Cantonese words starting with S

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saan3 fo2 faan6

散伙飯散伙饭

farewell dinner party

涮火鍋涮火锅

see 涮鍋子|涮锅子[shuan4 guo1 zi5]

bulk cargo or product

to spread words [colloquial]

saan3 gaang1 lo4

散更鑼散更锣

verb; alert or alarm sound from the night watch from 5am, to wake people up (used before clocks were introduced in China). It means it is very noisy, need everyone to know

to parachute into

to usurp the military

under the umbrella of

to disperse and escape; to dissipate

saan3 jat6 cang4

散逸層散逸层

umbrella-shaped

saan3 jing4 fo1

傘形科伞形科

Umbelliferae or Apiaceae, plant family containing carrot, coriander etc

to dissipate heat

saan3 jit6 hei3

散熱器散热器

radiator (for heating a room)

saan3 jit6 pin2

散熱片散热片

saan3 joeng4 juk6

instant-boiled mutton; thinly sliced mutton cooked briefly in a hot pot

to become an unlawful ruler

to lie scattered (over an area)

selling in parts or separately

see 汕尾市[Shan4 wei3 Shi4]

Shanwei, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3]

dispersed and lost

to divert oneself from melancholy

saan3 saan3 wo1

涮涮鍋涮涮锅

shabu-shabu (Japanese-style hot pot)

to drive away cares

saan3 sam1 gaai2 mun6

散心解悶散心解闷

to divert one's mind from boredom (idiom)

saan3 sau1 sau1

loose; messy [written and colloquial]

saan3 sau1 sau1

loose; undisciplined

to disperse; to leave (Cantonese)

to commit regicide

see 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4]

saan3 tau4 daai6 hok6

汕頭大學汕头大学

Shantou University

汕頭市汕头市

Shantou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3]

to seize the throne

涮鍋子涮锅子

to eat hot pot; to cook thinly sliced meat briefly in boiling broth at the table

to disperse a meeting; finished

end of a banquet