Cantonese words starting with S

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Song Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传

to see a visitor out

to see someone off

sung3 hau2 gwo2

dried fruits taken with Chinese medicine

aspiration (phonetics, explosion of breath on consonants distinguishing Chinese p, t from b, d)

to send to; to give sb a lift (e.g. in a car)

sung3 hing3 ling4

宋慶齡宋庆龄

Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925

sung3 jam6 kung4

宋任窮宋任穷

Song Renqiong (1909-2005), general of the People's Liberation Army

to give away; to see sb off

sung3 jan4 cing4

to do favours at no great cost to oneself

sung3 jap6 gwai2 mun4 gwaan1

送入鬼門關送入鬼门关

to kill someone [colloquial]

to send or deliver to the hospital

sung3 joeng4 jap6 fu2 hau2

送羊入虎口

sending someone to danger (idiom)

to place out for adoption

hospitalize; to send someone to hospital

Song Qi (998-1061), Song dynasty poet and writer, coauthor of History of the Later Tang Dynasty 新唐書|新唐书

to give a present

sung3 lai5 wui2

送禮會送礼会

shower (for bride, baby etc)

Song Lian (1310-1381), Ming dynasty writer, historian and politician

sung3 mei5 ling4

宋美齡宋美龄

Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003), Chiang Kai-shek's second wife

to lose one's life

sung3 mou5 dai3

Emperor Wu of Song (363-422), personal name Liu Yu 劉裕|刘裕[Liu2 Yu4], founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned 420-422

to submit to a higher level for approval or review

looking for trouble (spoken)

sung3 sei3 daai6 syu1

宋四大書宋四大书

Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华

sung3 sei3 gaa1

four famous Song calligraphers, namely: Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼[Su1 Shi4], Huang Tingjian 黃庭堅|黄庭坚[Huang2 Ting2 jian1], Mi Fu 米芾[Mi3 Fu2] and Cai Xiang 蔡襄[Cai4 Xiang1]

History of the Song Dynasty, twentieth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 496 scrolls

sung3 soeng1 gung1

Duke Xiang of Song (reigned 650-637 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸

sung3 soeng5 gwai2 dou6

送上軌道送上轨道

to send into orbit

sung3 soeng5 taai3 hung1

to launch into space

History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4] or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], sixth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Shen Yue 沈約|沈约[Shen3 Yue1] in 488 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 100 scrolls

sung3 taai3 zou2

Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960

宋體字宋体字

sung3 tau4 sung3 mei5

餸頭餸尾餸头餸尾

leftovers (food)

to return; to send back

sung3 wong4 toi4

Sung Wong Toi, an historic relic in Kowloon, Hong Kong, which dates back to end of Southern Song Dynasty

sung3 wong5 jing4 loi4

送往迎來送往迎来

see 迎來送往|迎来送往[ying2 lai2 song4 wang3]

to participate in funeral procession

sung3 zou2 jing1

Song Zuying (1966-), Chinese folk music singer

seeing off the kitchen god 灶神[Zao4 shen2] (traditional rite)

to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member; to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member

sung4 baai3 ze2