Cantonese words starting with S

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free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc)

verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing

in disorder; Taiwan pr. [san4 luan4]

(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse)

saan2 man4 gaa1

散文詩散文诗

(noun) coins; small change; loose change

shattered; exhausted; very tired [colloquial]

(noun) (Cantonese) special skills and expertise; the talent and skill that someone is good at; (Mandarin) karate; boxing

(physics) to scatter

saan2 taan1 zi2

散攤子散摊子

to break up; to disband

free prose style

saan2 teoi2 fu3

散腿褲散腿裤

loose-fitting pants

individual (shareholder)

powder medicine

a nickname for someone with no authoritative powers who just does menial tasks ; follows orders from superiors, often used to refer to police constables at lower ranks whose duties are to just obey orders from above

to be totally dispersed (crowd)

noun; smaller change, coins

(noun) loose change (money of small demonimations)

deep-fried noodle cake

to have broken up with one's boyfriend or girlfriend [colloquial]

single seat (in theater)

散座兒散座儿

erhua variant of 散座[san3 zuo4]; irregular passenger (in rickshaw)

loose goods; draft (of beer, as opposed to bottled)

umbrella; parachute

damask silk; parasol

to mock; to slander

saan3ｂａｎｄ

散ｂａｎｄ

to spread; to disseminate

to take a walk; to go for a walk

to describe the spawning of fishes and crustaceans etc.

(of a theater) to empty

saan3 daan2 coeng1

散彈槍散弹枪

to usurp the leadership of the party

to close out an event

to distribute; to emit; to give off