Cantonese words starting with S

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soeng3 gaa2picture frame

soeng3 gei1camera (abbr. for 照相機|照相机[zhao4 xiang4 ji1]); as the circumstances allow

相機行事相机行事

soeng3 gei1 hang4 si6to act as circumstances dictate (idiom)

相機而動相机而动

soeng3 gei1 ji4 dung6to wait for the opportune moment before taking action (idiom)

相機而行相机而行

soeng3 gei1 ji4 hang4to act according to the situation (idiom)

soeng3 gung1lord; young gentleman; catamite; (old form of address for one's husband) husband

soeng3 gwok3prime minister (in ancient China)

soeng3 kwaang1photo frame

soeng3 maau6(noun) Countenance

soeng3 min6fortune telling based on the subject's face

soeng3 pin2image; CL:張|张[zhang1]

soeng3 si6fortune-teller who uses the subject's face for his prognostication

soeng3 sing1comic dialogue; crosstalk

soeng3 tou4phase diagram (math.)

soeng4to wander about leisurely

soeng4to repay; to recompense

soeng4to taste; to try (food); (literary) ever; once

soeng4used in 嫦娥[Chang2 e2]

soeng4always; often; common; constant; eternal; conventional; cap of, a quantifier for drugs

soeng4sit cross-legged; lingering

soeng4lower garment; petticoats; clothes; beautiful

常備不懈常备不懈

soeng4 bei6 bat1 haai6adj; be always prepared; be always on the alert

soeng4 ceon1 tang4ivy

soeng4 cing1to repay; to pay off a debt

soeng4 cing1evergreen

soeng4 cing1 tang4ivy

常青藤八校

soeng4 cing1 tang4 baat3 haau6Ivy League

soeng4 cing4common sense; the way people usually feel about things

soeng4 cit3(of an organization etc) standing or permanent

soeng4 cyun1always, continuously

soeng4 dak1see 常德市[Chang2 de2 Shi4]

常德絲弦常德丝弦

soeng4 dak1 si1 jin4Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments

soeng4 dak1 si5Changde, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3]

soeng4 dou6normal and proper practice; common occurrence

soeng4 faan6to commit (an error) often

soeng4 faat3convention; conventional treatment

soeng4 fan3to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety)

soeng4 fu6to pay back

soeng4 fung2fixed salary of an official

soeng4 gin3commonly seen; to see sth frequently

常見問題常见问题

soeng4 gin3 man6 tai4common problems

soeng4 gwai2normal practice

soeng4 haak3frequent visitor

soeng4 hang4 zai3Avoirdupois Weight, a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)

soeng4 hong6constant term (in a mathematical expression)

soeng4 jam6permanent

常任理事國常任理事国

soeng4 jam6 lei5 si6 gwok3permanent member state (of the UN Security Council)

soeng4 jan4ordinary person

常染色體常染色体

soeng4 jim5 sik1 tai2autosomal chromosome; autosomal

soeng4 jin4common saying

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