Cantonese words starting with S

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seoi3 pin2 zing2 lei5

Defragmentation of a computer storage drive.

seoi3 sam1 lit6 daam2

碎心裂膽碎心裂胆

Extremely frightened; in mortal fear.

seoi3 sap1 sap1

碎濕濕碎湿湿

Scattered, tiny, fragmented, or messy; describe small and miscellaneous items.

Annual repairs and maintenance.

Tax revenue or taxation; the money collected through taxes.

The start of the year.

Gravel, crushed rock, or rock debris.

seoi3 seoi3 nim6

To nag, mumble, or sound like a broken record; to complain or talk continuously about trivial matters.

seoi3 seoi3 ping4 on1

歲歲平安岁岁平安

May you have peace year after year; a traditional Chinese New Year greeting.

To cut up a corpse into pieces; to dismember a corpse.

seoi3 si1 maan6 dyun6

碎屍萬段碎尸万段

To chop a corpse into thousands of pieces, typically used in threats.

Season; a particular time of the year.

Fragments, debris, or tiny pieces broken off from something.

seoi3 sit3 cam4 zik1 mat6

碎屑沉積物碎屑沉积物

Clastic sediment

seoi3 sit3 ngaam4

Age; a person's age.

Tax regulations or customs tariff.

The succession of the seasons, or the order of years.

Scraps of paper, or loose small change.

碎紙機碎纸机

Paper shredder; a machine used to shred documents into thin strips for destruction.

Small diamonds or diamond splinters used in jewelry.

On the verge of, close to, or approaching.

Who; whom; whoever; anyone.

Frontier; borderland.

誰不知谁不知

Who would have thought; unexpectedly; to one's surprise.

Appreciation, high regard, or preferential treatment, usually for someone who is outstanding.

To fish with a rod, hook, and line.

Drape; the way a fabric hangs or falls.

To hang down; to drape.

To hang down or droop.

Who; which person.

seoi4 jan4 ngok6 deoi2

誰人樂隊谁人乐队

The Who, a prominent 1960s British rock band.

To weep; to shed tears.

To salivate; to drool over something, or metaphorically to covet or strongly desire it.

seoi4 jin4 juk6 dik6

To drool with desire; to water at the mouth.

seoi4 jin4 saam1 cek3

To drool three feet; extremely desirous of food or to possess something.

seoi4 joeng4 lau5

垂楊柳垂杨柳

seoi4 jyun4 fan1 ci4

垂懸分詞垂悬分词

Dangling participle, a grammatical error in which a participle does not logically modify any word in the sentence.

Weeping willow (Salix babylonica).

To shed tears; to cry or weep.

seoi4 lim4 ting3 zing3

垂簾聽政垂帘听政

To rule from behind the scenes, or govern from behind a curtain.

Approaching old age; growing old.

A hanging screen, curtain, or canopy.

seoi4 mou6 zi1 nin4

One's declining years; twilight years; old age.

Critically ill; close to death.

seoi4 sau2 ho2 dak1

To get or reach something easily; to obtain effortlessly.

Dying, moribund, or on the verge of death.

seoi4 sei2 zang1 zaat3

垂死掙扎垂死挣扎

To put up a final, desperate struggle or make a last-ditch effort before death or failure.

Gradually, slowly, or bit by bit.