Cantonese words starting with S

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杀到
saat3 dou3describes something of immediate concern; …is on the way; watch out, here the...
saat3 duk1Zadok (son of Azor and father of Achim in Matthew 1:13)
杀毒软件
saat3 duk6 jyun5 gin2antivirus software
煞费苦心
saat3 fai3 fu2 sam1to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking
萨菲
saat3 fei1Safi (Moroccan city on the Atlantic coast)
萨非王朝
saat3 fei1 wong4 ciu4Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722
saat3 fo1finale
萨科齐
saat3 fo1 cai4Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), French UMP politician, President 2007-2012
撒科打诨
saat3 fo1 daa2 wan6to intersperse comic dialogue (as they do in operas)
撒谎
saat3 fong2to tell lies
杀富济贫
saat3 fu3 zai3 pan4robbing the rich to help the poor
杀风景
saat3 fung1 ging2variant of 煞風景|煞风景[sha1 feng1 jing3]
煞风景
saat3 fung1 ging2to be an eyesore; to be a wet blanket
萨嘎
saat3 gaa1see 薩嘎縣|萨嘎县[Sa4 ga1 Xian4]
萨迦
saat3 gaa1Sa'gya town and county, Tibetan: Sa skya, in Shigatse prefecture, central Tibet
萨噶达娃节
saat3 gaa1 daat6 waa1 zit3Tibetan festival on 15th April marking Sakyamuni's birthday
萨嘎县
saat3 gaa1 jyun6Saga, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet
萨迦县
saat3 gaa1 jyun6Sa'gya, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet
撒迦利亚
saat3 gaa1 lei6 aa3Zechariah (name)
撒迦利亚书
saat3 gaa1 lei6 aa3 syu1Book of Zechariah
杀价
saat3 gaa3to beat down the price; to slash one's prices
杀戒
saat3 gaai3prohibition against taking life
萨格勒布
saat3 gaak3 lak6 bou3Zagreb, capital of Croatia 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4]
杀鸡取卵
saat3 gai1 ceoi2 leon2lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom)
杀鸡儆猴
saat3 gai1 ging2 hau4lit. to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom)
杀鸡吓猴
saat3 gai1 haak3 hau4see 殺雞儆猴|杀鸡儆猴[sha1 ji1 jing3 hou2]
杀鸡焉用牛刀
saat3 gai1 jin1 jung6 ngau4 dou1don't use a sledgehammer on a nut
杀鸡给猴看
saat3 gai1 kap1 hau4 hon3lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (b...
杀鸡宰鹅
saat3 gai1 zoi2 ngo4kill the chickens and butcher the geese (idiom)
杀机
saat3 gei1(noun) the motivation of killing
撒娇
saat3 giu1to act like a spoiled child; to act coquettishly
撒脚
saat3 goek3to run off
saat3 haa1 laai1Sahara
saat3 haa1 laai1 ji5 naam4sub-Saharan
saat3 haa1 laai1 ji5 naam4 fei1 zau1sub-Saharan Africa
saat3 haa1 laai1 saa1 mok6Sahara Desert
萨哈罗夫
saat3 haa1 lo4 fu1Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), Russian nuclear scientist and dissident human ri...
萨哈罗夫人权奖
saat3 haa1 lo4 fu1 jan4 kyun4 zoeng2the EU Sakharov Human Rights Prize
萨哈罗夫奖
saat3 haa1 lo4 fu1 zoeng2Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (awarded by EU since 1988)
萨哈洛夫
saat3 haa1 lok6 fu1Sakharov (Russian name)
萨哈诺夫
saat3 haa1 nok6 fu1(Andrei) Sakharov
萨哈诺夫人权奖
saat3 haa1 nok6 fu1 jan4 kyun4 zoeng2the EU Sakharov prize for human rights
萨克拉门托
saat3 hak1 laai1 mun4 tok3Sacramento
萨克洛夫
saat3 hak1 lok6 fu1Sakharov (name)
萨克洛夫奖
saat3 hak1 lok6 fu1 zoeng2Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded by the European Parliament ann...
萨克森
saat3 hak1 sam1see 薩克森州|萨克森州[Sa4 ke4 sen1 Zhou1]
萨克森州
saat3 hak1 sam1 zau1Saxony, a federal state in eastern Germany, capital Dresden 德累斯頓|德累斯顿[De2 lei...
撒克逊
saat3 hak1 seon3Saxon (people)
萨克逊
saat3 hak1 seon3Saxon
撒克逊人
saat3 hak1 seon3 jan4Saxon (people)

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