Cantonese words starting with S

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Xinzhou, a district in Shangrao city, Jiangxi province.

seon3 zau1 keoi1

信州區信州区

Xinzhou, a district of Shangrao City in Jiangxi province.

Letter paper; paper for writing letters.

Immediately; promptly; right away.

Letter paper; writing paper for letters.

Fast and nimble; quick and agile.

Believers or followers of a religion or sect.

Part of a place name, usually pronounced 'tyun4' but sometimes read as 'seon4'.

Used in personal names.

Sincere, earnest, and honest.

Mellow, rich, and full-bodied in flavor, particularly of alcoholic drinks.

Innocent, pure-hearted, and well-behaved.

Gentle, mild, and good-natured in temperament.

Interdependent; close partners, like lips and teeth.

唇齒音唇齿音

Labiodental consonant, such as "f".

seon4 ci2 soeng1 ji1

唇齒相依唇齿相依

Interdependent and closely related, like lips and teeth.

Innocent, pure, and romantically naive.

seon4 coeng1 sit3 gim3

唇槍舌劍唇枪舌剑

To debate fiercely, using sharp words as if in battle.

seon4 coeng1 sit3 zin3

唇槍舌戰唇枪舌战

To engage in a heated verbal debate; a war of words.

Lip gloss; a viscous cosmetic used to add color and shine to the lips.

Water shield (Brasenia schreberi), an aquatic plant with edible leaves.

Tame, submissive, and obedient.

Purity; the degree of cleanness or lack of mixture in a substance.

To lip-read; to understand speech by watching the speaker's lip movements.

Chunhua County, a county in Shaanxi Province.

To alcoholize or undergo alcoholization.

To domesticate or tame.

seon4 faa3 jyun6

淳化縣淳化县

Chunhua County, a county in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, China.

To tame, domesticate, or train a wild animal or a person to make them docile and obedient.

Sodium carbonate; soda ash; Na2CO3.

Pure, innocent, and clean in thought, particularly of a person's character.

The corner of the mouth.

Lipstick or lip balm; cosmetics or care products applied to the lips to moisturize, shape, or color them.

Pure and honest; simple and kind; genuine.

Mellow, rich, and pure in flavor or aroma.

seon4 hon5 gei3

馴悍記驯悍记

The Taming of the Shrew, a play by William Shakespeare.

seon4 hot3 wok6

純褐鸌纯褐鹱

Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii), a species of seabird.

seon4 hung4 ci2 baak6

唇紅齒白唇红齿白

Having red lips and white teeth; pretty and good-looking.

Labial consonant.

Lipstick mark; an imprint left by lips, typically made when someone wearing lipstick presses their lips onto a surface.

seon4 jing4 fo1

Labiatae or Lamiaceae; the mint family of flowering plants, which includes lavender and mint.

To tame or domesticate.

To domesticate; to breed and tame a species for human use.

seon4 joeng5 faan4 zik6

馴養繁殖驯养繁殖

Domestication and breeding.

seon4 joeng5 faan4 zik6 coeng4

馴養繁殖場驯养繁殖场

Captive breeding facility or breeding farm.