Cantonese words starting with S

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三級跳遠三级跳远
saam1 kap1 tiu3 jyun5triple jump (athletics)
三及第
saam1 kap6 dai6a type of pork congee; a metaphor for something half-baked and messy, burnt a...
三框欄三框栏
saam1 kwaang1 laan4radical 匚[fang1] (Kangxi radical 22)
衫裙
saam1 kwan4(clothes) clothes and skirt; fashion (note: usually this term is used with ot...
三權鼎立三权鼎立
saam1 kyun4 ding2 laap6separation of powers
三權分立三权分立
saam1 kyun4 fan1 laap6separation of powers
三缺一
saam1 kyut3 jat1short of one player (mahjong); three-person mahjong
三流
saam1 lau4third-rate
衫裏衫里
saam1 lei5inside the shirt
衫裡衫里
saam1 lei5inside the shirt
三里河
saam1 lei5 ho4Sanlihe (Beijing street name)
三里屯
saam1 lei5 tyun4Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
衫領衫领
saam1 leng5shirt collar
三輪車三轮车
saam1 leon4 ce1pedicab
三輪車夫三轮车夫
saam1 leon4 ce1 fu1pedicab driver
三磷酸腺苷
saam1 leon4 syun1 sin3 gam1adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
三論宗三论宗
saam1 leon6 zung1Three Treatise School (Buddhism)
三連勝三连胜
saam1 lin4 sing3hat-trick (sports)
三菱
saam1 ling4Mitsubishi
三稜草三棱草
saam1 ling4 cou2sedge herb (Cyperus rotundus)
三稜鏡三棱镜
saam1 ling4 geng3(triangular) prism
三令五申
saam1 ling6 ng5 san1to order again and again (idiom)
三略
saam1 loek6see 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4]
三兩三两
saam1 loeng5two or three
三兩下手勢三两下手势
saam1 loeng5 haa5 sau2 sai3three or two gestures, which means task done quickly or in no time
三六
saam1 luk6dog (slang)
三鹿
saam1 luk6Sanlu (brand)
三氯氰胺
saam1 luk6 cing1 on1melamine C3H6N6
三氯化磷
saam1 luk6 faa3 leon4phosphorous trichloride
三氯化鐵三氯化铁
saam1 luk6 faa3 tit3ferric chloride FeCl3
三氯甲烷
saam1 luk6 gaap3 jyun4chloroform (trichloromethane CHCl3)
三六香肉
saam1 luk6 hoeng1 juk6three six savory meat, which refers to dog meat
三氯氧磷
saam1 luk6 joeng5 leon4phosphorous oxychloride
三鹿集團三鹿集团
saam1 luk6 zaap6 tyun4Sanlu Group, Chinese state-owned dairy products company involved in the 2008 ...
三聯管三联管
saam1 lyun4 gun2triplet
三聯書店三联书店
saam1 lyun4 syu1 dim3Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948
三唔識七三唔识七
saam1 m4 sik1 cat1(slang) to not know someone; to be strangers;
三馬同槽三马同槽
saam1 maa5 tung4 cou4three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Si1 ma3 Y...
三民
saam1 man4see 三民區|三民区[San1 min2 Qu1]
三文魚三文鱼
saam1 man4 jyu4salmon (loanword)
三民區三民区
saam1 man4 keoi1Sanmin, a district of Kaohsiung City 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 Shi4], Taiwan
三文治
saam1 man4 zi6(loanword) sandwich
三民主義三民主义
saam1 man4 zyu2 ji6Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)
衫尾
saam1 mei5coattail; shirt tail
三味
saam1 mei6three types of flavours [written and colloquial]
三味線三味线
saam1 mei6 sin3shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument
三明
saam1 ming4see 三明市[San1 ming2 Shi4]
三明市
saam1 ming4 si5Sanming, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]
三明治
saam1 ming4 zi6(loanword) sandwich
三秒膠三秒胶
saam1 miu5 gaau1superglue

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