Cantonese words starting with S
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小皇帝
siu2 wong4 dai3child emperor; spoiled boy
小黃腳鷸小黄脚鹬
siu2 wong4 goek3 wat6(bird species of China) lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
小黃瓜小黄瓜
siu2 wong4 gwaa1gherkin
小茴香
siu2 wui4 hoeng1fennel
小玩意
siu2 wun6 ji3gadget
小寨
siu2 zaai6Xiaozhai neighborhood of Xi'an
小集團小集团
siu2 zaap6 tyun4faction
小姐
siu2 ze2(noun) 1. Witness; (pronoun)
小嘴鴴小嘴鸻
siu2 zeoi2 hang4(bird species of China) Eurasian dotterel (Eudromias morinellus)
小嘴烏鴉小嘴乌鸦
siu2 zeoi2 wu1 aa1(bird species of China) carrion crow (Corvus corone)
小盡小尽
siu2 zeon6lunar month of 29 days
小卒
siu2 zeot1foot soldier; a nobody
小資小资
siu2 zi1petit bourgeois; abbr. of 小資產階級|小资产阶级
小資產階級小资产阶级
siu2 zi1 caan2 gaai1 kap1petty bourgeois
少之又少
siu2 zi1 jau6 siu2very few; very little
小子
siu2 zi2(literary) youngster; (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders)
小指
siu2 zi2little finger
小字
siu2 zi6tiny text
小精靈小精灵
siu2 zing1 ling4elf
小節小节
siu2 zit3a minor matter; bar (music)
小節線小节线
siu2 zit3 sin3(music) bar line
小酌
siu2 zoek3to have a few (alcoholic) drinks (often implying a small party)
小髒鬼小脏鬼
siu2 zong1 gwai2dirty little devil (affectionate, of child)
小組小组
siu2 zou2small team
小組委員會小组委员会
siu2 zou2 wai2 jyun4 wui2subcommittee
小祖宗
siu2 zou2 zung1brat
小灶
siu2 zou3mess hall for high-ranking cadres; cf. 大灶[da4 zao4]
小造
siu2 zou6to minimise; to have the second new year celebration in a year
小眾小众
siu2 zung3minority of the population; niche (market etc)
小豬小猪
siu2 zyu1noun; small pig; piglet; piggy
小傳小传
siu2 zyun6sketch biography
少
siu3(adjective) young
笑
siu3laugh; giggle; to ridicule
笑鷗笑鸥
siu3 au1(bird species of China) laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
笑爆咀
siu3 baau3 zeoi2to burst out laughing [colloquial]
少不更事
siu3 bat1 gang1 si6adj; young and inexperienced; inexperience in life
笑不可抑
siu3 bat1 ho2 jik1to laugh irrepressibly
笑不可仰
siu3 bat1 ho2 joeng5to double up with laughter (idiom)
笑柄
siu3 beng3a matter for ridicule; laughingstock
笑大人個口笑大人个口
siu3 daai6 jan4 go3 hau2cause humiliating laughs at one (spoken)
笑點笑点
siu3 dim2funny bits; jokes
笑點低笑点低
siu3 dim2 dai1amused by even the weakest joke
笑掉大牙
siu3 diu6 daai6 ngaa4to laugh one's head off; jaw-dropping
笑到見牙唔見眼笑到见牙唔见眼
siu3 dou3 gin3 ngaa4 m4 gin3 ngaan5hilarious
笑到碌地
siu3 dou3 luk1 dei2hilarious
笑到轆地笑到辘地
siu3 dou3 luk1 dei2to burst out in laughter [colloquial]
笑到肚刺
siu3 dou3 tou5 cek3hilarious
少東少东
siu3 dung1boss's son
少府
siu3 fu2minister in charge of the palace treasury in imperial China
少婦少妇
siu3 fu5young married woman
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