yulin, Shaanxi, China.