Cantonese words starting with S

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saat3 dou3
殺到杀到
describes something of immediate concern; …is on the way; watch out, here they come [colloquial]
saat3 duk1
撒督
Zadok (son of Azor and father of Achim in Matthew 1:13)
saat3 duk6 jyun5 gin2
殺毒軟件杀毒软件
antivirus software
saat3 fai3 fu2 sam1
煞費苦心煞费苦心
to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking
saat3 fei1
薩菲萨菲
Safi (Moroccan city on the Atlantic coast)
saat3 fei1 wong4 ciu4
薩非王朝萨非王朝
Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722
saat3 fo1
煞科
finale
saat3 fo1 cai4
薩科齊萨科齐
Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), French UMP politician, President 2007-2012
saat3 fo1 daa2 wan6
撒科打諢撒科打诨
to intersperse comic dialogue (as they do in operas)
saat3 fong2
撒謊撒谎
to tell lies
saat3 fu3 zai3 pan4
殺富濟貧杀富济贫
robbing the rich to help the poor
saat3 fung1 ging2
殺風景杀风景
variant of 煞風景|煞风景[sha1 feng1 jing3]
saat3 fung1 ging2
煞風景煞风景
to be an eyesore; to be a wet blanket
saat3 gaa1
薩嘎萨嘎
see 薩嘎縣|萨嘎县[Sa4 ga1 Xian4]
saat3 gaa1
薩迦萨迦
Sa'gya town and county, Tibetan: Sa skya, in Shigatse prefecture, central Tibet
saat3 gaa1 daat6 waa1 zit3
薩噶達娃節萨噶达娃节
Tibetan festival on 15th April marking Sakyamuni's birthday
saat3 gaa1 jyun6
薩嘎縣萨嘎县
Saga, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet
saat3 gaa1 jyun6
薩迦縣萨迦县
Sa'gya, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet
saat3 gaa1 lei6 aa3
撒迦利亞撒迦利亚
Zechariah (name)
saat3 gaa1 lei6 aa3 syu1
撒迦利亞書撒迦利亚书
Book of Zechariah
saat3 gaa3
殺價杀价
to beat down the price; to slash one's prices
saat3 gaai3
殺戒杀戒
prohibition against taking life
saat3 gaak3 lak6 bou3
薩格勒布萨格勒布
Zagreb, capital of Croatia 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4]
saat3 gai1 ceoi2 leon2
殺雞取卵杀鸡取卵
lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom)
saat3 gai1 ging2 hau4
殺雞儆猴杀鸡儆猴
lit. to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom)
saat3 gai1 haak3 hau4
殺雞嚇猴杀鸡吓猴
see 殺雞儆猴|杀鸡儆猴[sha1 ji1 jing3 hou2]
saat3 gai1 jin1 jung6 ngau4 dou1
殺雞焉用牛刀杀鸡焉用牛刀
don't use a sledgehammer on a nut
saat3 gai1 kap1 hau4 hon3
殺雞給猴看杀鸡给猴看
lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
saat3 gai1 zoi2 ngo4
殺雞宰鵝杀鸡宰鹅
kill the chickens and butcher the geese (idiom)
saat3 gei1
殺機杀机
(noun) the motivation of killing
saat3 giu1
撒嬌撒娇
to act like a spoiled child; to act coquettishly
saat3 goek3
撒腳撒脚
to run off
saat3 haa1 laai1
撒哈拉
Sahara
saat3 haa1 laai1 ji5 naam4
撒哈拉以南
sub-Saharan
saat3 haa1 laai1 ji5 naam4 fei1 zau1
撒哈拉以南非洲
sub-Saharan Africa
saat3 haa1 laai1 saa1 mok6
撒哈拉沙漠
Sahara Desert
saat3 haa1 lo4 fu1
薩哈羅夫萨哈罗夫
Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), Russian nuclear scientist and dissident human rights activist
saat3 haa1 lo4 fu1 jan4 kyun4 zoeng2
薩哈羅夫人權獎萨哈罗夫人权奖
the EU Sakharov Human Rights Prize
saat3 haa1 lo4 fu1 zoeng2
薩哈羅夫獎萨哈罗夫奖
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (awarded by EU since 1988)
saat3 haa1 lok6 fu1
薩哈洛夫萨哈洛夫
Sakharov (Russian name)
saat3 haa1 nok6 fu1
薩哈諾夫萨哈诺夫
(Andrei) Sakharov
saat3 haa1 nok6 fu1 jan4 kyun4 zoeng2
薩哈諾夫人權獎萨哈诺夫人权奖
the EU Sakharov prize for human rights
saat3 hak1 laai1 mun4 tok3
薩克拉門托萨克拉门托
Sacramento
saat3 hak1 lok6 fu1
薩克洛夫萨克洛夫
Sakharov (name)
saat3 hak1 lok6 fu1 zoeng2
薩克洛夫獎萨克洛夫奖
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded by the European Parliament annually since 1988
saat3 hak1 sam1
薩克森萨克森
see 薩克森州|萨克森州[Sa4 ke4 sen1 Zhou1]
saat3 hak1 sam1 zau1
薩克森州萨克森州
Saxony, a federal state in eastern Germany, capital Dresden 德累斯頓|德累斯顿[De2 lei2 si1 dun4]
saat3 hak1 seon3
撒克遜撒克逊
Saxon (people)
saat3 hak1 seon3
薩克遜萨克逊
Saxon
saat3 hak1 seon3 jan4
撒克遜人撒克逊人
Saxon (people)