Cantonese words starting with S

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sik6 gaa3price cheating; scalping (trading)

食夾棍食夹棍

sik6 gaap3 gwan3to take a profit from both sides of a deal, often through trickery; to suffer an attack from both sides

sik6 geoi6tableware

sik6 ging1a 'food bible'

sik6 gu2 bat1 faa3to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom)

食穀種食谷种

sik6 guk1 zung2(slang) to live off one's savings when in a desperate situation with no income; to rest on one's laurels

sik6 gun2esophagus; gullet

sik6 gwai2Pac-Man, an arcade game

sik6 gwai3eclipse season

sik6 gwo3have eaten

食過返尋味食过返寻味

sik6 gwo3 faan2 cam4 mei6back for more due to its good value or quality (spoken)

食過夜粥食过夜粥

sik6 gwo3 je6 zuk1to have studied martial arts before; to have some skills (martial art)

sik6 haai5 mung4see 蟹獴[xie4 meng3]

sik6 haak3diner (in a restaurant etc); sponger

sik6 hak1to etch

食香腸食香肠

sik6 hoeng1 coeng2literally: to eat sausage; to perform fellatio [colloquial]

sik6 jan4man-eating (beast); fig. to oppress the people

食人唔ｌｕｒ骨

sik6 jan4 m4 loe1 gwat1to be ruthless ; to be cold-blooded [colloquial]

食人唔𦧲骨

sik6 jan4 m4 loe1 gwat1(to eat someone and not spit out the bones); be ruthless and avaricious

食人鯊食人鲨

sik6 jan4 saa1man-eating shark

sik6 jan4 ze2cannibal [written and colloquial]

食人隻車食人只车

sik6 jan4 zek3 geoi1to reap an excessively large profit from the other party in a deal

sik6 jan4 zuk6cannibalism

sik6 jan4 zuk6the cannibals

sik6 jau4cooking oil

sik6 je6 zuk1practiced kung fu

sik6 ji1 zyu6 hang4see 衣食住行[yi1 shi2 zhu4 xing2]

sik6 jim4edible salt; table salt

食鹽多過你食米食盐多过你食米

sik6 jim4 do1 gwo3 nei5 sik6 mai5one having more experience than another (slang)

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

sik6 jim4 do1 gwo3 nei5 sik6 mai5, hang4 kiu4 do1 gwo3 nei5 hang4 lou6to be more experienced that you [colloquial]

sik6 jin1to smoke (cigarette

sik6 jin1(phrasal verb) to have a smoke; to smoke (a cigarette

sik6 jin4to break one's promise

sik6 jin4 ji4 fei4lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom)

sik6 joek6having medicine (spoken)

食洋腸食洋肠

sik6 joeng4 coeng2describes a non-western girl who goes out with a western guy [colloquial]

sik6 juk6appetite

sik6 juk6carnivorous

sik6 juk6 bat1 zan3inappetence

食肉寢皮食肉寝皮

sik6 juk6 cam2 pei4to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb; to have sb's guts for garters

sik6 juk6 ceoi1 gwai3food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom)

食肉動物食肉动物

sik6 juk6 dung6 mat6carnivore

食肉類食肉类

sik6 juk6 leoi6carnivorous species

sik6 juk6 muk6Carnivora, order of carnivores within Mammalia

sik6 jung6to eat; to consume

sik6 jyun4to finish eating [written and colloquial]

食軟飯食软饭

sik6 jyun5 faan6describes the situation where a man who doesn't work hard in life takes the easy way out by solely relying on a woman to survive (especially in the financial aspect); literally 'to eat soft rice'

sik6 king2a short moment

sik6 kwan2edible mushroom

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