Cantonese words starting with S

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攝牙罅摄牙罅

sip3 ngaa4 laa3something that is very little and not enough

sip3 ngaa4 laa3literally: 'to fill the gap in between the teeth, used as a metaphor to emphazise the smallness or the insignificance of something, that it is virtually of little use or value (so small that it cannot even fill one's gap in their teeth)

sip3 ngoi6concerning foreigners or foreign affairs

涉外經濟涉外经济

sip3 ngoi6 ging1 zai3foreign related business; foreign related economics

sip3 on3(of a perpetrator, victim, weapon, sum of money etc) to be involved in the case

sip3 sai3to see the world; to gain experience

sip3 sai3 mei6 sam1unpracticed; naive

sip3 sek6magnet

攝石人摄石人

sip3 sek6 jan4someone who tries to hog the limelight [colloquial]

sip3 seoi2 hoe1wading boots

涉水鳥涉水鸟

sip3 seoi2 niu5a wading bird

sip3 si6Celsius; centigrade

攝氏度摄氏度

sip3 si6 dou6°C (degrees Celsius)

攝氏溫度計摄氏温度计

sip3 si6 wan1 dou6 gai3a centigrade thermometer

sip3 sik6to consume

sip3 soeng2to imagine

sip3 tit3magnet

sip3 wai2to be in an uninvited position (in a group photo or a group conversation)

攝護腺摄护腺

sip3 wu6 sin3prostate

攝護腺腫大摄护腺肿大

sip3 wu6 sin3 zung2 daai6benign prostate hypertrophy

sip3 zai3to produce (a TV show etc)

sip3 zing3to act as regent

攝政王摄政王

sip3 zing3 wong4regent

sip3 zoeng6to videotape

攝像機摄像机

sip3 zoeng6 gei1video camera

攝像頭摄像头

sip3 zoeng6 tau4webcam

攝灶罅摄灶罅

sip3 zou3 laa3any female who have reached suitable age for marriage, but not yet married, and unlikely to attract anyone to be with her

sip3 zuk1to set foot in; to become involved for the first time

sip3 zung6to be involved in a lawsuit

sit3used in old names

sit3bits; crumbs; trifling; to condescend to

sit3to drive a wedge

sit3to wedge; gatepost

sit3surname Xie

sit3to steal; (humble) I; stealthily

sit3to tie; to hold on a leash; cord; halter

sit3tongue; words; the clapper of a bell; KangXi radical 135

sit3wormwood like grass (classical); a surname

sit3obscene; indecent; licentious

薛寶釵薛宝钗

sit3 bou2 caai1Xue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉

sit3 caak6thief

sit3 ceoi2to steal (usu. private information, intellectual property etc)

sit3 ceot1to leak out

竊蛋龍窃蛋龙

sit3 daan2 lung4oviraptorosaurus (egg-stealing dinosaur)

sit3 dai2to divulge the inside story

sit3 deng1tongue ring

薛定諤薛定谔

sit3 ding6 ngok6Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961), Austrian physicist

薛定諤方程薛定谔方程

sit3 ding6 ngok6 fong1 cing4Schrödinger's wave equation

sit3 duk6(literary) to blaspheme; to desecrate; to profane

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