Cantonese words starting with S

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司法权
si1 faat3 kyun4jurisdiction
si1 faat3 zai3 dou6judicial system
si1 fan1 hak1 si1Sphinx (Egyptian mythical beast)
si1 fan1 hak1 si1sphinx (myth.) (loanword)
私愤
si1 fan5personal spite
si1 fei4to apply fertilizer
si1 fo1Cisco Systems Company
si1 fo1 pou2 lei5Skopje, capital of North Macedonia
si1 fo2private collection (spoken)
私货
si1 fo3(noun) smuggled goods; contrabands; illegally importing item
私访
si1 fong2Private visit
si1 fong3to fire; to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc)
si1 fong4privately-owned house; private ownings
私房钱
si1 fong4 cin2secret purse
师傅
si1 fu2master; respectful form of address for older men
师父
si1 fu2used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan); qualified worker
狮虎兽
si1 fu2 sau3liger, hybrid cross between a male lion and a tigress
师父领进门,修行在个人
si1 fu6 ling5 zeon3 mun4 ,sau1 hang6 zoi6 go3 jan4the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you
斯福尔瓦尔
si1 fuk1 ji5 ngaa5 ji5Svolvær (city in Nordland, Norway)
si1 gaa1to exert (effort or pressure)
si1 gaa1private
私家车
si1 gaa1 ce1private car
私家医院
si1 gaa1 ji1 jyun2Private hospitals
私家医生
si1 gaa1 ji1 sang1Private doctors
私家侦探
si1 gaa1 zing1 taam3Private detective
si1 gaau1Personal friendship
si1 gaau3teaching
丝巾
si1 gan1headscarf; silk neckband
司机
si1 gei1chauffeur; driver
si1 gei2(noun) secret pocket money, often a wife's money kept for her own expenditure; a secret stash of money
私己钱
si1 gei2 cin2(noun) secret pocket money
诗句
si1 geoi3verse
尸检
si1 gim2autopsy
诗经
si1 ging1Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
诗歌
si1 go1(noun) Hymn
si1 go1 dak6Scott (name)
尸僵
si1 goeng1rigor mortis
si1 gok3 dak6Scott (name)
調思觉失调
si1 gok3 sat1 tiu4psychosis
稿诗稿
si1 gou2verse manuscript
师姑
si1 gu1(noun) a (Buddhist) nun
尿师姑尿
si1 gu1 niu6noun; literally, Buddhist nun urine, which means tasteless
师古
si1 gu2following the ways of old
师公
si1 gung1the teacher of one's teacher; the father of one's teacher
si1 gung1construction
施工单位
si1 gung1 daan1 wai2unit in charge of construction
丝瓜
si1 gwaa1luffa; loofah; sponge gourd
丝瓜络
si1 gwaa1 lok2Loofah
丝瓜刨
si1 gwaa1 paau2a vegetable peeler
尸骨
si1 gwat1skeleton of the dead

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