Cantonese words starting with S
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小婿
siu2 sai3my son-in-law (humble)
小心
siu2 sam1(adjective) cautious
小心謹慎小心谨慎
siu2 sam1 gan2 san6cautious and timid (idiom); prudent
小心翼翼
siu2 sam1 jik6 jik6(idiom) cautious; careful; prudent
小心眼
siu2 sam1 ngaan5narrow-minded
小心眼兒小心眼儿
siu2 sam1 ngaan5 ji4small-minded; narrow-minded
小心駛得萬年船小心驶得万年船
siu2 sam1 sai2 dak1 maan6 nin4 syun4caution is the parent of safety, it is better to be safe than sorry
小生
siu2 sang1young actors
小手
siu2 sau2noun; literally, small hand, also well known as Pickpocket
小手小腳小手小脚
siu2 sau2 siu2 goek3mean; to be lacking in boldness
小受
siu2 sau6(slang) bottom (in a homosexual relationship)
小壽星小寿星
siu2 sau6 sing1child whose birthday is being celebrated; birthday girl
小寫小写
siu2 se2lowercase
小寫字母小写字母
siu2 se2 zi6 mou5lowercase (letters)
小四喜
siu2 sei3 hei2junior 4 happiness, a term in the game "mahjong"
小睡
siu2 seoi6to nap
小獅座小狮座
siu2 si1 zo6Leo Minor (constellation)
小時小时
siu2 si4(noun) childhood
小時工小时工
siu2 si4 gung1hourly worker
小時候小时候
siu2 si4 hau6in one's childhood
小時候兒小时候儿
siu2 si4 hau6 ji4erhua variant of 小時候|小时候[xiao3 shi2 hou5]
小時了了，大未必佳小时了了，大未必佳
siu2 si4 liu5 liu5, daai6 mei6 bit1 gaai1being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb)
小市民
siu2 si5 man4ordinary citizens
小事
siu2 si6trifle; CL:點|点[dian3]
小視小视
siu2 si6to belittle; to despise
小事一樁小事一桩
siu2 si6 jat1 zong1trivial matter; a piece of cake
小息
siu2 sik1recess
小食
siu2 sik6(noun) snack
少食
siu2 sik6eat less
小食部
siu2 sik6 bou6Tuckshop
小食店
siu2 sik6 dim3Tuckshop
小食中心
siu2 sik6 zung1 sam1(Malaysia) food court
小仙鶲小仙鹟
siu2 sin1 jung1(bird species of China) small niltava (Niltava macgrigoriae)
小聲小声
siu2 sing1in a low voice
小星頭啄木鳥小星头啄木鸟
siu2 sing1 tau4 doek3 muk6 niu5(bird species of China) Japanese pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)
小姓
siu2 sing3my surname is (to express a humble
小城
siu2 sing4small town
小乘
siu2 sing6Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]
小舌
siu2 sit3uvula
小小
siu2 siu2very small; very minor
少少
siu2 siu2a little; little bit
小小超
siu2 siu2 ciu1noun; nickname of Richard Li Tzar-Kai, a Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, and is the younger son of businessman Li Ka-Shing
小小的
siu2 siu2 dik1Tiny; trivial
小小說小小说
siu2 siu2 syut3flash fiction
小杓鷸小杓鹬
siu2 soek3 wat6(bird species of China) little curlew (Numenius minutus)
小商品
siu2 soeng1 ban2noun; small items, miscellaneous good
小商販小商贩
siu2 soeng1 faan5small trader
小商人
siu2 soeng1 jan4a small trader [written and colloquial]
小嗓
siu2 song1falsetto (in Chinese opera)
小數小数
siu2 sou3small figure; the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point); number between 0 and 1
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