Cantonese words starting with S

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saap3 si4 gaan1

霎時間霎时间

in a split second

hard boiled egg

saap6 haa5 saap6 haa5

slow-witted; dim-witted; dorky [colloquial]

saap6 haa5 saap6 haa5

slow-witted; dim-witted; dorky [colloquial]

saap6 haa5 saap6 haa5

(adjective) foolish; asinine; daft

saap6 haa5 saap6 haa5

slow-witted; dim-witted; dorky [colloquial]

saap6 haa5 saap6 haa5

slow-witted; dim-witted; dorky [colloquial]

saap6 suk6 gau2 tau4

熠熟狗頭熠熟狗头

(slang) someone grins or simpers foolishly

a side strike with the hand; to knead; to scatter; to eradicate

to let go; to let loose; to give expression to; to relax; to leak; a surname

name of a river in Hebei Province

to terminate; to squeeze; to reduce; malignant deity; noxious

Bodhisattva; used in transliterations

a long spear; to cripple (literary)

(dialect) to scamper off; to take to one's heels; to make oneself scarce

saat3 baa1 dak1 lo4

薩巴德羅萨巴德罗

Zapatero (name)

to stop one's pen; final remarks (at the end of a book or article)

saat3 bat1 zyu6

剎不住刹不住

unable to brake (stop)

to sow (seeds by scattering)

to brake (when driving); to switch off; a brake

to brake (when driving)

saat3 ce1 dang1

剎車燈刹车灯

to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc); to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves)

撒切爾撒切尔

Thatcher (name)

saat3 cit3 ji5 fu1 jan4

撒切爾夫人撒切尔夫人

saat3 cou2 faai3

殺草快杀草快

saat3 cung4 joek6

殺蟲藥杀虫药

saat3 cung4 seoi2

殺蟲水杀虫水

insecticide; pesticide

saat3 cung4 zai1

殺蟲劑杀虫剂

Satan or Shaitan

variant of 撒旦[Sa1 dan4], Satan or Shaitan

saat3 daat6 dak6

薩達特萨达特

saat3 daat6 mou5

薩達姆萨达姆

Saddam Hussein (1937–2006), president of Iraq 1979–2003

Sati (Hindu goddess)

薩德爾萨德尔

saat3 dak1 ji5 si5

薩德爾市萨德尔市

Sadr city (Shia township in East Bagdad)

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), French existential philosopher and novelist

to attack the enemy

saat3 dik6 hak1

薩迪克萨迪克

Sadiq or Sadik (name)

saat3 ding1 dou2

撒丁島撒丁岛

saat3 ding1 nei4 aa3 dou2

薩丁尼亞島萨丁尼亚岛

saat3 dou1 goi1 jan4

撒都該人撒都该人