Cantonese words starting with S

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視乎情況而定视乎情况而定

si6 fu4 cing4 fong3 ji4 ding6depending on the circumstances [written and colloquial]

si6 fuk1please answer (epistolary style)

si6 fung6to serve

si6 fung6to wait upon; to attend to sb's needs

si6 gaa3leave of absence for a personal matter

si6 gaai3event horizon

si6 gaai3field of vision

事急馬行田事急马行田

si6 gap1 maa5 haang4 tin4a Cantonese idiom which describes someone who is flexible enough to adapt to the circumstances of an emergency situation

si6 gau1 daan6 daan6what fucking ever [colloquial]

是狗彈彈是狗弹弹

si6 gau2 daan2 daan2whatever; anything will do; up to you, I don't care; anything goes [colloquial]

si6 gau2 daan3 daan3whatever; anything will do; up to you, I don't care; anything goes [colloquial]

si6 gei1confidential aspects of a matter; key moment for action

si6 gin2incident; event

事件相關電位事件相关电位

si6 gin2 soeng1 gwaan1 din6 wai2(neuroscience) event-related potential

si6 ging2to warn

si6 gok3sight; visual

si6 gok3angle from which one observes an object; (cinematography) camera angle; (photography) angle of view

si6 gon1used in the sentence "Why are you looking for me?

si6 gon3matter (as in "What's the matter?")

si6 gu3accident

si6 gu3therefore; consequently

si6 gu3 ziu3 se6accidental exposure

si6 gun1warrant officer; noncommissioned officer (NCO)

si6 gwaan1to concern; about; to have importance for

事過境遷事过境迁

si6 gwo3 ging2 cin1The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom).

si6 hau6after the event; in retrospect

si6 hau6to serve

事後聰明事后聪明

si6 hau6 cung1 ming4wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it

事後孔明事后孔明

si6 hau6 hung2 ming4hindsight

事後諸葛亮事后诸葛亮

si6 hau6 zyu1 got3 loeng6person who is wise after the event

是可忍，孰不可忍

si6 ho2 jan2 ，suk6 bat1 ho2 jan2if this can be tolerated, what cannot? (idiom)

si6 hong6matter

si6 hou2to express goodwill

si6 jan1to show kindness

si6 jan4scholar

si6 jat6of the day

是日例湯是日例汤

si6 jat6 lai6 tong1soup of the day

si6 jau4main content; work; cause; subject (of business letter)

si6 jau4soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas)

si6 jau4 dip6Soya sauce plates

si6 jau4 gaai1Soy Street, a street in Hong Kong

豉油雞豉油鸡

si6 jau4 gai1soy sauce chicken

豉油撈飯豉油捞饭

si6 jau4 lou1 faan6Soya sauce on rice

si6 je5(noun) Vision

示意圖示意图

si6 ji3 tou4sketch; graph

si6 ji4one's employment; matter that needs to be settled; trying; erhua variant of 事[shi4]

視而不見视而不见

si6 ji4 bat1 gin3(idiom) to turn a blind eye to; to ignore

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