Cantonese words starting with S
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水仙花
seoi2 sin1 faa1daffodil; CL:棵[ke1]
水線水线
seoi2 sin3earthing (electricity)
水星
seoi2 sing1(astronomy) Mercury
水性
seoi2 sing3swimming ability; aqueous
水性楊花水性杨花
seoi2 sing3 joeng4 faa1fickle (woman)
水城
seoi2 sing4see 水城區|水城区[Shui3 cheng2 Qu1]
水洩不通水泄不通
seoi2 sit3 bat1 tung1lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom)
水箱
seoi2 soeng1water tank; cistern
水相
seoi2 soeng3aqueous solution
水上
seoi2 soeng6Shuishang Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
水上芭蕾
seoi2 soeng6 baa1 leoi4synchronized swimming
水上單車水上单车
seoi2 soeng6 daan1 ce1a pedalo; a paddle boat
水上電單車水上电单车
seoi2 soeng6 din6 daan1 ce1a personal water craft; a water scooter; a jet ski
水上飛機水上飞机
seoi2 soeng6 fei1 gei1seaplane
水上鄉水上乡
seoi2 soeng6 hoeng1Shuishang Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
水上人
seoi2 soeng6 jan4(noun) a term of fishermen; people live in a boat
水上摩托
seoi2 soeng6 mo1 tok3jet ski
水上新娘
seoi2 soeng6 san1 noeng4Chinese brides who married to Hong Kong fishermen during the 1980s
水上運動水上运动
seoi2 soeng6 wan6 dung6water sports; movement over water
水潭
seoi2 taam4water pool; pond
水體水体
seoi2 tai2body of water
水凼
seoi2 tam5pond
水氹水凼
seoi2 tam5a puddle
水頭水头
seoi2 tau4money
水頭足水头足
seoi2 tau4 zuk1a large amount of money [colloquial]
水退
seoi2 teoi3low tide; receding tide
水天一色
seoi2 tin1 jat1 sik1water and sky merge in one color (idiom)
水田
seoi2 tin4paddy field; rice paddy
水田芥
seoi2 tin4 gaai3watercress
水汀
seoi2 ting1steam (Shanghainese)
水檯水台
seoi2 toi2food preparation table, especially one for cutting up meat ; seafood in a restaurant kitchen [colloquial]
水枱
seoi2 toi4food preparation table
水塘
seoi2 tong4(noun) reservoir
水土
seoi2 tou2water and soil; natural environment (extended meaning)
水土不服
seoi2 tou2 bat1 fuk6not acclimatized
水土保持
seoi2 tou2 bou2 ci4soil conservation
水土流失
seoi2 tou2 lau4 sat1soil erosion
水桶
seoi2 tung2(noun) Water bucket
水蕹菜
seoi2 ung3 coi3water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia
水窪水洼
seoi2 waa1puddle
水患
seoi2 waan6flooding; inundation
水橫枝水横枝
seoi2 waang4 zi1cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides), esp. grown as bonsai
水位
seoi2 wai2water level
水溫水温
seoi2 wan1water temperature
水溫表水温表
seoi2 wan1 biu2engine temperature gauge
水運水运
seoi2 wan6waterborne transport
水域
seoi2 wik6waters
水汪
seoi2 wong1hopeless; little chance of success (spoken)
水汪汪
seoi2 wong1 wong1watery; limpid
水黃皮水黄皮
seoi2 wong4 pei2Millettia pinnata ; Pongam Oiltree (plant)
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