Cantonese words starting with S

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適得其所适得其所

sik1 dak1 kei4 so2exactly what one would wish

sik1 dak1 nei4Sidney or Sydney (name)

sik1 dang1turn out the lights

sik1 deng1stud (for decorating clothing, shoes, belts etc)

識啲唔識啲识啲唔识啲

sik1 di1 m4 sik1 di1do not know something thoroughly

sik1 din2Buddhist doctrine

識多才廣识多才广

sik1 do1 coi4 gwong2knowledgeable and versatile

sik1 dong3suitable; appropriate

sik1 dou6saturation (color theory)

sik1 dou6knowledge and experience

sik1 dou6moderately

識ｄｏ识ｄｏ

sik1 du1'Smart - knows what to do' (usually said in a complimentary way to describe someone who knows how to behave appropriately in a certain situation or is very skilful in handling tricky circumstances); to be tactful; to be suave; to know the right way to proceed [colloquial]

sik1 duk6to read and interpret ancient texts

sik1 fan1of marriageable age

適婚期适婚期

sik1 fan1 kei4age range suitable for getting married

sik1 fo2(of fire, lamp etc) to go out; (fig.) to die down

sik1 fo3(adjective) Someone has taste or is knowledgeable of a product

sik1 fong1wallowing in lust

sik1 fong3to release; to liberate (a prisoner)

釋放出獄释放出狱

sik1 fong3 ceot1 juk6to release from jail

sik1 fu5daughter-in-law

媳婦兒媳妇儿

sik1 fu5 ji4erhua form of 媳婦|媳妇[xi2 fu4]

媳婦熬成婆媳妇熬成婆

sik1 fu5 ngaau4 sing4 po4lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom); what goes around comes around

sik1 fuk1to appreciate one's good fortune

sik1 fung1see 息烽縣|息烽县[Xi1 feng1 Xian4]

息烽縣息烽县

sik1 fung1 jyun6Xifeng, a county in Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 Shi4], Guizhou

sik1 fung4to just happen to coincide with

適逢其會适逢其会

sik1 fung4 kei4 wui6(idiom) to happen to be in the right place at the right time

sik1 gaa1Shakya, an ethnicity and clan of the northeast of South Asia to which the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) belonged

釋迦佛释迦佛

sik1 gaa1 fat6Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)

釋迦牟尼释迦牟尼

sik1 gaa1 mau4 nei4Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)

釋迦牟尼佛释迦牟尼佛

sik1 gaa1 mau4 nei4 fat6Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)

sik1 gaak3to be qualified (to bring a complaint, lawsuit etc) (law)

sik1 gaan1just now; just a moment ago

sik1 gaau3Buddhism

sik1 gan1kerchief as head ornament

sik1 gei1(verb) (of computers, cellphones) switch off; turn off

sik1 gin1(literary) to put down one's burden; to stay (at an inn etc)

sik1 gin3knowledge and experience

sik1 gin6chroma key; greenscreen (video editing)

sik1 ging1It is a great honor to meet you.

sik1 ging1exegesis

識荊恨晚识荆恨晚

sik1 ging1 han6 maan5It is a great honor to meet you and I regret it is not sooner

sik1 gong2to know how to speak

sik1 gwai2lecher

sik1 gwai6a display cabinet

sik1 gwong1colored light

sik1 gyun2to stop reading

sik1 hap6(adjective) Suitable

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