Cantonese words starting with S

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屍骨未寒尸骨未寒

si1 gwat1 mei6 hon4the corpse is still not cold yet, it means the person just passed away not long ago

si1 gwo3to reflect on one's past errors

si1 gwong1(textiles) mercerized cotton

絲光椋鳥丝光椋鸟

si1 gwong1 loeng4 niu5(bird species of China) red-billed starling (Spodiopsar sericeus)

si1 haa6in private

si1 haai4corpse

si1 haam3to shout

si1 haau1to yell

si1 haau2(verb) Think

si1 haau2 dak6Scott (name)

si1 haau6(verb) private schools

斯克里亞賓斯克里亚宾

si1 hak1 lei5 aa3 ban1Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Russian composer and pianist

si1 ham1Cockles

斯堪的納維亞斯堪的纳维亚

si1 ham1 dik1 naap6 wai4 aa3Scandinavia

si1 hang4to put in place; to take effect

si1 hang4to travel on private business; to inspect incognito

si1 hing1senior male fellow student or apprentice

師兄弟师兄弟

si1 hing1 dai6male fellow disciples; fellow apprentices

si1 hoeng1to be homesick

思鄉病思乡病

si1 hoeng1 beng6homesickness

si1 hoi1verb; to tear open

si1 hou4the slightest amount or degree

絲毫不差丝毫不差

si1 hou4 bat1 caa1accurate to perfection (idiom)

si1 hung1the highest ranking official responsible for irrigation and construction works in ancient East Asia (China and Korea)

司空見慣司空见惯

si1 hung1 gin3 gwaan3a common occurrence (idiom)

si1 jan1to confer a favor on sb

施恩莫望報施恩莫望报

si1 jan1 mok6 mong6 bou3'virtue is its own reward'

si1 jan2privacy

si1 jan4private; interpersonal; a member of one's clique

私人鑰匙私人钥匙

si1 jan4 joek6 si4private key (in encryption)

si1 jan4 sing2a special favor; a personal favor [colloquial]

私人醒人嘅

si1 jan4 sing2 jan4 ge3just because it's you only; especially for you [colloquial]

si1 jau5friend from whom you can seek advice

si1 jau5private

私有財產私有财产

si1 jau5 coi4 caan2(noun) private owned property

si1 jau5 faa3privatization

si1 jau5 zai3private ownership of property

si1 je4(n.) (COLLOQUIAL) a paralegal.

si1 ji4(noun) a master of ceremonies (MC ; commère; an official host of an event; a toastmaster

si1 ji4(verb) to suspect; to doubt; (noun) doubt; suspicion

師夷長技以制夷师夷长技以制夷

si1 ji4 coeng4 gei6 ji5 zai3 ji4"learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源[Wei4 Yuan2]

si1 ji5to imagine; to comprehend (usu. used in the negative, as in 不可思議|不可思议[bu4 ke3 si1 yi4] "inconceivable")

si1 jing4privately-owned

私營企業私营企业

si1 jing4 kei5 jip6private business

si1 joek6pharmacist

si1 joek6a poem goes:

si1 joek6 sau6 joek6sado-masochism

si1 joeng6to brew alcoholic drinks illegally

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