Cantonese words starting with S

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sip3 ngaa4 laa3

攝牙罅摄牙罅

To have barely enough food to eat; to have just enough to fill the gaps between one's teeth.

sip3 ngaa4 laa3

To barely fill the gaps between one's teeth; used to describe something too small or insignificant to be of use.

Concerning foreigners or foreign affairs.

sip3 ngoi6 ging1 zai3

涉外經濟涉外经济

Foreign-related economics or business affairs.

To be suspected of involvement in a criminal case.

To enter society or start experiencing the world, gaining life experience.

sip3 sai3 mei6 sam1

Inexperienced in the ways of the world; naive or unpracticed.

Magnet; a hard object that produces a magnetic field and attracts iron.

攝石人摄石人

A limelight-hogger; someone who attempts to get on camera by clinging to famous people to gain publicity.

sip3 seoi2 hoe1

sip3 seoi2 niu5

涉水鳥涉水鸟

Celsius; centigrade; a unit of temperature.

攝氏度摄氏度

Degrees Celsius; degree on the Celsius scale.

sip3 si6 wan1 dou6 gai3

攝氏溫度計摄氏温度计

A centigrade thermometer; a Celsius thermometer.

To consume, ingest, or take in food.

To imagine or envision.

To cut in, squeeze, or use underhanded methods to take a physical space or a position of power.

攝護腺摄护腺

Prostate gland.

sip3 wu6 sin3 zung2 daai6

攝護腺腫大摄护腺肿大

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; enlarged prostate.

To produce and shoot a film or television show, including post-production.

To act as regent, ruling in place of a monarch who is ill, absent, or a child.

sip3 zing3 wong4

攝政王摄政王

Regent; a person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor, absent, or incapacitated.

To take a video; to shoot film; to videotape.

sip3 zoeng6 gei1

攝像機摄像机

sip3 zoeng6 tau4

攝像頭摄像头

Camera; webcam, security camera, or digital video camera.

攝灶罅摄灶罅

To remain unmarried; to be left on the shelf (traditionally of a woman).

To set foot in, enter a place, or get involved in a certain field or domain.

To be involved in a lawsuit.

An ancient name, used in historical names.

Tiny fragments, bits, or powder.

To wedge, plug, or stuff something into a gap to secure it.

To wedge or squeeze into a tight space, or a wedge used for this purpose.

The surname Xie.

To steal or pilfer.

To tie or hold on a leash, or a cord or halter used for this purpose.

Tongue; the muscle in the mouth used for chewing, swallowing, speaking, and tasting.

The Chinese surname Xue, usually transliterated as Sit in Hong Kong.

To treat with disrespect or contempt.

sit3 bou2 caai1

薛寶釵薛宝钗

Xue Baochai, a major female character in the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber.

A thief; a burglar.

To steal; to obtain something by illegal or unethical means.

sit3 daan2 lung4

竊蛋龍窃蛋龙

Oviraptor, a genus of small bird-like theropod dinosaurs.

To leak secrets, or to divulge the inside story.

Tongue piercing or tongue ring.

sit3 ding6 ngok6

薛定諤薛定谔

Erwin Schrödinger, an Austrian physicist.

sit3 ding6 ngok6 fong1 cing4

薛定諤方程薛定谔方程

Schrödinger's wave equation.

Theft; the act of stealing.

To blaspheme, desecrate, or profane; to insult and disrespect something sacred.