Cantonese words starting with S

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Clipping, in signal processing.

To remove, delete, or eliminate.

To confiscate, slash, or reduce the size of a vassal's territory.

To shave one's head; to take the tonsure.

To cut down, slash, or reduce the price.

To cut down, reduce, whittle down, or curtail an amount or quantity.

To melt metal, often used metaphorically to describe the powerful, destructive force of public opinion.

To weaken, undermine, or gradually reduce the strength of something.

soek3 jyun4 bat1 gei1

削鉛筆機削铅笔机

A mechanical or electric pencil sharpener.

To chop or slice a ball in racket sports.

soek3 paat6 paat6

Watery and mushy with soft lumps, usually describing food or mud.

To level, flatten, or shave even.

soek3 sek6 lau4 gam1

鑠石流金铄石流金

Weather so hot that it could melt stones and metals.

Brightly shining, glistening, or flickering.

A thin, frivolous young man who is overly preoccupied with fashion, dressing up, and his appearance.

A ladle, scoop, or spoon with a handle.

To demote or dismiss someone from office.

soek3 zik1 wai4 man4

削職為民削职为民

To be stripped of one's official post and demoted to a commoner.

Dismissal of an official from office.

To sharpen; to make something pointed by cutting or shaving.

soek3 zuk1 sik1 lei5

削足適履削足适履

To force an impractical solution to a problem by cutting down details to fit a rigid theory or system.

To injure, hurt, or damage; to be injured or hurt.

Quotient; the result of dividing one number by another.

Plowed earth; a furrow.

Widow; a woman who has lost her husband.

Room, chamber, or private compartment.

To die in childhood, or to die young.

Appearance, looks, or physical shape.

Arsenic; arsenic trioxide.

Box, chest, or carton; also used as a classifier for boxes or cases of items.

A light yellow color.

To aid, help, or assist.

An ancient wine vessel, or to feast and drink.

To inlay, inset, or fit something valuable into another object.

Two; double; both.

A white, fine, powdery or creamy substance that resembles frost.

To run friskily (used of a horse), or to hold high.

Green, long-necked mythical bird.

soeng1 aai3 m4 hou2 hau2

相嗌唔好口

A saying used to urge people to stop arguing, meaning that quarreling brings no benefit to either party.

soeng1 aap3 saan1

雙鴨山双鸭山

Shuangyashan, a prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province, China.

soeng1 aap3 saan1 si5

雙鴨山市双鸭山市

Shuangyashan, a prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province.

Scar; a mark left on the skin after a wound has healed.

Double pendulum.

soeng1 baak3 fong1 zam1

雙百方針双百方针

Double Hundred Policy; the campaign allowing a hundred flowers to bloom and a hundred schools of thought to contend.

Frosty; hoary; frost-white.

soeng1 baan1 luk6 lau5 ang1

雙斑綠柳鶯双斑绿柳莺

Two-barred warbler (Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus); a species of leaf warbler.

Commercial, or to consult and act upon.

soeng1 baau1 toi1

雙胞胎双胞胎

Twins; two infants born of the same mother from the same pregnancy.

Commodity, goods, merchandise, or products that can be bought and sold on the market.