Cantonese words starting with S

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sit3 duk6 san4 ming4

褻瀆神明亵渎神明

To blaspheme; to show disrespect to deities or sacred things.

To vent one's anger or release pent-up resentment.

sit3 fuk1 sing4

Xue Fucheng (1838–1894), a Qing dynasty official and progressive political theorist.

Underwear or informal, casual clothing.

The back of the tongue; the root of the tongue.

sit3 geoi1 zing3

Xue Juzheng (912–981), Song dynasty historian and compiler of the Old History of the Five Dynasties.

To usurp, expropriate, or occupy illegally.

To lose heart, lose drive, or become discouraged.

To usurp state power.

sit3 gwok3 ze2 hau4 ，sit3 ngau1 ze2 zyu1

竊國者侯，竊鉤者誅窃国者侯，窃钩者诛

He who steals a country becomes a prince, while he who steals a belt buckle is executed.

Sublingual; situated or applied under the tongue.

sit3 haa6 ham4 fuk6

Sublingual administration; placing and holding a drug under the tongue to be dissolved and absorbed.

Sublingual tablet; medication designed to be dissolved under the tongue.

Sublingual gland; a salivary gland located under the tongue.

To give vent to one's anger, hatred, or resentment.

To be secretly delighted; to feel glad in private.

To leak gas, to feel discouraged or lose heart, or to vent one's anger.

薛凱琪薛凯琪

Fiona Sit, a Hong Kong singer and actress.

To release floodwaters; to discharge a flood.

sit3 hung4 zaap6

洩洪閘泄洪闸

Sluice gate used for discharging floodwaters.

sit3 jan4 gwai3

薛仁貴薛仁贵

Xue Rengui, a famous general of the Tang dynasty.

Gentle; soft and mild.

A suspected thief.

Wedge-shaped; cuneiform.

sit3 jing4 man4 zi6

Cuneiform; the ancient writing system of Mesopotamia.

sit3 jing4 mat6

Wedge; a wedge-shaped object.

To satisfy or sate one's sexual desire.

sit3 juk6 gung1 geoi6

洩慾工具泄欲工具

A sexual object; someone used purely for the gratification of another's sexual desires.

To usurp power or authority.

Drainage; the discharge or escape of a liquid.

To leak, escape, or spill; also to leak, reveal, or divulge a secret.

To leak, spill, or reveal secret information or substances.

sit3 lau6 tin1 gei1

泄漏天機泄漏天机

To divulge the will of heaven or leak a secret.

To harmonize, adjust, or reconcile differences.

To have diarrhea.

To leak, reveal, or let out a secret.

To leak, disclose, or reveal secret or private information.

sit3 lou6 tin1 gei1

泄露天機泄露天机

To divulge the will of heaven, or to leak a secret.

Irreverent, disrespectful, or treat with insolence.

To French kiss; to kiss with tongues.

To leak secrets.

楔尾鷗楔尾鸥

Ross's gull (Rhodostethia rosea), a species of gull characterized by its wedge-shaped tail.

sit3 mei5 baak3 lou4

楔尾伯勞楔尾伯劳

Chinese grey shrike (Lanius sphenocercus).

sit3 mei5 luk6 kau1

楔尾綠鳩楔尾绿鸠

Wedge-tailed green pigeon (Treron sphenurus).

The blade or upper surface of the tongue.

sit3 ngau1 ze2 zyu1 ，sit3 gwok3 ze2 hau4

竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯窃钩者诛，窃国者侯

To steal a hook gets you executed, but to steal a country makes you a lord.

Disrespectfully familiar; overly intimate or impudent.

To vent one's anger; to release pent-up rage.

A theft or burglary case.

To have diarrhea; a term used in traditional Chinese medicine.