Cantonese words starting with S

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saam1 kap1 tiu3 jyun5

三級跳遠三级跳远

triple jump (athletics)

saam1 kap6 dai6

a type of pork congee; a metaphor for something half-baked and messy, burnt at the bottom, uncooked on the top; a writing style with the combination of classical Chinese, formal written Chinese and Cantonese.

saam1 kwaang1 laan4

三框欄三框栏

radical 匚[fang1] (Kangxi radical 22)

(clothes) clothes and skirt; fashion (note: usually this term is used with other characters such as "日韓衫裙"= (noun) Japanese and Korean fashion; or "連衫裙" = (clothes) a one-piece dress)

saam1 kyun4 ding2 laap6

三權鼎立三权鼎立

separation of powers

saam1 kyun4 fan1 laap6

三權分立三权分立

separation of powers

saam1 kyut3 jat1

short of one player (mahjong); three-person mahjong

inside the shirt

inside the shirt

Sanlihe (Beijing street name)

saam1 lei5 tyun4

Sanlitun (Beijing street name)

saam1 leon4 ce1

三輪車三轮车

saam1 leon4 ce1 fu1

三輪車夫三轮车夫

saam1 leon4 syun1 sin3 gam1

三磷酸腺苷

adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

saam1 leon6 zung1

三論宗三论宗

Three Treatise School (Buddhism)

saam1 lin4 sing3

三連勝三连胜

hat-trick (sports)

saam1 ling4 cou2

三稜草三棱草

sedge herb (Cyperus rotundus)

saam1 ling4 geng3

三稜鏡三棱镜

(triangular) prism

saam1 ling6 ng5 san1

to order again and again (idiom)

see 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4]

saam1 loeng5 haa5 sau2 sai3

三兩下手勢三两下手势

three or two gestures, which means task done quickly or in no time

saam1 luk6 cing1 on1

melamine C3H6N6

saam1 luk6 faa3 leon4

phosphorous trichloride

saam1 luk6 faa3 tit3

三氯化鐵三氯化铁

ferric chloride FeCl3

saam1 luk6 gaap3 jyun4

chloroform (trichloromethane CHCl3)

saam1 luk6 hoeng1 juk6

three six savory meat, which refers to dog meat

saam1 luk6 joeng5 leon4

phosphorous oxychloride

saam1 luk6 zaap6 tyun4

三鹿集團三鹿集团

Sanlu Group, Chinese state-owned dairy products company involved in the 2008 melamine poisoning scandal

saam1 lyun4 gun2

三聯管三联管

saam1 lyun4 syu1 dim3

三聯書店三联书店

Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948

saam1 m4 sik1 cat1

三唔識七三唔识七

(slang) to not know someone; to be strangers;

saam1 maa5 tung4 cou4

三馬同槽三马同槽

three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Si1 ma3 Yi4] and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof

see 三民區|三民区[San1 min2 Qu1]

saam1 man4 jyu4

三文魚三文鱼

salmon (loanword)

saam1 man4 keoi1

三民區三民区

Sanmin, a district of Kaohsiung City 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 Shi4], Taiwan

(loanword) sandwich

saam1 man4 zyu2 ji6

三民主義三民主义

Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)

coattail; shirt tail

three types of flavours [written and colloquial]

saam1 mei6 sin3

三味線三味线

shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument

see 三明市[San1 ming2 Shi4]

saam1 ming4 si5

Sanming, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]

saam1 ming4 zi6

(loanword) sandwich

saam1 miu5 gaau1

三秒膠三秒胶