Cantonese words starting with S

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Water pollution.

Water bottle or canteen; any portable container used for carrying and drinking water.

Edge of the water or seashore.

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水滸全傳水浒全传

Water Margin, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature.

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水滸後傳水浒后传

Water Margin Sequel, a novel by Chen Chen.

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水滸傳水浒传

Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.

水戶市水户市

Mito, a city and the capital of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Sluice; floodgate; water lock.

Flooding; to flood, when water covers the ground due to heavy rain, blocked drains, or burst pipes.

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To be in a desperate situation; running out of time in a crisis.

Drainage channel, ditch, or nullah.

Water quality, including factors such as purity and bacterial content.

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水質污染水质污染

Water pollution.

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Hirudin; an anticoagulant agent extracted from the salivary glands of leeches.

Watery wine; a modest term used by a host to describe their own wine when serving guests.

Waterside pavilion

Standard of quality; level or benchmark.

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水準儀水准仪

Level; a surveyor's instrument used to determine horizontal alignment.

Water fleas; small aquatic crustaceans.

Pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus), a bird species found in wetlands.

Crystal; a transparent or semi-transparent mineral used to make jewelry or ornaments.

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水晶宮水晶宫

Crystal Palace; a general term for a mythical underwater palace of the Dragon King, or the historic building in London.

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水蒸氣水蒸气

Steam or water vapour; the gaseous state of water.

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Steam or water vapor.

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水晶體水晶体

The crystalline lens of the eye.

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水靜河飛水静河飞

Extremely quiet and desolate; silent with no activity or people around.

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水靜鵝飛水静鹅飞

Deserted and quiet, with virtually no customers or business.

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水障礙水障碍

Water hazard in golf.

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水漲船高水涨船高

To rise as its base rises, describing people or things that develop and improve along with the situation.

Flood; inundation caused by heavy rain, overflowing rivers, melting snow, or flash floods.

Algae or other aquatic plants.

The Shui ethnic group of China.

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水族館水族馆

Aquarium or marine park; a venue where aquatic plants and animals are kept for public viewing or research.

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Aquarium; a transparent container used for keeping fish, aquatic plants, and other aquatic creatures.

In the water; underwater.

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水中撈月水中捞月

To scoop the moon out of the water; to make a useless, impossible, or futile effort.

Edema or dropsy; swelling in the body caused by the excessive accumulation of fluid.

A water droplet or drop of water.

Sichuan style water-boiling; poaching ingredients in a spiced broth to preserve tenderness.

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水煮魚水煮鱼

Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil

Handsome; stylish and good-looking.

Handkerchief; a small cloth used for wiping.

Years of age; a classifier used to measure a person's age.