Cantonese words starting with S

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食屎食懵咗

sik6 si2 zi6 mung2 zo2to have gone cuckoo

sik6 si3restaurant

sik6 sik1food and sex

sik6 sik1 sing3 jaa5Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).

sik6 siu1 je2to have supper

食少啖多覺瞓食少啖多觉瞓

sik6 siu2 daam6 do1 gaau3 fan3some risks are not worth taking (especially dangerous ; illegit activities), it's better to be able to sleep well at night without feeling guilty

sik6 suk1board and lodging

sik6 syut3 gou1literally: to eat icecream; to perform fellatio [colloquial]

sik6 taat3to perform cunnilingus [colloquial]

sik6 ti1to have tea

食拖鞋飯食拖鞋饭

sik6 to1 haai2 faan6(slang) to describe a man who depends on his girlfriend or wife for living, implying that the man is incompetent

sik6 to4 dei2to make a living from collecting protection money in an area which is under the control of one's gang [colloquial]

sik6 tong4(noun) Cafeteria or canteen

sik6 tong4having sweets or candies (spoken)

sik6 tong4 seoi2to have sweet dessert soup; to go to an hourly hotel for sex

食荼臥棘食荼卧棘

sik6 tou4 ngo6 gik1to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people

食環署食环署

sik6 waan4 cyu5 The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD)

sik6 wong2 mai5a slacker; a way of reprimanding someone as useless

食皇家飯食皇家饭

sik6 wong4 gaa1 faan6to be jailed (slang)

sik6 wu2term used while playing majong where the moment a person manages to get the right combination and win the game

sik6 wu2a term used when someone manage to get the right combination to win a mahjong game

sik6 wu4a term used when someone manages to get the right combination to win a mahjong game

食碗面反碗底

sik6 wun2 min6 faan2 wun2 dai2to stab someone in the back; to describe someone who is ungrateful and betrays those who have helped him

食碗麵反碗底食碗面反碗底

sik6 wun2 min6 faan2 wun2 dai2to return one's kindess with ingratitude and betrayal

食碗面，反碗底

sik6 wun2 min6 , faan2 wun2 dai2to return one's kindess with ingratitude and betrayal

食詐和食诈和

sik6 zaa3 wu2declaring a false win in Mahjong game; to be extremely certain of a sure success, only to proven wrong in the end

食詐糊食诈糊

sik6 zaa3 wu2to announce good news by mistake, often used while playing majong when a person mistakenly thinks that he

sik6 zaai1to be a vegetarian

sik6 zaap6grocery (store); to eat meat

sik6 zai6eaten too much; indigestion (spoken)

食滯咗食滞咗

sik6 zai6 zo2eat too much; to be too full

sik6 zeng2 seoi2(prostitutes) to get married; or women living on boats to get married to someone and live on dry land; to get married to someone of a higher social class and live comfortably

食之無味，棄之不甘食之无味，弃之不甘

sik6 zi1 mou4 mei6, hei3 zi1 bat1 gam1see 食之無味，棄之可惜|食之无味，弃之可惜[shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 , qi4 zhi1 ke3 xi1]

食之無味，棄之可惜食之无味，弃之可惜

sik6 zi1 mou4 mei6 ，hei3 zi1 ho2 sik1lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom)

sik6 zi2index finger

sik6 zi6playing with words; paronomasia; pun

sik6 zi6 gei2on one's own

sik6 ziu1to eat banana; can also be used in a vulgar sense, especially when swearing at someone, implying to perform fellatio or to eat shit

sik6 zo2have eaten

食咗草龍食咗草龙

sik6 zo2 cou2 lung4to chirp or twitter all the time (in a good mood), like a bird

食咗飯未呀食咗饭未呀

sik6 zo2 faan6 mei6 aa1have you eaten yet? (spoken)

食咗饭未呀

sik6 zo2 faan6 mei6 aa1have you eaten yet? (a common way of greeting a friend instead of saying "How are you?" in Canton culture)

食咗火藥食咗火药

sik6 zo2 fo2 joek6angry; hot tempered (spoken)

sik6 zo2 si2to have gone cuckoo

食咗蒜頭食咗蒜头

sik6 zo2 syun3 tau4to be a big mouth; to be boastful [colloquial]

sik6 zuk1to eat rice porridge

食粥食飯食粥食饭

sik6 zuk1 zi6 faan6(literally: whether one eats porridge or rice); whether good or bad; whether success or failure

sik6 zyu1to have sex with a virgin [colloquial]

sik6 zyu6 soeng5seize the opportunity (spoken)

食住條水食住条水

sik6 zyu6 tiu4 seoi2seize the opportunity (spoken)

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