Cantonese words starting with S

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山坟
saan1 fan4grave on the hillside
saan1 fo2wildfire
闩火
saan1 fo2to turn off the stove
山货
saan1 fo3products which come from mountains
saan1 fung1Mountain peaks
saan1 fung1(mountain) peak
栅格
saan1 gaak3grid; raster
删减
saan1 gaam2to abridge (a text); to cut back (a budget, a curriculum)
删简压缩
saan1 gaan2 aat3 suk1to simplify and condense (a text)
山涧
saan1 gaan3mountain stream
山鸡
saan1 gai1Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
山鸡舞镜
saan1 gai1 mou5 geng3self appreciation
栅极
saan1 gik6grid (in vacuum tubes)
saan1 go1folk song
saan1 go1 lo1recess in mountains
山脚
saan1 goek3foot of a mountain
saan1 goeng1(zoology) Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi); Chinese muntjac
删改
saan1 goi2Delete and change
山冈
saan1 gong1mound
山岗
saan1 gong1noun; hill hump
saan1 gou1 hoi2 sam1high as the mountain and deep as the sea (idiom); fig. infinite bounty
山高水长
saan1 gou1 seoi2 coeng4high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching
saan1 gou1 seoi2 dai1unfortunate events
山高水险
saan1 gou1 seoi2 him2lit. the mountains are high and the torrents swift
山高皇帝远
saan1 gou1 wong4 dai3 jyun5literally, the mountain is high, emperor far away, he cannot control. nowaday...
saan1 guk1valley
saan1 guk1 si5The Valley, capital of Anguilla (a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean)
saan1 haang1stream; gorge; mountain pothole
saan1 haang1 seoi2noun; water from mountain or valley streams
山峡
saan1 haap6gorge; mountain valley
saan1 hang4mountain hike
saan1 hat6 tou4hickory
saan1 hau2Yamaguchi (Japanese surname and place name)
saan1 hau2 joeng4Singkawang city (Kalimantan, Indonesia)
山口县
saan1 hau2 jyun6Yamaguchi prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]
闩后门
saan1 hau6 mun4to close the back door
删去
saan1 heoi3to delete
saan1 ho4mountains and rivers
山乡
saan1 hoeng1mountain area
山海经
saan1 hoi2 ging1Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wid...
山海关
saan1 hoi2 gwaan1Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall
山海关区
saan1 hoi2 gwaan1 keoi1Shanhaiguan, a district of Qinhuangdao City 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 Shi4],...
saan1 hung4deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or sno...
山洪暴发
saan1 hung4 bou6 faat3Flash floods; Mountain torrents
山阴
saan1 jam1see 山陰縣|山阴县[Shan1 yin1 Xian4]
山阴县
saan1 jam1 jyun6Shanyin, a county in Shuozhou City 朔州市[Shuo4 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi
saan1 jan4People who live in the mountain area
山人自有妙计
saan1 jan4 zi6 jau5 miu6 gai3don't worry, one will always be able to come up with an ingenious solution [w...
saan1 jau1hill
saan1 jau6the west side of a mountain

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