Cantonese words starting with S
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三穗縣三穗县
saam1 seoi6 jyun6Sansui, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治...
三思而行
saam1 si1 ji4 hang4think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through...
三色堇
saam1 sik1 gan2pansy
三色貓三色猫
saam1 sik1 maau1calico cat
三色紫羅蘭三色紫罗兰
saam1 sik1 zi2 lo4 laan4pansy
三鮮三鲜
saam1 sin1three fresh ingredients (in cooking)
三星
saam1 sing1Samsung (South Korean electronics company)
三星鄉三星乡
saam1 sing1 hoeng1Sanxing or Sanhsing Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 Xian4], Taiwan
三星集團三星集团
saam1 sing1 zaap6 tyun4Samsung Group
三成熟
saam1 sing4 suk6medium-rare (for a steak) [written and colloquial]
三硝基甲苯
saam1 siu1 gei1 gaap3 bun2trinitrotoluene (TNT)
三廂三厢
saam1 soeng1sedan (automobile body type)
三相
saam1 soeng3Triphase
三相點三相点
saam1 soeng3 dim2triple point (thermodynamics)
三索
saam1 sok3Three bamboo (one of the tiles in Mahjong game)
三索錦蛇三索锦蛇
saam1 sok3 gam2 se4copperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake
三索線三索线
saam1 sok3 sin3radiated ratsnake (snake)
三蘇三苏
saam1 sou1the Three Su's (famous Song dynasty writers Su Xun 蘇洵|苏洵[Su1 Xun2] and his so...
三酸甘油酯
saam1 syun1 gam1 jau4 zi2triglyceride
三Ｔ三T
saam1 ＴTriple trio.Horse racing terms, precise predicting top three in three game in...
三碳糖
saam1 taan3 tong4triose (CH2O)3, monosaccharide with three carbon atoms, such as glyceraldehyd...
三體三体
saam1 tai2trisomy
三體問題三体问题
saam1 tai2 man6 tai4three-body problem (mechanics)
三屜桌三屉桌
saam1 tai3 coek3three-drawer desk (traditional Chinese piece of furniture)
三頭肌三头肌
saam1 tau4 gei1triceps muscle
三頭六臂三头六臂
saam1 tau4 luk6 bei3lit. (having) three heads and six arms (idiom)
三退
saam1 teoi3withdrawal from the Communist Party, the Communist Youth League, and the Youn...
三天不打，上房揭瓦
saam1 tin1 bat1 daa2 ，soeng6 fong4 kit3 ngaa5three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tile...
三天打魚，兩天曬網三天打鱼，两天晒网
saam1 tin1 daa2 jyu4 ，loeng5 tin1 saai3 mong5lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb); to d...
三天兩頭三天两头
saam1 tin1 loeng5 tau4lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day
三田
saam1 tin4Mita, Sanda, Mitsuda etc (Japanese surname or place name)
三條三条
saam1 tiu4three sticks or stripes of
三台
saam1 toi4see 三台縣|三台县[San1 tai2 Xian4]
三台縣三台县
saam1 toi4 jyun6Santai, a county in Mianyang City 綿陽市|绵阳市[Mian2 yang2 Shi4], Sichuan
三通
saam1 tung1T-joint; T-pipe
三劃三画
saam1 waak6three strokes (in a Chinese character) [written and colloquial]; a police ser...
三灣三湾
saam1 waan1Sanwan township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
三灣鄉三湾乡
saam1 waan1 hoeng1Sanwan township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
三位博士
saam1 wai2 bok3 si6the Magi
三圍三围
saam1 wai4BWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust 胸圍|胸围[xiong1 wei2],...
三維三维
saam1 wai4three-dimensional
三維電影三维电影
saam1 wai4 din6 jing23D movie
三維空間三维空间
saam1 wai4 hung1 gaan1three-dimensional space
三位一體三位一体
saam1 wai6 jat1 tai2Holy Trinity
三溫暖三温暖
saam1 wan1 nyun5sauna (loanword) (Tw)
三魂
saam1 wan4three immortal souls in Daoism, representing spirit and intellect
三魂七魄
saam1 wan4 cat1 paak3three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spirit...
三和弦
saam1 wo4 jin4(music) triad; three-note chord
三皇
saam1 wong4the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren 燧人[Sui4 ren...
三皇五帝
saam1 wong4 ng5 dai3three sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] and five emperors 五帝[wu3 di4] of myth and le...
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