Cantonese words starting with S

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sik6 si2 zi6 mung2 zo2

食屎食懵咗

To have gone crazy or done something extremely foolish.

An eatery or restaurant; any establishment that prepares and sells food to customers.

Food and sex; basic human desires and appetites.

sik6 sik1 sing3 jaa5

Appetite and lust are fundamental human nature.

To have a late-night snack or supper.

sik6 siu2 daam6 do1 gaau3 fan3

食少啖多覺瞓食少啖多觉瞓

Some risks are not worth taking; it is better to avoid shady activities and have peace of mind.

Board and lodging; food and accommodation, often as part of employment or travel arrangements.

sik6 syut3 gou1

To perform a blowjob; to stimulate a penis with the mouth.

To perform cunnilingus; literally, to eat tart.

To have afternoon tea or a light afternoon snack.

sik6 to1 haai2 faan6

食拖鞋飯食拖鞋饭

To be a man who lives off or sponges off his wife or girlfriend instead of working.

To have sex with local prostitutes.

Canteen; mess hall; a dining hall serving meals to a large number of people within an institution.

To eat sweets or candy.

sik6 tong4 seoi2

To eat sweet dessert soup, or figuratively, to visit a love hotel for sex.

sik6 tou4 ngo6 gik1

食荼臥棘食荼卧棘

To eat bitter herbs and sleep on thorns; to share the hard life of the common people.

sik6 waan4 cyu5

食環署食环署

Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD), the Hong Kong government department responsible for food safety and environmental hygiene.

sik6 wong2 mai5

To be useless and have no talent, wasting the food one consumes.

sik6 wong4 gaa1 faan6

食皇家飯食皇家饭

To be imprisoned or serve time in jail.

To have a winning hand in mahjong, or to take profits on an investment.

To win a hand in mahjong by completing the winning combination of tiles.

To win a hand in mahjong by completing a winning combination.

sik6 wun2 min6 faan2 wun2 dai2

食碗面反碗底

To bite the hand that feeds; to be ungrateful and betray one's benefactor.

sik6 wun2 min6 faan2 wun2 dai2

食碗麵反碗底食碗面反碗底

To bite the hand that feeds you; to return someone's kindness with ingratitude and betrayal.

sik6 wun2 min6 , faan2 wun2 dai2

食碗面，反碗底

To bite the hand that feeds; to return someone's kindness with ingratitude and betrayal.

食詐和食诈和

To declare a false win in mahjong, or figuratively to celebrate a success prematurely.

食詐糊食诈糊

To mistakenly claim a winning hand in mahjong, or by extension, to premature celebrate a false alarm.

To eat a vegetarian diet, or figuratively to abstain from sex.

Grocery or grocery store; also to eat both meat and vegetables, or to eat miscellaneous foods.

To suffer from indigestion from overeating; to feel uncomfortably full.

食滯咗食滞咗

To have indigestion from overeating; to be uncomfortably full.

sik6 zeng2 seoi2

To get married and leave behind a hard life for a settled or comfortable one on land.

sik6 zi1 mou4 mei6, hei3 zi1 bat1 gam1

食之無味，棄之不甘食之无味，弃之不甘

Of little value or interest, but still too good or useful to discard.

sik6 zi1 mou4 mei6 ，hei3 zi1 ho2 sik1

食之無味，棄之可惜食之无味，弃之可惜

Of little value or interest, but still too good to throw away.

Index finger; the second finger from the inside.

To make a pun; to play with words homophonically for rhetorical effect.

To fend for oneself and rely on one's own resources without depending on others.

Security guard; a playful or derogatory nickname.

sik6 zo2 cou2 lung4

食咗草龍食咗草龙

To chirp or twitter all the time like a bird, typically when in a good mood.

sik6 zo2 faan6 mei6 aa1

食咗飯未呀食咗饭未呀

Have you eaten yet? (used as a common greeting)

sik6 zo2 faan6 mei6 aa1

食咗饭未呀

Have you eaten yet? (used as a common friendly greeting instead of "how are you")

sik6 zo2 fo2 joek6

食咗火藥食咗火药

To be furious, livid with rage, or extremely angry.

To have gone crazy, lost one's mind, or acted completely foolishly.

sik6 zo2 syun3 tau4

食咗蒜頭食咗蒜头

To boast, brag, or talk big; literally, to have eaten garlic.

To eat rice porridge; to eat congee.

sik6 zuk1 zi6 faan6

食粥食飯食粥食饭

To make it or break it; a critical moment that determines whether the outcome will be bad or good.

To take a girl's virginity before marriage.

sik6 zyu6 soeng5

To take advantage of a favorable situation to gain further benefits or go a step further.

sik6 zyu6 tiu4 seoi2

食住條水食住条水

To follow a trend; to take advantage of a situation and go with the flow.