Cantonese words starting with S

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萨克斯
saat3 hak1 si1sax
萨克斯风
saat3 hak1 si1 fung1(loanword) saxophone
萨克斯管
saat3 hak1 si1 gun2sax
杀起
saat3 hei2to finish; to put one's mind to finishing something; to be determined in doin...
撒气
saat3 hei3to leak (of air); to vent one's anger
杀气
saat3 hei3murderous spirit; to vent one's anger
煞气
saat3 hei3to vent one's anger on (an innocent party)
杀气腾腾
saat3 hei3 tang4 tang4ferocious
煞气腾腾
saat3 hei3 tang4 tang4variant of 殺氣騰騰|杀气腾腾[sha1 qi4 teng2 teng2]
杀害
saat3 hoi6to murder
杀人
saat3 jan4homicide; to kill (a person)
杀人不见血
saat3 jan4 bat1 gin3 hyut3to kill without shedding blood
杀人不过头点地
saat3 jan4 bat1 gwo3 tau4 dim2 dei6It's all exaggeration, you don't need to take it seriously; nothing to write ...
杀人不眨眼
saat3 jan4 bat1 zaam2 ngaan5to murder without blinking an eye (idiom); cold-blooded
杀人犯
saat3 jan4 faan2murderer
杀人放火
saat3 jan4 fong3 fo2to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson
杀人如历
saat3 jan4 jyu4 maa4to kill people like flies [colloquial]
杀人如麻
saat3 jan4 jyu4 maa4lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom)
杀人越货
saat3 jan4 jyut6 fo3to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
杀人鲸
saat3 jan4 king4orca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)
杀人狂
saat3 jan4 kwong4homicidal maniac
杀人未遂
saat3 jan4 mei6 seoi6attempted murder
杀人案
saat3 jan4 on3murder case
杀人案件
saat3 jan4 on3 gin2(case of, incident of) murder
杀人王
saat3 jan4 wong4a mass murder; a serial killer
杀一儆百
saat3 jat1 ging2 baak3lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an exampl...
杀一警百
saat3 jat1 ging2 baak3variant of 殺一儆百|杀一儆百[sha1 yi1 jing3 bai3]
saat3 jau5 gaai3 si6to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom)
saat3 jau5 kei4 si6see 煞有介事[sha4 you3 jie4 shi4]
saat3 je5to display shockingly bad behavior
萨尔
saat3 ji5Saarland
萨尔布吕肯
saat3 ji5 bou3 leoi5 hang2Saarbrücken, capital of Saarland, Germany
萨尔茨堡
saat3 ji5 ci4 bou2Salzburg
萨尔科齐
saat3 ji5 fo1 cai4Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), French UMP politician, President 2007-2012
萨尔科奇
saat3 ji5 fo1 kei4Sarkozy (name)
撒尔孟
saat3 ji5 maang6(Catholicism) Salmon (son of Nashon)
萨尔瓦多
saat3 ji5 ngaa5 do1El Salvador
萨尔普斯堡
saat3 ji5 pou2 si1 bou2Sarpsborg (city in Østfold, Norway)
萨尔图
saat3 ji5 tou4see 薩爾圖區|萨尔图区[Sa4 er3 tu2 Qu1]
萨尔图区
saat3 ji5 tou4 keoi1Sartu, a district of Daqing City 大慶市|大庆市[Da4 qing4 Shi4], Heilongjiang
萨尔温江
saat3 ji5 wan1 gong1Salween river, flowing from Tibet into Myanmar
萨尔浒之战
saat3 ji5 wu2 zi1 zin3Battle of Sarhu in 1619, in which the Manchus under Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3...
萨尔州
saat3 ji5 zau1Saarland, state of Germany, capital Saarbrücken 薩爾布呂肯|萨尔布吕肯[Sa4 er3 bu4 lu:3 ...
撒盐
saat3 jim4to spread salt, usually used in the context of 'pour salt on the wound'
saat3 jin4sudden
杀婴
saat3 jing1infanticide
铩羽而归
saat3 jyu5 ji4 gwai1(idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one...
杀软
saat3 jyun5antivirus software
萨卡什维利
saat3 kaa1 sap6 wai4 lei6Mikheil Saakashvili (1967-), Georgian politician, president of Georgia 2004-2013
杀球
saat3 kau4to spike the ball (volleyball etc)

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