Cantonese words starting with S

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Orderly, smooth, and flowing without obstruction.

seon6 lei5 sing4 zoeng1

順理成章顺理成章

Logical, natural, and reasonable; following as a matter of course.

Smooth, successful, and without any difficulties or obstacles.

On the way, or describing a route that is direct and convenient.

Submissive, obedient people who do not care about politics and have no complaints against the government.

Pleasing to the eye; pleasant to look at.

seon6 ngo5 ze2 coeng1 jik6 ngo5 ze2 mong4

順我者昌逆我者亡顺我者昌逆我者亡

Submit to me and prosper, oppose me and perish.

Shunping County, a county in Baoding, Hebei, China.

seon6 ping4 jyun6

順平縣顺平县

Shunping, a county in Baoding, Hebei Province.

To take advantage of a situation; to do something in passing or conveniently.

seon6 sai3 liu4 faat3

順勢療法顺势疗法

Homeopathy; a system of alternative medicine.

Satisfactory, smooth, and according to one's wishes.

By the way; conveniently; doing something extra while performing another task without much additional effort.

seon6 sau2 hin1 joeng4

順手牽羊顺手牵羊

To steal someone's belongings when they are not looking; to take something without permission.

順手兒顺手儿

Handy; smoothly; conveniently done in passing.

With the current; downriver or downstream.

seon6 seoi2 jan4 cing4

順水人情顺水人情

A convenient favor that is easy to do because it fits in with one's existing plans.

seon6 seoi2 teoi1 syun4

順水推船顺水推船

To go with the flow, make use of an opportunity, or take advantage of a situation to get things done.

seon6 seoi2 teoi1 zau1

順水推舟顺水推舟

To push the boat with the current; to take advantage of an existing situation to achieve one's goal.

Smoothly; going well or as one wishes.

順時針顺时针

Clockwise; in the direction of the rotation of the hands of a clock.

Cis-; having certain atoms or radicals on the same side of a molecule.

Agreeable, comfortable, or pleasing.

Shuncheng, a district in Fushun, Liaoning.

seon6 sing4 keoi1

順城區顺城区

Shuncheng, a district of Fushun City in Liaoning.

Easygoing, complying, or agreeable; not resisting and going along with others' wishes.

Smoothly; without any hitch or difficulty.

seon6 tang4 mo2 gwaa1

順藤摸瓜顺藤摸瓜

To trace a clue to get to the heart of a matter; to follow a trail to find the culprit.

Rank or order of succession.

Gentle, mild, or peaceable.

To read or flow smoothly when spoken, or to suit someone's taste.

seon6 zeoi2 ji4

順嘴兒顺嘴儿

To read smoothly or to suit one's taste.

In sequence; arranged in a specific, logical, or chronological order.

Chronological narration; telling a story in the order in which events happened.

seon6 zeoi6 sou3

順序數顺序数

Ordinal number.

The reign name of the Shunzhi Emperor, the second emperor of the Qing dynasty.

順治帝顺治帝

The Shunzhi Emperor, second emperor of the Qing dynasty.

To follow; along.

To follow; to go along with.

To pity, sympathize, or feel anxiety for someone; to compensate or provide relief.

To entice, lure, or beguile with false stories.

A latch, bolt, or bar used to keep doors or windows securely closed from one side without requiring a key.

The eleventh of the Earthly Branches, or the eleventh Chinese double-hour from 7 PM to 9 PM.

Cricket; a chirping insect.

A shirt or blouse.

To beat or throw down; also to toughen oneself up through hardship.

To fall down; to trip and fall.

To fall down, or to throw someone to the ground.

To set or style hair; to shape and hold a hairstyle.

To trip and fall, or to wrestle.