Cantonese words starting with S

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syun1 sai6 zing3 jin4

宣誓證言宣誓证言

sworn testimony

孫思邈孙思邈

Sun Simiao (c. 581-682), doctor and herbalist of the Sui and Tang dynasty, author of Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold 千金要方[Qian1 jin1 Yao4 fang1]

syun1 sik1 jim4

酸式鹽酸式盐

see 宣城市[Xuan1 cheng2 Shi4]

syun1 sing4 si5

Xuancheng, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3]

to drain (by leading off water); to divulge

syun1 suk1 laan6 cau3

酸宿爛臭酸宿烂臭

stinking smell from being drunk (spoken)

syun1 suk1 ngou4

孫叔敖孙叔敖

Sun Shuao, Famous Prime Minister during Eastern Zhou Dynasty

(of muscles) to ache

syun1 tim4 fu2 laat6

lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom)

reign name (1909-1911) of the last Qing emperor Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪

see 宣威市[Xuan1 wei1 Shi4]

Xuanwei, a county-level city in Qujing City 曲靖市[Qu3 jing4 Shi4], Yunnan

see 宣州區|宣州区[Xuan1 zhou1 Qu1]

syun1 zau1 keoi1

宣州區宣州区

Xuanzhou, a district of Xuancheng City 宣城市[Xuan1 cheng2 Shi4], Anhui

a type of hardwood

Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]

announces the emperor's orders

fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣|泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui

syun1 zi2 bing1 faat3

孫子兵法孙子兵法

“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3]

syun1 zi2 ding6 lei5

孫子定理孙子定理

the Chinese remainder theorem

Chinese lantern plant (Physalis alkekengi); winter cherry; strawberry ground-cherry

sour date (Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa)

syun1 zung1 saan1

孫中山孙中山

Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党

Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 San1 bai3 Shou3]

to decrease; to damage; (coll.) to speak sarcastically; caustic; one of the 64 trigrams of the Book of Changes (old)

to choose; to select; election; elective; anthology

an ancient unit of measurement for weight

syun2 bat6 coi3

選拔賽选拔赛

qualification trials; (selective) trials; auditions

to pick out; to elect

the state of play in an election; the current state of a candidate's campaign

selected scenes; to select venues; to pick a side (in the competition field)

to select a suitable material; the material selection

(computing) menu

to select; to settle on

to select courses

to elect; CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4]

syun2 geoi2 faat3 ting4

選舉法庭选举法庭

syun2 geoi2 gun2 lei5 wai2 jyun4 wui2

選舉管理委員會选举管理委员会

Electoral Affairs Commission