Cantonese words starting with S

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saan3 zing3
篡政
to usurp political power
saan3 zoeng3
傘帳伞帐
A curtain like umbrella to protect from mosquito
saan4
潺
weak; thin
saan4 coi3
潺菜
ceylon spinach
saan4 joek6
孱弱
delicate; frail; impotent; weak
saan4 saan4
潺潺
murmur
saan4 tau4
孱頭孱头
(dialect) weakling; coward
saang1
琤
tinkling of gems; sound of the qin, an instrument
saang1
生
to be born; life; raw; student; lifetime; living beings; to happen; to produce; crude; strange; keenly in; rudely; rudely; used as a suffix to adverbs; Mr
saang1 be1
生啤
draft beer
saang1 be1 zau2
生啤酒
draft beer
saang1 beng6
生病
to fall ill
saang1 bou2
生保
unfamiliar [colloquial]
saang1 bou2 jan4
生暴人
(noun) stranger
saang1 bun1 ngaang6 tou3
生搬硬套
applying without thought; copying blindly (idiom)
saang1 caau2 jit6 maai6
生炒熱賣生炒热卖
to sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)
saang1 cau1
生抽
light soy sauce
saang1 ceot1
生出
to give birth; to generate
saang1 ci4
生詞生词
new word (in textbook); CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4]
saang1 ci4 bun2
生詞本生词本
vocabulary notebook
saang1 ci4 jyu5
生詞語生词语
vocabulary words (in language-learning books)
saang1 coi3
生菜
lettuce; greens
saang1 coi3 baau1
生菜包
lettuce wraps
saang1 coi3 jyu4 juk6
生菜魚肉生菜鱼肉
soup with lettuce and fish paste
saang1 cou2 joek6
生草藥生草药
herbal medicine
saang1 cuk1
牲畜
farm animal; livestock
saang1 cung4
生蟲生虫
(verb) have parasites; (disease) people have worms
saang1 cung4 gwaai2 zoeng2
生蟲拐杖生虫拐杖
to describe someone or something that is unreliable
saang1 cung4 gwaai2 zoeng2
生蟲枴杖生虫拐杖
(noun) a walking stick that grows parasites, stick-bugs
saang1 cyun4 hung1 gaan1
生存空間生存空间
chance to survive
saang1 daan2
生蛋
(verb) to lay an egg; to deposit an egg; or (food) raw egg
saang1 dung6
生動生动
(of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively
saang1 dung6 wut6 put3
生動活潑生动活泼
(adjective) vivid and energetic
saang1 faa1
生花
(food) to flower
saang1 faan1
生番
barbarian
saang1 fan2
生粉
cornflour
saang1 fan2 seoi2
生粉水
starch solution (cooking)
saang1 fei1 zi1
生飛螆生飞螆
(noun) have oral ulcer
saang1 gan1
生根
to take root
saang1 gau6 caa1 siu1 hou2 gwo3 sang1 nei5
生舊叉燒好過生你生旧叉烧好过生你
(a mother scolds to her kids with this slang to express her anger at them) better give birth to a piece of BBQ pork rather than you
saang1 goeng1
生薑生姜
fresh ginger
saang1 goeng1 si1
生薑絲生姜丝
shredded ginger
saang1 gon1 zing1
生乾精
(adjective) very dry and no juice
saang1 gwai2
生鬼
(adjective) funny; interesting; comical; humorous; madcap
saang1 gwan2
生滾生滚
(verb) to cook; to boil
saang1 gwat1 daai6 tau4 coi3
生骨大頭菜生骨大头菜
(slang with figurative meaning) a spoiled kid or brat
saang1 gwo2
生果
(food) fruits
saang1 gwo2 dong3
生果檔生果档
a fruit stall
saang1 gwo2 dou1
生果刀
a fruit knife
saang1 gwo2 gam1
生果金
the 'Normal Old Age Allowance' and the 'Higher Old Age Allowance' offered by the Hong Kong government