Cantonese words starting with S

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Xiangxi; referring to western Hunan province or the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.

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湘西土家族苗族自治州

Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province.

The condition or severity of an injury or wound.

Sad, aggrieved, or broken-hearted due to misfortune.

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傷心慘目伤心惨目

Appalling, heartbreaking, and too painful to look at.

soeng1 sam1 hou1 muk6

傷心蒿目伤心蒿目

To grieve; to be deeply distressed or sorrowful.

soeng1 sam1 zi3 sei2

傷心致死伤心致死

To grieve to death; to die of a broken heart.

Frosty morning.

To engender, generate, or promote the growth of one another.

Twins; born of the same pregnancy.

soeng1 sang1 hing1 dai6

雙生兄弟双生兄弟

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雙十節双十节

Double Tenth Day, celebrating the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising on October 10th, 1911.

Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery.

Bijection; a one-to-one and onto mapping in mathematics.

Shangshui county in Zhoukou, Henan province, China.

Shuang river, a waterway flowing through Hunan and Guangdong (modern Wu river).

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商水縣商水县

Shangshui County, a county in Zhoukou City, Henan Province.

Commercial tax; tax on trade.

To believe that something is true, or to have faith in someone or something.

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雙唇音双唇音

Bilabial consonant.

Physiognomy; the art of face-reading or fortune-telling through bodily features.

To yearn for each other's love; to miss each other.

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Saga seeds, the bright red seeds of the tree Adenanthera pavonina.

The highly toxic seed of the rosary pea plant, used in bead-making and traditional medicine.

To be acquainted with each other, or to know each other.

soeng1 sik1 ce1

廂式車厢式车

Box van or minivan; a type of van with a closed, box-like cargo or passenger compartment.

To prey on one's own kind; cannibalism.

Double star; a pair of stars that appear close to each other in the sky.

Chinese compound surname; a double-barrelled name consisting of two characters.

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雙性戀双性恋

Bisexuality; a sexual orientation involving attraction to both one's own and other genders.

Shangcheng county in Xinyang, Henan province.

To multiply two or more numbers together.

Xiangcheng District in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.

To inherit, hand down, or carry on from one generation to the next.

Xiangcheng; a place name in China.

Twin cities; two adjacent cities with close cultural and economic ties.

soeng1 sing4 gei3

雙城記双城记

A Tale of Two Cities, the novel by Charles Dickens.

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商城縣商城县

Shangcheng, a county in Xinyang, Henan.

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襄城縣襄城县

Xiangcheng County, a county in Xuchang City, Henan Province.

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相城區相城区

Xiangcheng, a district of Suzhou City, Jiangsu.

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襄城區襄城区

Xiangcheng, a district of Xiangyang City in Hubei province.

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雙城子双城子

Shuangchengzi, the former Chinese name of Ussuriysk, a city in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia.

To consult with, talk over, or discuss.

Both; two together, especially when two people or teams experience the same outcome.

Quotient; the result of division, or a measure of the presence or degree of a characteristic.

An even number, such as 0, 2, 4, or 6.

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雙宿雙飛双宿双飞

Inseparable; typically describing a devoted couple staying and travelling together.