Cantonese words starting with S

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Slightly; a little bit.

In a while; later on; after a short period of time.

Slightly, a little, or a bit.

saau2 seon3 jat1 cau4

稍遜一籌稍逊一筹

To be slightly inferior or a cut below.

Slightly; a little bit; somewhat.

To take away without notifying the owner, to steal; or to eat.

Pig swill or hogwash; food for pigs.

Sentry; sentinel; a soldier responsible for guarding and monitoring an area.

Buck teeth; protruding upper front teeth or an overbite.

saau3 ngaa4 sou1

哨牙蘇哨牙苏

A nickname for someone with protruding teeth or buckteeth.

Swill; kitchen waste used as pig feed, or the leftover water from washing rice.

A whistle; an instrument used to make a sharp, high-pitched sound.

Sibilant hiss, or a sound made by sucking air through the teeth to indicate hesitation, thinking, or pain.

Rhinoceros; sharp, well-trained, or strong.

A sifter or sieve.

Madder; a perennial climbing plant with a yellow-red root used as a red dye and for medicine.

West; the direction where the sun sets.

West Asia; the western part of Asia.

Western Europe, including countries such as the United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands.

sai1 baak3 lei6 aa3

西伯利亞西伯利亚

Siberia; a vast region of northern Asia, spanning from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.

sai1 baan1 ngaa4

Spain; a country on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, with Madrid as its capital.

sai1 baan1 ngaa4 cong1 jing4

西班牙蒼蠅西班牙苍蝇

Spanish fly; an aphrodisiac containing cantharidin, extracted from a type of blister beetle.

sai1 baan1 ngaa4 gong2

Port of Spain, the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago.

sai1 baan1 ngaa4 man4

The Spanish language.

Northwest; the direction between north and west.

sai1 bak1 dei6 keoi1

西北地區西北地区

Northwest Territories, a federal territory of Canada.

sai1 bak1 fung1

西北風西北风

Northwest wind; by extension, nothing to eat.

Western-style cakes or pastries.

The west side, western part, or to the west of something.

sai1 bou3 long5

West Bromwich Albion Football Club.

The western part of a place, or the American Old West in specific contexts.

Western Hemisphere; the half of the Earth west of the prime meridian up to 180 degrees longitude.

Western food or Western-style meals.

sai1 caan1 fong2

A western food restaurant

To set in the west; used to describe the sun or moon descending toward the western horizon.

West-facing, especially of buildings that receive direct, intense sunlight in the late afternoon.

西斜熱西斜热

Heat radiating from late afternoon sunlight coming through a west-facing window.

sai1 ciu4 saan1

Xiqiao Mountain, a scenic mountain located in Foshan, Guangdong, China.

Western cuisine or Western food.

West Germany; the Federal Republic of Germany before its reunification with East Germany in 1990.

Western-style pastry; baked goods like cakes, tarts, and pies.

A Western customer, used particularly in taxi driver jargon.

Hong Kong-style French toast.

To westernize; to adopt Western cultural, social, or culinary practices.

犀飛利犀飞利

Terrific, great, or amazing.

The west, or the Western world.

sai1 fong1 gwok3 gaa1

西方國家西方国家

Western countries

sai1 fong1 jan4

Westerner, typically referring to a Caucasian person.