Cantonese words starting with S

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si2 fat1 zong6 gwan3

A sheer fluke, stroke of luck, or coincidence.

An ugly or pathetic appearance.

Historian; a person who studies or writes about history.

A lousy plan; a bad idea; a terrible strategy.

Urgently needing to defecate; having a strong urge to poop.

si2 gap1 hoi1 haang1

屎急開坑屎急开坑

To start digging a latrine only when one urgently needs to defecate; to leave things to the very last minute.

Records of the Grand Historian; a monumental history of ancient China written by Sima Qian.

史景遷史景迁

Jonathan D. Spence, British-American historian of China.

To exert physical strength; to do something with great effort.

使高興使高兴

To please, delight, or make happy.

An official historian or scribe in ancient China.

A historical perspective; a systematic or holistic view of history.

屎軍師屎军师

An advisor who gives terrible, useless, or counterproductive advice.

Toilet, latrine, or loo.

si2 haang1 cung4

屎坑蟲屎坑虫

Maggots or worms that live in latrines; muckworms.

si2 haang1 gai2

屎坑計屎坑计

A bad, stupid, or lousy idea.

si2 haang1 gung1 maai6 cou2 zi2

屎坑公賣草紙屎坑公卖草纸

To appeal to one's conscience, or to act according to one's conscience.

si2 haang1 gwaan1 dou1

屎坑關刀屎坑关刀

A two-part pun (xiehouyu) meaning a person is completely useless, lacking both academic and athletic abilities.

si2 haang1 kiu2

屎坑橋屎坑桥

A bad plan, poor strategy, or useless trick.

To piss off or get lost; an expression used to angrily dismiss someone.

屎殼郎屎壳郎

Historiography, history as an academic discipline, or the scholarly study of history.

史學家史学家

Historian; a person who studies or writes about history.

si2 jan4 seon3 fuk6

Convincing; persuasive; winning the trust or belief of others.

To put someone or an animal to work; to employ as a servant or a beast of burden.

Driven by; caused by; due to.

Ugly or terrible looking.

To use, employ, or apply a tool, object, or method to achieve a purpose.

si2 jung6 fong1 bin6

Convenient to use; user-friendly.

si2 jung6 gaa3 zik6

使用價值使用价值

Use value; the utility or practical usefulness of a commodity.

si2 jung6 kyun4

使用權使用权

Usage rights; the right to use something.

si2 jung6 loeng6

Volume of use; the amount or quantity of something used.

si2 jung6 sau2 caak3

使用手冊使用手册

User manual or handbook.

si2 jung6 tiu4 fun2

使用條款使用条款

Terms of use; terms of service

User; a person who uses something.

A bad, stupid, or unreliable idea; an unwise method.

An impractical, useless, or unworkable plan, scheme, or idea.

si2 lam4 niu6 laai6

屎淋尿瀨屎淋尿濑

Extremely scared; terrified to the point of nearly losing bowel or bladder control.

Historical data or materials used for historical research.

Maid; a female domestic servant.

Smith, the English surname.

si2 mou4 cin4 lai6

史無前例史无前例

Unprecedented; having never happened before in history.

si2 mut3 dak6 loi4

史沫特萊史沫特莱

Agnes Smedley (1892-1950), a US journalist and activist who reported on China, especially the communist side.

Maidservant or female servant.

si2 ngaa5 san1 gaak3

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-born American bodybuilder, actor, and politician.

si2 ngaa5 zai3 laan4

史瓦濟蘭史瓦济兰

Swaziland, a landlocked country in Southern Africa now officially named Eswatini.

Anus; a vulgar term for the opening of the rectum.

si2 ngaan5 cong4 duk6

To hide drugs in one's anus.

si2 ngaan5 sik1

To give someone a meaningful look, signal with one's eyes, or wink.