Cantonese words starting with S
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小清新
siu2 cing1 san1hipster
小懲大誡小惩大诫
siu2 cing4 daai6 gaai3lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
小超
siu2 ciu1nick name for Victor Li Tzar-kuoi, the eldest son of Li Ka-Shing, a Hong Kong business magnate [written and colloquial]
小昭寺
siu2 ciu1 zi6Ramoche Temple, Lhasa
小潮
siu2 ciu4neap tide (the smallest tide, when moon is at first or third quarter)
小瞧
siu2 ciu4(coll.) to look down on
小腸小肠
siu2 coeng2small intestine
小腸氣小肠气
siu2 coeng2 hei3inguinal hernia
小菜
siu2 coi3appetizer; easy job; see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2]
小菜一碟
siu2 coi3 jat1 dip6a small appetizer
小菜兒小菜儿
siu2 coi3 ji4erhua variant of 小菜[xiao3 cai4]
小財唔出，大財唔入小财唔出，大财唔入
siu2 coi4 m4 ceot1 daai6 coi4 m4 jap6one won't make wealth if refuses to invest from little (spoken)
小蔥小葱
siu2 cung1green onion; spring onion
小衝突小冲突
siu2 cung1 dat6skirmish; dispute
小聰明小聪明
siu2 cung1 ming4clever-clever; sharp but petty-minded
小泉
siu2 cyun4Koizumi (name)
小泉純一郎小泉纯一郎
siu2 cyun4 seon4 jat1 long4KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō (1942-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-2006
小打小鬧小打小闹
siu2 daa2 siu2 naau6small-scale
小彈小弹
siu2 daan2bomblet (of cluster bomb)
小弟
siu2 dai6little brother
小弟弟
siu2 dai6 dai6little brother; (coll.) penis
少等
siu2 dang2to wait a short moment [written and colloquial]
小豆
siu2 dau2see 紅豆|红豆[hong2 dou4]
小豆蔻
siu2 dau6 kau3Indian cardamom (Amomum cardamomum)
小隊小队
siu2 deoi2noun; squad, team
少啲
siu2 di1adj; less; little; seldom
小的
siu2 dik1(coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family
小滴
siu2 dik6droplet
小店
siu2 dim3small store
小店區小店区
siu2 dim3 keoi1Xiaodian, a district of Taiyuan City 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4], Shanxi
小電影小电影
siu2 din6 jing2short
小調小调
siu2 diu6xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre
小袋
siu2 doi6pouch
小袋鼠
siu2 doi6 syu2wallaby
小刀
siu2 dou1knife
小刀會小刀会
siu2 dou1 wui2Dagger Society, anti-Qing secret society who mounted an unsuccessful rebellion in 1855
小島小岛
siu2 dou2Kojima (Japanese surname and place name)
小蠹
siu2 dou3bark beetle (zoology)
小道
siu2 dou6bypath; bribery as a means of achieving a goal
小杜鵑小杜鹃
siu2 dou6 gyun1(bird species of China) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
小道新聞小道新闻
siu2 dou6 san1 man4news from the grapevine
小洞不補大洞吃苦小洞不补大洞吃苦
siu2 dung6 bat1 bou2 daai6 dung6 hek3 fu2A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
小動作小动作
siu2 dung6 zok3Tricks; small movements
小段子
siu2 dyun6 zi2short paragraph
小花遠志小花远志
siu2 faa1 jyun5 zi3small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine
少塊膶少块膶
siu2 faai3 jeon2adj; literally, missing a liver, metaphor that means missing an important part, or someone dumb and stupid
少塊肉少块肉
siu2 faai3 juk6(coll.) (usually used in the negative) (can't) hurt (to do sth)
小販小贩
siu2 faan2peddler
小販中心小贩中心
siu2 faan2 zung1 sam1noun; hawker centre
小飯館小饭馆
siu2 faan6 gun2tearoom; cafeteria
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