Cantonese words starting with S

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To skim profits from a deal as an intermediary by deceiving both the buyer and the seller.

sik6 gaap3 gwan3

食夾棍食夹棍

To win as a dealer in case of a tie, as in Pai Gow; figuratively, to forcefully take others' benefits.

Tableware; utensils and vessels used for eating and drinking.

A book, manual, or authoritative guide on food and gastronomy.

sik6 gu2 bat1 faa3

Stubborn and conservative; unable to adapt to change or accept new things.

sik6 guk1 zung2

食穀種食谷种

To have to live off one's savings due to having no income.

Esophagus; gullet.

Pac-Man, the iconic 1980s arcade game.

Eclipse season; a period during which eclipses can occur.

To have eaten something before.

sik6 gwo3 faan2 cam4 mei6

食過返尋味食过返寻味

To want to repeat a positive experience after a successful first try.

sik6 gwo3 je6 zuk1

食過夜粥食过夜粥

To have learned martial arts.

sik6 haai5 mung4

Crab-eating mongoose; a species of mongoose native to East and Southeast Asia.

A restaurant customer or patron.

To etch; to use acid or other chemicals to engrave a design on metal, glass, or other surfaces.

sik6 hoeng1 coeng2

食香腸食香肠

To perform fellatio on a male.

Man-eating; also used figuratively to describe oppressing or exploiting people.

sik6 jan4 m4 loe1 gwat1

食人唔ｌｕｒ骨

To be extremely ruthless, greedy, or cold-blooded, especially in exploiting others.

sik6 jan4 m4 loe1 gwat1

食人唔𦧲骨

To be ruthlessly greedy, squeezing someone dry without leaving them even the slightest benefit.

食人鯊食人鲨

Man-eating shark.

Cannibal; a person who eats human flesh.

sik6 jan4 zek3 geoi1

食人隻車食人只车

To demand exorbitant terms or take someone's most valuable possessions, leaving them with nothing.

Cannibalism; the custom of eating human flesh.

Cannibals; a tribe of people who eat human flesh.

Cooking oil; edible vegetable or animal fat used for preparing food.

To eat; to have a meal.

To have practiced martial arts or kung fu.

sik6 ji1 zyu6 hang4

The basic necessities of life, namely food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.

Table salt; a salty seasoning primarily composed of sodium chloride, typically produced by evaporating seawater.

sik6 jim4 do1 gwo3 nei5 sik6 mai5

食鹽多過你食米食盐多过你食米

To have far more life experience than someone else, typically said to a younger person with a patronizing tone.

sik6 jim4 do1 gwo3 nei5 sik6 mai5, hang4 kiu4 do1 gwo3 nei5 hang4 lou6

食鹽多過你食米，行橋多過你行路食盐多过你食米，行桥多过你行路

Extremely experienced; having seen much more of the world than a younger person.

To smoke a cigarette.

To smoke cigarettes or tobacco.

To break one's promise; to go back on one's word.

sik6 jin4 ji4 fei4

To break one's promise; to go back on one's word.

To take medicine.

sik6 joeng4 coeng2

食洋腸食洋肠

To have sexual relations or date a Western man (particularly a white man), said of a Chinese woman.

Appetite; the desire to eat food.

To eat meat, or to be carnivorous.

sik6 juk6 bat1 zan3

Loss of appetite; inappetence.

sik6 juk6 cam2 pei4

食肉寢皮食肉寝皮

To eat someone's flesh and sleep on their hide; to swear deep revenge on an enemy.

sik6 juk6 ceoi1 gwai3

An idiom describing a place where the cost of living is extremely high.

sik6 juk6 dung6 mat6

食肉動物食肉动物

Carnivore; a flesh-eating animal.

sik6 juk6 leoi6

食肉類食肉类

Carnivorous species; carnivores.

Carnivora; the order of carnivorous mammals.

Edible; to eat or consume as food.

To finish eating.

sik6 jyun5 faan6

食軟飯食软饭

To be supported financially by a female partner; to live off a woman.

A short moment; the time it takes to eat a meal.

Edible mushroom.