Cantonese words starting with S

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suk1 mai5 gang1

(noun) corn oil

suk1 mei4 ping4 pin2

縮微平片缩微平片

suk1 ming6 leon6

宿命論宿命论

Cebu (province in the Philippines)

Cebu, a province (and a city) in the Philippines (Tw)

solemn and respectful

suk1 naam4 jyu6 gu3 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

肅南裕固族自治縣肃南裕固族自治县

Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, in Zhangye City 張掖市|张掖市[Zhang1 ye4 Shi4], Gansu

see 肅寧縣|肃宁县[Su4 ning2 Xian4]

suk1 ning4 jyun6

肅寧縣肃宁县

Suning, a county in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei

縮氨酸缩氨酸

peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)

(typesetting) to indent

reduce on costs or expenditure (spoken)

shorten; downsizing

aunt by marriage; husband's father's younger brother's wife

(slang) to get cold feet; to renege; (of something) to chicken out; to give up

Narrowing; to shrink; to reduce

ancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China

suk1 sau2 suk1 goek3

縮手縮腳缩手缩脚

bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained

dormitory; living quarters; CL:間|间[jian1]

宿舍樓宿舍楼

dormitory building

to shrink (in the wash)

suk1 si4 sip3 jing2

縮時攝影缩时摄影

time-lapse photography

see 宿城區|宿城区[Su4 cheng2 Qu1]

suk1 sing4 jat1 tyun4

縮成一團缩成一团

to huddle together

suk1 sing4 keoi1

宿城區宿城区

Sucheng, a district of Suqian City 宿遷市|宿迁市[Su4 qian1 Shi4], Jiangsu

(verb) Zoom out

suk1 siu2 mou4 jing4

縮小模型缩小模型

(literary) good horse

green, long-necked mythical bird

stingy and scheming selfishly; petty shrewdness; bean counter

father's younger brother; paternal uncle

homework assignment

suk1 tau4 gwai1

縮頭龜缩头龟

(noun) a chicken (coward); a coward; a quitter; to describe someone who shies away from difficulties ; responsibilities; to describe someone who pulls out of doing something the last minute

suk1 tau4 suk1 nou5

縮頭縮腦缩头缩脑

coward; timid; fainthearted; recoil in fear; shrink from responsibility

suk1 tau4 wu1 gwai1

縮頭烏龜缩头乌龟

a turtle that pulls its head in; chicken

long-standing debt

chronic ailment

suk1 zat6 suk1 zat6

叔姪縮窒叔侄缩窒

describes a situation when someone back out of something out of stinginess and got away with not having to even spend a penny