Cantonese words starting with S

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To sweep away dirt from a flat surface.

To go upstream, go against the current, or trace back to a source.

Simple, plain, or minimalist; lacking excessive decoration or additions.

To tell, relate, express, or complain in words to let someone know.

Broom; a cleaning tool with a long handle attached to fibers for sweeping up dust and garbage.

sou3 baa2 sing1

掃把星扫把星

A comet, or a person who brings bad luck.

掃把頭扫把头

A person with wild, unruly hair, or a hairstyle that resembles a broom head.

Several hundred

sou3 baak3 maan6

數百萬数百万

Several million; millions of.

sou3 bat1 sing1 sou3

數不勝數数不胜数

Too many to count; innumerable.

sou3 bat1 soeng1 nang4

Unable to get along with each other.

sou3 bat1 soeng1 sik1

素不相識素不相识

To be total strangers; to have never met before.

Account book; cash book used to record financial transactions.

Vegetarian meal or vegetarian food.

To clean up; to sweep and clean a place.

sou3 ceoi4 gei1

掃除機扫除机

Mechanical sweeper

sou3 ceoi4 tin1 haa6

掃除天下扫除天下

To re-establish order throughout the country or empire.

Numeral; a word that represents a number, place value, or order.

To disrupt a business's operations, typically by trashing the premises, driving away customers, or conducting a raid.

Vegetarian dish; a dish containing no meat.

Source material; raw materials used to create something.

Plain, simple, and elegant in color or decoration.

To sweep the floor.

sou3 dei6 ceot1 mun4

掃地出門扫地出门

To kick someone out of the house; to confiscate all property and expel someone.

To root out, eradicate, or thoroughly clear away something undesirable.

sou3 dong6 teoi2

掃蕩腿扫荡腿

A sweeping kick or sweep, typically used in martial arts to knock down an opponent.

To carry out a drug sweep or anti-narcotics operation.

Sudoku; a number-placement logic puzzle game played on a nine-by-nine grid.

塑化劑塑化剂

Plasticizer; a chemical additive used to increase the flexibility of materials like plastics or cement.

Method of counting.

To go on a shopping spree; to buy a large quantity of goods.

To vent one's grievances, pour out one's woes, or share one's sorrows.

sou3 fui1 seoi2

掃灰水扫灰水

To paint a wall or ceiling, usually done by professional painters as part of renovation work.

To mark the start of the hottest period of the summer, known as the dog days or sanfutian.

To laminate or wrap in plastic; to seal with a plastic film.

To burp a baby after feeding to prevent spitting up.

To sweep and clean the streets, or to go on a street food crawl.

Plastic; synthetic resin.

塑膠車塑胶车

Scooter; motor scooter.

sou3 gaau1 doi2

塑膠袋塑胶袋

sou3 gaau1 paau2 dou6

塑膠跑道塑胶跑道

A synthetic athletics track.

The nine periods of nine days each after the winter solstice, representing the coldest time of the year.

sou3 gau2 hon4 tin1

數九寒天数九寒天

The coldest time of the year, referring to the nine nine-day periods after the winter solstice.

數九天数九天

The coldest time of the year, referring to the nine periods of nine days each after the winter solstice.

Data; raw information in numerical form.

sou3 geoi3 aat3 suk1

數據壓縮数据压缩

Data compression.

sou3 geoi3 cyu2 lei5

數據處理数据处理

Data processing; the collection and manipulation of items of data to produce meaningful information.

sou3 geoi3 cyun4 syu1

數據傳輸数据传输

Data transmission

sou3 geoi3 dyun6

數據段数据段

Data segment; a portion of virtual memory space of a program containing initialized or uninitialized static variables.

數據庫数据库

Database; a system for collecting and storing data, typically referring to computer software.