Cantonese words starting with S

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Careless, rash, and negligent.

so1 si6 baa1 lei6 dou6

梳士巴利道

Salisbury Road, a major road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.

A vegetarian meal.

Sparse, thin, or scattered; formerly used to mean lovely or neat.

Generous, hospitable, and free-spending with money.

To loosen, become loose, or be porous and sparse.

Carboxylic acid

To comb, brush, or tidy one's hair.

Distant patrilineal cousin; a distant cousin on the father's side sharing the same family name.

so1 tong4 hing1 dai6

Distant male cousins who share the same paternal grandfather's grandfather or a more distant paternal ancestor.

so1 tong4 lou5 biu2

A distant cousin; a distant relative on the maternal or paternal-aunt side.

To dredge, clear, or unblock a waterway, or to mediate and smooth things over.

疏通費疏通费

Facilitation payment or grease payment paid to expedite a service or process.

To dredge; to clear out or deepen a waterway.

A small shuttle used to weave a mesh.

To dredge; to clean out and deepen a waterway.

Shuttle used in weaving, or a classifier for bullet clips and bursts of gunfire.

Comb; a tool used for tidying and grooming hair.

梭子魚梭子鱼

To prune or thin out branches.

To groom oneself, especially by doing one's hair and putting on makeup.

梳妝室梳妆室

Dressing room, powder room, or boudoir.

梳妝檯梳妆台

Dressing table; vanity.

To worry, overthink, suspect, or doubt.

A place or site established for a specific purpose or utility.

Trivial, petty, or insignificant.

To lock or lock up.

Troops or units under one's command.

What one is good at; one's strong point.

鎖存器锁存器

Latch; an electronic circuit used to store information.

Earnings, proceeds, or what one has gained or acquired.

所得稅所得税

To target; to focus attention on a specific target.

To lock up; to secure with a lock.

Soto, a style of traditional Indonesian soup mainly composed of broth, meat, and vegetables.

所多瑪所多玛

Sodom; the biblical city associated with wickedness.

so2 do1 maa5 jyu5 ngo4 mo1 laai1

所多瑪與蛾摩拉所多玛与蛾摩拉

Sodom and Gomorrah.

so2 dou3 zi1 cyu3

所到之處所到之处

Wherever one goes; the places that one visits.

Fragmentary recollections or trivial records.

What one sees, observes, or is able to see.

so2 gin3 so2 man4

所見所聞所见所闻

What one sees and hears; one's firsthand experience or observations.

so2 gin3 zik1 so2 dak1

所見即所得所见即所得

What you see is what you get; WYSIWYG.

Clavicle; collarbone.

To close off a country from foreign contact; to implement a policy of national isolation.

Fortunately; luckily.

so2 hoeng3 mou4 dik6

所向無敵所向无敌

To be invincible and victorious in every endeavor.

so2 hoeng3 pei1 mei5

To sweep everything before one; to be invincible and unstoppable wherever one goes.

All, every, or the whole of; including every single item in a set without omission.

All; every; all of the.