Cantonese words starting with S

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si1 ngaa5 hei1 lei5Swahili
斯瓦希里语
si1 ngaa5 hei1 lei5 jyu5Swahili (language)
si1 ngaa5 san1 gaak3Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
si1 ngaau5to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)
si1 nim6to think of; to miss
si1 nim6selfish motives
si1 noi6 am1Shi Nai'an (1296-1371), author of Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4]
斯诺
si1 nok6Snow (name)
斯诺登
si1 nok6 dang1Edward Snowden (1983-), American surveillance program whistleblower
斯诺克
si1 nok6 hak1(loanword) snooker
si1 nong4one's own pocket
斯柯达
si1 o1 daat6Škoda, Czech Republic car manufacturer, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group
丝氨酸
si1 on1 syun1serine (Ser), an amino acid
丝柏
si1 paak3cypress
si1 paak3 si1 gei1Spassky (name)
斯皮尔伯格
si1 pei4 ji5 baak3 gaak3Steven Spielberg (1946-), US film director
si1 pin1selfish preference
诗篇
si1 pin1a poem; fig. epic (compared with historical epic)
si1 piu3lit. to tear the ticket
si1 po3to tear
撕破脸
si1 po3 lim5to have an acrimonious falling-out; to tear into each other
撕破脸皮
si1 po3 lim5 pei4see 撕破臉|撕破脸[si1 po4 lian3]
si1 pou2 dak6 nei4 hak1Sputnik, Soviet artificial Earth satellite
斯普拉特利群岛
si1 pou2 laai1 dak6 lei6 kwan4 dou2Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam
斯普林菲尔德
si1 pou2 lam4 fei1 ji5 dak1Springfield
si1 pou2 lei6 dak6Split (city in Croatia)
斯佩耳特小麦
si1 pui3 ji5 dak6 siu2 mak6spelt (Triticum spelta) (loanword)
si1 pui3 lam4Spelling (e.g. Spelling Entertainment Group)
斯佩罗
si1 pui3 lo4Spero (surname)
丝盘虫
si1 pun4 cung4Trichoplax adhaerens (biology)
厮杀
si1 saat3to fight at close quarters; to fight tooth and nail
si1 sai2baptize
施洗约翰
si1 sai2 joek3 hon6John the Baptist
施洗者约翰
si1 sai2 ze2 joek3 hon6John the Baptist
si1 sam1selfishness
狮心王理查
si1 sam1 wong4 lei5 caa4Richard the Lionheart (1157-1199), King Richard I of England 1189-1199
尸身
si1 san1Corpse
狮身人面像
si1 san1 jan4 min6 zoeng6sphinx
师生
si1 sang1teachers and students
si1 sang1 wut6Private life
si1 sang1 zi2illegitimate son
si1 sang1 zi2 neoi5illegitimate child
尸首
si1 sau2dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like 屍首分離|尸首分离[shi1 shou5 fen1 li2] or 屍首異處|尸首异处[shi1 shou5 yi4 chu4], decapitation is implied.)
厮守
si1 sau2to stay together; to rely on one another
si1 sau4personal grudge
si1 sau6see 私賣|私卖[si1 mai4]
司售人员
si1 sau6 jan4 jyun4bus crew
施舍
si1 se2to give in charity
si1 seoi3to tear to shreds
思绪
si1 seoi5train of thought; mood

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