Cantonese words starting with S

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dendrite (branched projection of a neuron)

syu6 dat6 zong6 sai3 baau1

樹突狀細胞树突状细胞

to antagonize people

syu6 doi6 hung4

樹袋熊树袋熊

syu6 dou2 wu4 syun1 saan3

樹倒猢猻散树倒猢狲散

When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause

樹化玉树化玉

wood jade (type of petrified wood)

syu6 gou1 cin1 zoeng6 ，jip6 lok6 gwai1 gan1

樹高千丈，葉落歸根树高千丈，叶落归根

fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb); in old age, an expatriate returns home

syu6 gou1 cin1 zoeng6, lok6 jip6 gwai1 gan1

樹高千丈，落葉歸根树高千丈，落叶归根

see 樹高千丈，葉落歸根|树高千丈，叶落归根[shu4 gao1 qian1 zhang4 , ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1]

ice (rime) formed on a tree

to erect (a tent etc); to raise (one's eyebrows); to turn up (one's collar)

syu6 hei2 daai6 mou5 zi2

豎起大拇指竖起大拇指

to give a thumbs-up

syu6 hei2 ji5 do2

豎起耳朵竖起耳朵

to prick up one's ears; to strain to hear sth

shade (of a tree)

shade of a tree

syu6 juk6 zing6 ji4 fung1 bat1 zi2

樹欲靜而風不止树欲静而风不止

lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom)

sloth (zoology)

to erect; to stand

Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan

樹林市树林市

Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan

(bird species of China) olive-backed pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)

syu6 maa4 zoek2

樹麻雀树麻雀

(bird species of China) Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

sapling; young tree

vertical stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)

the tip of a tree; treetop

syu6 soeng6 hoi1 faa1

樹上開花树上开花

to deck the tree with false blossoms

trunk of a tree

syu6 waan1 ngau1

豎彎鉤竖弯钩

乚 stroke in Chinese characters

樹仔頭树仔头

syu6 zi1 zong6 zing1

樹枝狀晶树枝状晶

dendrite (crystallography)