Cantonese words starting with S

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To suffer from diarrhea.

洩私憤泄私愤

To vent personal spite or seek personal revenge.

Xuecheng, a district of Zaozhuang City in Shandong Province.

sit3 sing4 keoi1

薛城區薛城区

Xuecheng, a district of Zaozhuang City in Shandong Province.

Privately, secretly, or in a quiet, unobtrusive manner.

sit3 sit3 si1 jyu5

竊竊私語窃窃私语

To whisper; to talk quietly and secretly in private.

To laugh secretly or to snicker; to laugh quietly and suppressedly, often with amusement or schadenfreude.

To eavesdrop or wiretap; to secretly listen to or record others' conversations without their knowledge.

sit3 ting1 hei3

竊聽器窃听器

A tapping device, bug, or listening device used for secret interception of audio.

To harmonize or reconcile.

sit3 zeoi2 liu4 mei4

楔嘴鷯鶥楔嘴鹩鹛

Cachar wedge-billed babbler; a bird species (Sphenocichla roberti).

A wedge or stopper; also a prologue or interlude in Yuan dynasty drama.

Xue Ji, a Chinese calligrapher and painter of the early Tang dynasty.

sit3 zik6 gong1 hung2

Cloaca; the common cavity into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals open in certain animals.

Tip of the tongue.

sit3 zim1 cin4 jam1

Alveolar; apical alveolar consonant.

sit3 zim1 hau6 jam1

舌尖後音舌尖后音

Retroflex sound, such as Mandarin zh, ch, sh, and r.

Apical consonant; a consonant produced with the tip of the tongue.

sit3 zim1 soeng6 dik1 jyut6 jyu5

舌尖上的粵語舌尖上的粤语

An introduction to the Cantonese language, an online program.

sit3 zim1 zin3 jam1

舌尖顫音舌尖颤音

Alveolar trill, such as the Russian "r" sound.

A verbal battle, war of words, or heated dispute.

To lose money in business, failing to even recover the cost of capital.

To suffer a loss, be at a disadvantage, or be taken advantage of.

Coronal consonants of Middle Chinese, referring to tongue sounds in traditional Chinese phonology.

To shrink in size, especially of clothing after washing, or to lose value in currency exchange.

sit6 seoi2 gei2 sam1

食水幾深食水几深

To charge excessively high fees or make an exorbitant profit.

Coating on the tongue.

Night; nighttime.

To disappear, vanish, eliminate, or disperse.

Deep and clear water, or the pattering sound of light rain.

To recommend; to influence or persuade someone to buy or try something.

Xiao; a Chinese vertical end-blown bamboo flute.

Siu; a Chinese surname.

A type of long-legged spider, used in the compound word siu1-saau1.

To wander, ramble, or stroll in a leisurely manner.

To cancel, clear, or eliminate.

The sky, firmament, or high clouds.

A mythical mountain spirit or elf.

siu1 aap3 / aap2

Cantonese roasted duck.

siu1 baak3 naap6

蕭伯納萧伯纳

George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist and writer.

To show off, act smugly, or behave extravagantly because of sudden wealth.

Shao bing; Chinese baked flatbread, often topped with sesame seeds.

Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer.

Beaker; a flat-bottomed, cylindrical glass container with a pouring lip, commonly used in laboratories.

To boil water and brew tea.

Depressed, low-spirited, or demoralized.

Cloisonné; a traditional metalworking technique for decorating metalwork objects with vitreous enamel.

To eliminate, remove, or dispel something so that it no longer exists.