Cantonese words starting with S

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seoi2 fan6moisture

seoi2 fan6moisture content

seoi2 fo2(noun) water and fire

seoi2 fo2 bat1 jung4completely incompatible

水火不相容

seoi2 fo2 bat1 soeng1 jung4incompatible; mutually exclusive; can never mix

水火無情水火无情

seoi2 fo2 mou4 cing4fire and flood have no mercy (idiom)

seoi2 fo3smuggled goods

水貨客水货客

seoi2 fo3 haak3grey market traders

seoi2 fong4a nick name for Wo On Lok, a triad society [colloquial]

水虎魚水虎鱼

seoi2 fu2 jyu2piranha (fish)

seoi2 fu3see 水富市[Shui3 fu4 Shi4]

seoi2 fu3reservoir

seoi2 gaai2hydrolysis (chemical reaction with water)

seoi2 gaang1 faat3hydroponics

seoi2 gaat6 zaat6Dytiscidae (predaceous diving beetles) [written and colloquial]

seoi2 gaau2boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli)

水餃兒水饺儿

seoi2 gaau2 ji4erhua variant of 水餃|水饺[shui3 jiao3]

seoi2 gai1moorhen (genus Gallinula); frog

seoi2 gan2water shortage

seoi2 gau3limescale

seoi2 ging2the marine police

seoi2 goek3(noun) travel expenses; the money that is spent for a trip; shipping cost

seoi2 gon1(adjective) dry

seoi2 gong1water jar

seoi2 gun2water pipe

seoi2 gun2 gung1plumber

seoi2 gun2 gung1 jan4plumber

水管麵水管面

seoi2 gun2 min6tube pasta (e.g. penne, rigatoni, ziti)

seoi2 gwaa1sponge gourd

seoi2 gwaa1 daa2 gau2(Cantonese analogy) someone will lose half of something

水鬼隊水鬼队

seoi2 gwai2 deoi2(noun) Water Assault Team

水鬼升城隍

seoi2 gwai2 sing1 sing4 wong4describes a person who was in a low ranking position (in work or life) who is now intoxicated with success; a small man having greatness thrust upon him

seoi2 gwan1(archaic) navy

seoi2 gwan2(verb) water is boiling

seoi2 gwo2fruit

seoi2 gwo2 dou1paring knife; CL:把[ba3]

seoi2 gwo2 zau2(Tw) fruit wine

水過鴨背水过鸭背

seoi2 gwo3 aap3 bui3describes a situation where someone has not paid any serious attention in learning or studying or in what he

seoi2 haa6under the water

水下核爆炸

seoi2 haa6 hat6 baau3 zaa3nuclear underwater burst

seoi2 haai4rain boots

seoi2 haai5(food) crabs

seoi2 haak3smuggler, esp. of electronic goods from Macao or Hong Kong to Guangdong; fisherman

seoi2 haang1puddle; sump

seoi2 hai6drainage system

seoi2 hap6hydration reaction

seoi2 hap6 mat6hydrate

seoi2 hau2(a place in Hong Kong) Shui Hau (noun) mouth of a river

seoi2 hau4(n.) a hose; a water pipe (adj.) (slang) Mr. moneybags (if someone is described as 有支水喉射住, he has sufficient financial support.)

seoi2 hau4 seoi2tap water (spoken)

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