Cantonese words starting with S

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sin1 tin1 bat1 zuk1to suffer from a congenital deficiency; to have an inherent weakness

先天下之憂而憂，後天下之樂而樂先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐

sin1 tin1 haa6 zi1 jau1 ji4 jau1 ，hau6 tin1 haa6 zi1 lok6 ji4 lok6to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4 yang2 Lou2 Ji4] by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1])

sin1 tin1 jyu4 jing4(old) Down syndrome; trisomy 21

sin1 tin1 sing3congenital; intrinsic; innate

先天性缺陷

sin1 tin1 sing3 kyut3 haam6birth defect

sin1 toi4Sendai, city in northeast Japan

sin1 toi4Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture 宮城縣|宫城县[Gong1 cheng2 xian4] in northeast Japan

sin1 toi4 si5Sendai, A place in Japan

sin1 tou4Xiantao sub-prefecture level city in Hubei

sin1 tou4 si5Xiantao sub-prefecture level city in Hubei

sin1 wong4former sovereigns

sin1 wong4emperor of a former dynasty

sin1 wong4 zi1 dou6the way of former kings

先王之樂先王之乐

sin1 wong4 zi1 ngok6the music of former kings

sin1 wong4 zi1 zing3the rule of former kings

sin1 wong4 zo6Cepheus (constellation)

sin1 wut6vivid; lively

鮮活貨物鲜活货物

sin1 wut6 fo3 mat6live cargo

先斬後奏先斩后奏

sin1 zaam2 hau6 zau3lit. first execute the criminal, then report it to the emperor (idiom)

sin1 zeon3sophisticated; advanced (technology etc)

先進武器先进武器

sin1 zeon3 mou5 hei3advanced weapon

先進水平先进水平

sin1 zeon3 seoi2 ping4advanced level

先進集體先进集体

sin1 zeon3 zaap6 tai2(official accolade) pace-setting team; exemplary group

sin1 zi1(verb) Aware

sin1 zi1 juk6 sik1heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady

先知先覺先知先觉

sin1 zi1 sin1 gok3having foresight

sin1 zi3(adv.) only then; not until; only after; then

sin1 zit3the wise and learned individuals of the past

sin1 zou2(literary) my deceased grandfather

鮮竹卷鲜竹卷

sin1 zuk1 gyun2bean curd roll stuffed with fillings such as pork, Chinese mushroom and bamboo shoots, a type of Cantonese dim sum dish

sin2conflagration; wild fires

sin2to hunt in autumn (archaic); to capture with a fine net

sin2moss; moss on damp walls

sin2to slip or slide

sin2shining metal; milling; cast iron; a mill

sin2 cong4milling machine

sin2 gin3rarely seen; seldomly seen

sin2 gung1milling (machining)

跣一鑊跣一镬

sin2 jat1 wok6to set someone up; to trick someone [colloquial]

sin2 jau5seldom have; rare; not often to be had; few

sin2 sing1 hoi2Xian Xinghai (1905-1945), violinist and composer, known for patriotic wartime pieces, including Yellow River Oratorio 黃河大合唱|黄河大合唱[Huang2 He2 Da4 he2 chang4]

sin2 tit3cast iron

鮮為人知鲜为人知

sin2 wai4 jan4 zi1rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown

sin2 zau2(dialect) pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips

sin2 zuk1to go bare foot

sin3to slip; to slide [colloquial]

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