Cantonese words starting with S

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song1 zong3 fai3

喪葬費丧葬费

Funeral expenses

To push forcefully.

Crisp and fresh, or clean and refreshing.

Forehead or throat.

Crisp and crunchy, especially of food; or quick, frank, and straightforward.

Pleasant, relaxed, and comfortable.

With alacrity; quickly and readily.

Frank, straightforward, and decisive, without hesitation or delay.

song2 fu1 seoi2

爽膚水爽肤水

Toner; a cosmetic liquid used to cleanse and shrink the appearance of pores on the skin.

To feel well, refreshed, and healthy.

Crisp and crunchy, describing the appealingly firm texture of food.

Cool and fresh air.

Pleasant, refreshing, or comfortable feeling.

Feeling clear and cheerful, or alternatively, feeling lost and disappointed.

song2 jin4 joek6 sat1

At a loss; not knowing what to do next.

To break an appointment; to fail to keep an agreement to meet up.

Energetic, in high spirits, or refreshed.

Clear and bright.

Optimistic, cheerful, and straightforward in personality.

Pleasant to behold; pleasing to the eye.

A person's voice, especially in terms of its volume or tone.

song2 mun4 ngaan5

嗓門眼嗓门眼

song2 sam1 jyut6 muk6

爽心悅目爽心悦目

Pleasing to both the eye and the mind; beautiful and heartwarming.

song2 sam1 mei5 sik6

To refresh the body, making it feel clean, dry, and comfortable.

song2 san1 fan2

Talcum powder or baby powder, used to keep the skin dry and fresh.

Refreshing; invigorating or exciting to the spirit.

To be quick and efficient; to hurry up in doing something.

song2 song2 faai3 faai3

Without hesitation; in short order; quickly and directly.

song2 waai1 waai1

To feel absolutely wonderful, ecstatic, or in utter bliss.

Frank, candid, and straightforward; describing someone who is direct and easygoing without being hesitant.

Quick and agile; nimble, prompt, or ready.

Cold and offensive in talk or manner.

To lose one's wife; to be widowed of one's wife.

Bereavement; the state of having lost a close relative through death.

Panic-stricken or terror-stricken; to be frightened out of one's wits.

Wicked, immoral, or lacking in virtue; to lose one's moral character.

Funerals and famines; also used to refer to natural or national disasters.

To lose one's father; to be orphaned of one's father.

Mourning clothes worn to a funeral to show grief for the deceased.

song3 gaa1 zi1 gau2

喪家之狗丧家之狗

Homeless dog; a person who has lost their backing or is in deep distress with nowhere to turn.

song3 gaa1 zi1 hyun2

喪家之犬丧家之犬

An outcast; a person who has nobody to turn to and has lost their home or support.

To feel disheartened, dejected, or discouraged.

song3 hei3 gwai2

喪氣鬼丧气鬼

A miserable person who always brings bad luck, a dampener on things, or looks downcast.

song3 hei3 waa6

喪氣話丧气话

Demoralizing talk or discouraging words.

song3 kyun4 juk6 gwok3

喪權辱國丧权辱国

To forfeit sovereignty and bring humiliation to one's country.

To lose one's life, especially due to accidents, disasters, or causes other than illness.

song3 mun4 san4

喪門神丧门神

Messenger of death; a bringer of bad luck or a person with a perpetually gloomy face.

To be widowed; to lose one's spouse.

A funeral stick held by a grieving son as a symbol of filial piety.