Cantonese words starting with S

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soeng5 kai3the establishment of the relationship of godparent(s) [godfather or godmother] and godchild [godson or goddaughter] under Chinese customary practice

soeng5 laap6Waxing

soeng5 lai2to come over, to come up

soeng5 lau4to go upstairs

soeng5 lin6to wind up the chain

soeng5 loi4to come up; (verb complement indicating success)

soeng5 lok6go up and down

soeng5 lou6to start on a journey

soeng5 maa5(verb) Get going (e.g. a project etc.)

soeng5 maan6over ten thousand; innumerable

soeng5 mong5(verb) online

上網本上网本

soeng5 mong5 bun2netbook

上網代理上网代理

soeng5 mong5 doi6 lei5an internet

soeng5 mun2to drop in; to lock a door; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family

上門費上门费

soeng5 mun2 fai3house call fee

soeng5 ngau1to take the bait

上鉤兒上钩儿

soeng5 ngau1 ji4erhua variant of 上鉤|上钩[shang4 gou1]

soeng5 ngon6to become rich (Cantonese)

soeng5 nou5having impact on one's emotions, causing one to behave rashly

soeng5 saan1(euphemism) Chinese funeral procession

上山下鄉上山下乡

soeng5 saan1 haa6 hoeng1to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers)

soeng5 sai1 tin1(Buddhism) to go to the Western Paradise

soeng5 sam1carefully; to set one's heart on sth

soeng5 si5(adjective) Listed (on a stock exchange for public trading);

soeng5 si5 gung1 si1listed company

soeng5 sin3to go online; to put sth online; to put into production

soeng5 sing1falling and rising tone

soeng5 syun4to get on the boat

soeng5 tin1 jap6 dei6lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom); to search heaven and earth

上天無路，入地無門上天无路，入地无门

soeng5 tin1 mou4 lou6 ，jap6 dei6 mou4 mun4lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom); to be trapped in a hopeless situation

soeng5 tin1 tong4Go to heaven

soeng5 toi2to serve ; set someone up; to have a meeting about something [colloquial]

soeng5 toi4to rise to power (in politics)

soeng5 toi4to go on stage; to appear on stage; to mount the platform; to come

soeng5 toi4to go onto the stage

soeng5 tong4(verb) to go to a class; to go to court

soeng5 tong4roof of the mouth

soeng5 waa2release on screen (movie)

soeng5 wai2seat of honor; to be promoted to a more senior role

soeng5 wai2 koi3 nim6superordinate concept

soeng5 zan6to go into battle

上陣不離父子兵上阵不离父子兵

soeng5 zan6 bat1 lei4 fu6 zi2 bing1one having good relationship with father, where it is like both always heading to battles together

上進心上进心

soeng5 zeon3 sam1ambition; desire for self-improvement

soeng5 zing3Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), abbr. for 上海證券交易所|上海证券交易所[Shang4 hai3 Zheng4 quan4 Jiao1 yi4 suo3]

soeng5 zong1to become a committee member of a society

上足電上足电

soeng5 zuk1 din6to be fully charged; to be fully drugged up [colloquial]

soeng6still; to value; normal; to marry (a princess); a long time; a respectful term used in sacrificial prayer

soeng6 ban2top or high quality

尚比亞尚比亚

soeng6 bei2 aa3Zambia (Tw)

soeng6 bei3upper arm

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