Cantonese words starting with S

14,796 entries

indictment; complaint

(computing) array

to model; to mold; (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)

sou3 zung6 faat3

訴訟法诉讼法

sou3 zung6 zung1

訴訟中诉讼中

to appeal (to reason, sentiment, charity etc)

sou3 zyu1 gung1 leon6

訴諸公論诉诸公论

to appeal to the public

uncle; husband's younger brother; the third eldest amongst brothers; the last

morning; long-held; previous; inborn

warm and virtuous; Taiwan pr. [shú]; refined; pure

grain; goose pimples; maize; a surname

to withdraw; to contract; to reduce; also pr. [sù]; to back out from something

respectful; to eliminate; to pay respects; to welcome guests in; solemnly

clover; Taiwan pr. [su4]

green, long-necked mythical bird, turquoise kingfisher

(of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather

one with body odour caused by sweating

long-standing abuse

suk1 bak1 jyun6

肅北縣肃北县

see 肅北蒙古族自治縣|肃北蒙古族自治县[Su4 bei3 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]

suk1 bak1 mung4 gu2 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

肅北蒙古族自治縣肃北蒙古族自治县

Subei Mongol Autonomous County, in Jiuquan City 酒泉市[Jiu3 quan2 Shi4], Gansu

叔本華叔本华

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German post-Kantian philosopher

see 宿遷市|宿迁市[Su4 qian1 Shi4]

宿遷市宿迁市

Suqian, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3]

to visit a prostitute

grass that has grown on a grave since last year; to have died long ago

see 宿松縣|宿松县[Su4 song1 Xian4]

suk1 cung4 jyun6

宿松縣宿松县

Susong, a county in Anqing City 安慶市|安庆市[An1 qing4 Shi4], Anhui

suk1 do1 on1 syun1

縮多氨酸缩多氨酸

polypeptide, a chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein

suk1 faan1 tiu4 gong3

縮番條槓缩番条杠

to chicken out; to go back on one's word [colloquial]

to eliminate counterrevolutionaries (abbr. for 肅清反革命分子|肃清反革命分子[su4 qing1 fan3 ge2 ming4 fen4 zi3])

suk1 faan2 wan6 dung6

肅反運動肃反运动

purge of counterrevolutionaries (esp. Mao's purge of hidden counterrevolutionaries 1955-56 and Stalin's Great Purge 1936-38)

(ingredient) corn starch

predestined relationship

(literary) suddenly

scaling; zoom (graphics)

(noun) Senior in a high level (of a specific field which usually refers to gangster)

(typesetting) to indent

perennial root (botany)