Cantonese words starting with S

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試用期试用期

Probationary period for a new employee, or a free trial period for a product or service.

Si County, in Suzhou, Anhui province, China.

A trial or ordeal that tests a person's ability or character.

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使領官員使领官员

Diplomatic and consular officers, including ambassadors and consuls.

使領館使领馆

Embassies and consulates.

Used at the beginning of a question to introduce a rhetorical question or express skepticism.

To taste food, drinks, or sauces in order to test their flavor.

試味道试味道

To taste food or drink to check its flavor.

A mission, calling, or task that one is committed to carrying out.

A sense of mission, calling, or vocation.

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肆無忌憚肆无忌惮

Unrestrained, reckless, and blatant; acting without any fear or inhibition.

To commit matricide; to kill one's own mother.

An old female domestic helper or maid.

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嗜殺成性嗜杀成性

Bloodthirsty; habitually murderous or prone to killing.

To try on clothes to see if they fit and look good.

試身室试身室

Fitting room; a changing room in a clothing store.

To try out one's skills; to make a tentative move or test-run.

試手兒试手儿

To try one's hand at something; to test one's skills.

To test-fire a weapon, missile, or rocket.

Si River, a river in Shandong province.

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泗水縣泗水县

Sishui County, in Jining, Shandong Province.

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Hypersomnia; a neurological disorder characterized by excessive sleepiness.

試試看试试看

To give it a try; to have a go.

To taste food; to sample food before buying or serving.

To test drive, test ride, or take a trial run of a vehicle.

Trial sale; to sell a product on a trial basis to test the market.

To consider a point; to think about it or imagine.

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Eosinophil granulocyte, a type of white blood cell.

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嗜酸性粒細胞嗜酸性粒细胞

Eosinophil; a type of disease-fighting white blood cell.

試算表试算表

Spreadsheet, or a trial balance used in accounting.

To probe, sound out, or test someone in order to gauge their reaction and gather information.

Examination or test question.

To audition or preview by listening.

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試聽帶试听带

Demo recording; a demonstration tape or track used to showcase music.

Apostle; a messenger or missionary, especially one of the original disciples of Jesus Christ.

To attempt or try to do something.

Diplomatic mission.

Reagent; a substance or mixture used in chemical analysis or other reactions.

To trial-produce a new product, or the trial product itself.

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To love wine as one's life; extremely fond of drinking.

An emissary, envoy, or messenger representing a country or organization.

Tidy, decent, and well-kept; also used to describe a good-looking or neat appearance.

Envoy or ambassador; a diplomatic official sent on a foreign mission.

To try to do something.

To attempt; to make a trial version or prototype.

To train or evaluate a novice prostitute on how to receive clients.

To plant experimentally; test planting.

A hen roost; a shelter or coop for poultry.

Time, era, period, or season.

Dill (Anethum graveolens); an aromatic herb.