Cantonese words starting with S
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篡政
saan3 zing3to usurp political power
傘帳伞帐
saan3 zoeng3A curtain like umbrella to protect from mosquito
潺
saan4weak; thin
潺菜
saan4 coi3ceylon spinach
孱弱
saan4 joek6delicate; frail; impotent; weak
潺潺
saan4 saan4murmur
孱頭孱头
saan4 tau4(dialect) weakling; coward
琤
saang1tinkling of gems; sound of the qin, an instrument
生
saang1to be born; life; raw; student; lifetime; living beings; to happen; to produc...
生啤
saang1 be1draft beer
生啤酒
saang1 be1 zau2draft beer
生病
saang1 beng6to fall ill
生保
saang1 bou2unfamiliar [colloquial]
生暴人
saang1 bou2 jan4(noun) stranger
生搬硬套
saang1 bun1 ngaang6 tou3applying without thought; copying blindly (idiom)
生炒熱賣生炒热卖
saang1 caau2 jit6 maai6to sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sel...
生抽
saang1 cau1light soy sauce
生出
saang1 ceot1to give birth; to generate
生詞生词
saang1 ci4new word (in textbook); CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4]
生詞本生词本
saang1 ci4 bun2vocabulary notebook
生詞語生词语
saang1 ci4 jyu5vocabulary words (in language-learning books)
生菜
saang1 coi3lettuce; greens
生菜包
saang1 coi3 baau1lettuce wraps
生菜魚肉生菜鱼肉
saang1 coi3 jyu4 juk6soup with lettuce and fish paste
生草藥生草药
saang1 cou2 joek6herbal medicine
牲畜
saang1 cuk1farm animal; livestock
生蟲生虫
saang1 cung4(verb) have parasites; (disease) people have worms
生蟲拐杖生虫拐杖
saang1 cung4 gwaai2 zoeng2to describe someone or something that is unreliable
生蟲枴杖生虫拐杖
saang1 cung4 gwaai2 zoeng2(noun) a walking stick that grows parasites, stick-bugs
生存空間生存空间
saang1 cyun4 hung1 gaan1chance to survive
生蛋
saang1 daan2(verb) to lay an egg; to deposit an egg; or (food) raw egg
生動生动
saang1 dung6(of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively
生動活潑生动活泼
saang1 dung6 wut6 put3(adjective) vivid and energetic
生花
saang1 faa1(food) to flower
生番
saang1 faan1barbarian
生粉
saang1 fan2cornflour
生粉水
saang1 fan2 seoi2starch solution (cooking)
生飛螆生飞螆
saang1 fei1 zi1(noun) have oral ulcer
生根
saang1 gan1to take root
生舊叉燒好過生你生旧叉烧好过生你
saang1 gau6 caa1 siu1 hou2 gwo3 sang1 nei5(a mother scolds to her kids with this slang to express her anger at them) be...
生薑生姜
saang1 goeng1fresh ginger
生薑絲生姜丝
saang1 goeng1 si1shredded ginger
生乾精
saang1 gon1 zing1(adjective) very dry and no juice
生鬼
saang1 gwai2(adjective) funny; interesting; comical; humorous; madcap
生滾生滚
saang1 gwan2(verb) to cook; to boil
生骨大頭菜生骨大头菜
saang1 gwat1 daai6 tau4 coi3(slang with figurative meaning) a spoiled kid or brat
生果
saang1 gwo2(food) fruits
生果檔生果档
saang1 gwo2 dong3a fruit stall
生果刀
saang1 gwo2 dou1a fruit knife
生果金
saang1 gwo2 gam1the 'Normal Old Age Allowance' and the 'Higher Old Age Allowance' offered by ...
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