Cantonese words starting with S

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相見恨晚相见恨晚

soeng1 gin3 han6 maan5to regret not having met earlier (idiom); It is nice to meet you finally.

相見好，同住難相见好，同住难

soeng1 gin3 hou2 tung4 zyu6 naan4(proverb) people are nice when they meet; but it is difficult to get along with others

soeng1 gin6double bond (chemistry)

相敬如賓相敬如宾

soeng1 ging3 jyu4 ban1to treat each other as an honored guest (idiom)

soeng1 goek3two legs

soeng1 gok3photo corner (used to mount a photo in an album)

雙角犀双角犀

soeng1 gok3 sai1two-horned rhinoceros

雙角犀鳥双角犀鸟

soeng1 gok3 sai1 niu5(bird species of China) great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

soeng1 gon1relevant; (physics) (of light etc) coherent

soeng1 gong1the Xiangjiang river in Hunan province

雙江縣双江县

soeng1 gong1 jyun6see 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[Shuang1 jiang1 La1 hu4 zu2 Wa3 zu2 Bu4 lang3 zu2 Dai3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]

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

soeng1 gong1 laai1 wu2 zuk6 ngaa5 zuk6 bou3 long5 zuk6 taai3 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6Shuangjiang Lahu, Va, Blang and Dai Autonomous County, in Lincang City 臨滄市|临沧市[Lin2 cang1 Shi4], Yunnan

soeng1 gong2commercial port

soeng1 gong3parallel bars (gymnastics event)

soeng1 gong3Shuangjiang or Frost Descends, 18th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd October-6th November

soeng1 gu2merchant

soeng1 gun2double-barreled

雙管齊下双管齐下

soeng1 gun2 cai4 haa6lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time

soeng1 gung1duplex (telecommunications) [written and colloquial]

傷弓之鳥伤弓之鸟

soeng1 gung1 zi1 niu5see 驚弓之鳥|惊弓之鸟[jing1 gong1 zhi1 niao3]

soeng1 gwaai2crutches

soeng1 gwaan1related; pertinent; (statistics) correlation

soeng1 gwaan1pun

雙關語双关语

soeng1 gwaan1 jyu5pun; a phrase with a double meaning

相關性相关性

soeng1 gwaan1 sing3correlation

soeng1 gwai1a widow's chamber (old usage)

soeng1 gwai2double-track; parallel tracks; dual-track (system)

雙軌制双轨制

soeng1 gwai2 zai3double-track system (the co-existence of state fixed price and the market price); a binary plan

湘桂運河湘桂运河

soeng1 gwai3 wan6 ho4Hunan-Guangxi Canal, another name for Lingqu 靈渠|灵渠[Ling2 qu2], canal in Xing'an County 興安|兴安[Xing1 an1], Guangxi

soeng1 gwan1Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion

雙光氣双光气

soeng1 gwong1 hei3diphosgene

soeng1 haap6box

soeng1 ham3to inlay; to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring); tesselation

soeng1 han4scar

傷痕累累伤痕累累

soeng1 han4 leoi4 leoi4cuts and bruises all over the body

soeng1 hap6to parley; to discuss

soeng1 hap6to conform to; to be compatible with

soeng1 hat6dual core (computing)

soeng1 hau2wound

雙后前兵開局双后前兵开局

soeng1 hau6 cin4 bing1 hoi1 guk6Double Queen Pawn Opening; same as 封閉性開局|封闭性开局

soeng1 hei2double happiness

雙喜臨門双喜临门

soeng1 hei2 lam4 mun4two simultaneous happy events in the family

相去無幾相去无几

soeng1 heoi3 mou4 gei2little difference

soeng1 ho4see 商河縣|商河县[Shang1 he2 Xian4]

商河縣商河县

soeng1 ho4 jyun6Shanghe, a county in Jinan City 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4], Shandong

soeng1 hoeng1see 湘鄉市|湘乡市[Xiang1 xiang1 Shi4]

湘鄉市湘乡市

soeng1 hoeng1 si5Xiangxiang, a county-level city in Xiangtan City 湘潭市[Xiang1 tan2 Shi4], Hunan

soeng1 hoeng3facing one another; face-to-face

soeng1 hoeng3bidirectional; interactive

soeng1 hoi1to strip sb of their Party membership and government job (開除黨籍，開除公職|开除党籍，开除公职)

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