Cantonese words starting with S

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saat3 hak1 si1
薩克斯萨克斯
sax
saat3 hak1 si1 fung1
薩克斯風萨克斯风
(loanword) saxophone
saat3 hak1 si1 gun2
薩克斯管萨克斯管
sax
saat3 hei2
殺起杀起
to finish; to put one's mind to finishing something; to be determined in doing something
saat3 hei3
撒氣撒气
to leak (of air); to vent one's anger
saat3 hei3
殺氣杀气
murderous spirit; to vent one's anger
saat3 hei3
煞氣煞气
to vent one's anger on (an innocent party)
saat3 hei3 tang4 tang4
殺氣騰騰杀气腾腾
ferocious
saat3 hei3 tang4 tang4
煞氣騰騰煞气腾腾
variant of 殺氣騰騰|杀气腾腾[sha1 qi4 teng2 teng2]
saat3 hoi6
殺害杀害
to murder
saat3 jan4
殺人杀人
homicide; to kill (a person)
saat3 jan4 bat1 gin3 hyut3
殺人不見血杀人不见血
to kill without shedding blood
saat3 jan4 bat1 gwo3 tau4 dim2 dei6
殺人不過頭點地杀人不过头点地
It's all exaggeration, you don't need to take it seriously; nothing to write home about
saat3 jan4 bat1 zaam2 ngaan5
殺人不眨眼杀人不眨眼
to murder without blinking an eye (idiom); cold-blooded
saat3 jan4 faan2
殺人犯杀人犯
murderer
saat3 jan4 fong3 fo2
殺人放火杀人放火
to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson
saat3 jan4 jyu4 maa4
殺人如厤杀人如历
to kill people like flies [colloquial]
saat3 jan4 jyu4 maa4
殺人如麻杀人如麻
lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom)
saat3 jan4 jyut6 fo3
殺人越貨杀人越货
to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
saat3 jan4 king4
殺人鯨杀人鲸
orca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)
saat3 jan4 kwong4
殺人狂杀人狂
homicidal maniac
saat3 jan4 mei6 seoi6
殺人未遂杀人未遂
attempted murder
saat3 jan4 on3
殺人案杀人案
murder case
saat3 jan4 on3 gin2
殺人案件杀人案件
(case of, incident of) murder
saat3 jan4 wong4
殺人王杀人王
a mass murder; a serial killer
saat3 jat1 ging2 baak3
殺一儆百杀一儆百
lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
saat3 jat1 ging2 baak3
殺一警百杀一警百
variant of 殺一儆百|杀一儆百[sha1 yi1 jing3 bai3]
saat3 jau5 gaai3 si6
煞有介事
to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom)
saat3 jau5 kei4 si6
煞有其事
see 煞有介事[sha4 you3 jie4 shi4]
saat3 je5
撒野
to display shockingly bad behavior
saat3 ji5
薩爾萨尔
Saarland
saat3 ji5 bou3 leoi5 hang2
薩爾布呂肯萨尔布吕肯
Saarbrücken, capital of Saarland, Germany
saat3 ji5 ci4 bou2
薩爾茨堡萨尔茨堡
Salzburg
saat3 ji5 fo1 cai4
薩爾科齊萨尔科齐
Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), French UMP politician, President 2007-2012
saat3 ji5 fo1 kei4
薩爾科奇萨尔科奇
Sarkozy (name)
saat3 ji5 maang6
撒爾孟撒尔孟
(Catholicism) Salmon (son of Nashon)
saat3 ji5 ngaa5 do1
薩爾瓦多萨尔瓦多
El Salvador
saat3 ji5 pou2 si1 bou2
薩爾普斯堡萨尔普斯堡
Sarpsborg (city in Østfold, Norway)
saat3 ji5 tou4
薩爾圖萨尔图
see 薩爾圖區|萨尔图区[Sa4 er3 tu2 Qu1]
saat3 ji5 tou4 keoi1
薩爾圖區萨尔图区
Sartu, a district of Daqing City 大慶市|大庆市[Da4 qing4 Shi4], Heilongjiang
saat3 ji5 wan1 gong1
薩爾溫江萨尔温江
Salween river, flowing from Tibet into Myanmar
saat3 ji5 wu2 zi1 zin3
薩爾滸之戰萨尔浒之战
Battle of Sarhu in 1619, in which the Manchus under Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4] crushed four Ming armies
saat3 ji5 zau1
薩爾州萨尔州
Saarland, state of Germany, capital Saarbrücken 薩爾布呂肯|萨尔布吕肯[Sa4 er3 bu4 lu:3 ken3]
saat3 jim4
撒鹽撒盐
to spread salt, usually used in the context of 'pour salt on the wound'
saat3 jin4
撒然
sudden
saat3 jing1
殺嬰杀婴
infanticide
saat3 jyu5 ji4 gwai1
鎩羽而歸铩羽而归
(idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions
saat3 jyun5
殺軟杀软
antivirus software
saat3 kaa1 sap6 wai4 lei6
薩卡什維利萨卡什维利
Mikheil Saakashvili (1967-), Georgian politician, president of Georgia 2004-2013
saat3 kau4
殺球杀球
to spike the ball (volleyball etc)