Cantonese words starting with S

14,796 entries

扫雷艇
sou3 leoi4 teng5minesweeper
数论
sou3 leon6number theory (math.)
数列
sou3 lit6sequence of numbers
sou3 liu2plastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials)
sou3 liu2 doi2plastic bag
扫罗
sou3 lo4Saul (name)
数量
sou3 loeng6amount; quantity; (math.) scalar quantity
数量词
sou3 loeng6 ci4numeral-classifier compound (e.g. 一次[yi1 ci4], 三套[san1 tao4], 五本[wu3 ben3] etc)
数量分析
sou3 loeng6 fan1 sik1quantitative analysis
数量级
sou3 loeng6 kap1(math.) order of magnitude
数量积
sou3 loeng6 zik1scalar product (of vectors)
素来
sou3 loi4consistently; always (in the past and now)
数佬
sou3 lou2a loan shark [colloquial]
数码
sou3 maa5number; figures; amount
数码暴龙
sou3 maa5 bou6 lung4the Digimon
数码冲印
sou3 maa5 cung1 jan3digital printing
数码化
sou3 maa5 faa3to digitize
数码港
sou3 maa5 gong2Cyberport, a technology and commercial complex in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
数码光碟
sou3 maa5 gwong1 dip2DVD [written and colloquial]
数码影像
sou3 maa5 jing2 zoeng6digitized image [written and colloquial]
数码摄录机
sou3 maa5 sip3 luk6 gei1digital video camera [written and colloquial]
数码相机
sou3 maa5 soeng3 gei1digital camera
数码扫描
sou3 maa5 sou3 miu4a digital scan
数码通
sou3 maa5 tung1SmarTone-Vodafone (Hong Kong and Macau company)
数码照相机
sou3 maa5 ziu3 soeng3 gei1digital camera
数万
sou3 maan6several tens of thousands
扫盲
sou3 maang4to wipe out illiteracy
扫尾
sou3 mei5to complete the last stage of work
数尾
sou3 mei5remaining balance (on a debt)
素面
sou3 min6vegetable noodle dish
sou3 min6 ciu4 tin1lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom); to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
扫描
sou3 miu4to scan
sou3 miu4sketch
扫描器
sou3 miu4 hei3scanner
扫描仪
sou3 miu4 ji4scanner (device)
sou3 mok6plastic film (abbr. for 塑料薄膜[su4 liao4 bo2 mo2])
扫墓
sou3 mou6to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
sou3 mui6 ping4 sang1(idiom) to have never met sb before; entirely unacquainted
数目
sou3 muk6amount
数目字
sou3 muk6 zi6noun; numbers; numerals
sou3 ngaa5simple yet elegant
数额
sou3 ngaak6amount; fixed number
素颜
sou3 ngaan4a face without makeup
扫硬
sou3 ngaang6to totally wipe out
数年
sou3 nin4several years
sou3 nong4crop (anatomy of birds, gastropods etc)
扫平
sou3 ping4to clear; to sweep over; to crush; to suppress
素朴
sou3 pok3simple; unsophisticated
sou3 san1body sculpting (weight loss and exercise)
数十亿
sou3 sap6 jik1several billion

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