Cantonese words starting with S

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soeng1 gin3 han6 maan5

相見恨晚相见恨晚

To regret not having met earlier; to hit it off immediately and wish one had met sooner.

soeng1 gin3 hou2 tung4 zyu6 naan4

相見好，同住難相见好，同住难

It is easy to get along when meeting up, but difficult to live together without conflict.

Double bond (chemistry).

soeng1 ging3 jyu4 ban1

相敬如賓相敬如宾

To treat each other with mutual respect, especially of a married couple.

Both feet or both legs.

Photo corner; a small triangle used to mount a photograph in an album.

soeng1 gok3 sai1

雙角犀双角犀

Two-horned rhinoceros.

soeng1 gok3 sai1 niu5

雙角犀鳥双角犀鸟

Great hornbill (Buceros bicornis), a large species of hornbill.

Relation, connection, or concern.

The Xiang River, a major river in Hunan province, China.

soeng1 gong1 jyun6

雙江縣双江县

Shuangjiang Lahu, Va, Blang and Dai Autonomous County in Lincang, Yunnan.

soeng1 gong1 laai1 wu2 zuk6 ngaa5 zuk6 bou3 long5 zuk6 taai3 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

雙江拉祜族佤族布朗族傣族自治縣双江拉祜族佤族布朗族傣族自治县

Shuangjiang Lahu, Va, Blang and Dai Autonomous County in Lincang, Yunnan.

Commercial port.

Parallel bars used as gymnastics equipment, or the gymnastics event performed on them.

Shuangjiang or Frost Descent, the 18th solar term of the traditional calendar.

Merchant or businessman.

Double-barreled.

soeng1 gun2 cai4 haa6

雙管齊下双管齐下

To do two things at the same time in order to achieve a single goal; to take a two-pronged approach.

Duplex; a telecommunications system that allows two-way communication.

soeng1 gung1 zi1 niu5

傷弓之鳥伤弓之鸟

A bird startled by the mere twang of a bowstring; a person who is easily frightened due to past traumas.

Pair of crutches.

Mutually related, interrelated, or relevant.

Pun; a double entendre or wordplay that uses homophones or metaphors to express an additional meaning.

soeng1 gwaan1 jyu5

雙關語双关语

Pun; a phrase with a double meaning.

soeng1 gwaan1 sing3

相關性相关性

Correlation, relevance, or interconnectedness between things.

A widow's chamber or bedchamber.

Double-track, parallel tracks, or a dual-track system.

soeng1 gwai2 zai3

雙軌制双轨制

Double-track system; a dual or binary system, such as the co-existence of state-planned and market prices.

soeng1 gwai3 wan6 ho4

湘桂運河湘桂运河

Hunan-Guangxi Canal, also known as the Lingqu Canal in Guangxi.

Hunan army; an irregular force formed in the 1850s to fight the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom rebellion.

soeng1 gwong1 hei3

雙光氣双光气

Diphosgene; a highly toxic chemical compound.

A chest, trunk, or large box used for storing and carrying things.

To inlay or set a jewel or decorative element; to mosaic or tessellate.

Scar, bruise, or mark left after a physical or mental injury.

soeng1 han4 leoi4 leoi4

傷痕累累伤痕累累

Covered in cuts and bruises; scarred or heavily damaged.

To parley, discuss, or negotiate.

To conform to, agree with, or be compatible with.

Dual-core (computing).

A cut, wound, or injury where the skin or flesh is torn.

soeng1 hau6 cin4 bing1 hoi1 guk6

雙后前兵開局双后前兵开局

Double Queen's Pawn Opening, a chess opening also known as a closed game.

Double happiness; a traditional Chinese ornament and symbol of good luck and marriage.

soeng1 hei2 lam4 mun4

雙喜臨門双喜临门

Double happiness; two joyful events happening simultaneously.

soeng1 heoi3 mou4 gei2

相去無幾相去无几

To have very little difference between two things.

Shanghe, a county of Jinan subprovincial city in Shandong, China.

soeng1 ho4 jyun6

商河縣商河县

Shanghe, a county in Jinan, Shandong.

Xiangxiang, a county-level city in Hunan province, China.

soeng1 hoeng1 si5

湘鄉市湘乡市

Xiangxiang, a county-level city in Xiangtan City, Hunan

Facing one another; face-to-face.

Two-way, bidirectional, or mutual.

To strip someone of both their Party membership and public employment.