Cantonese words starting with S

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saat3 ke4 maa5
薩騎馬萨骑马
Sachima, a type of Chinese pastry made with baked crispy rice cake and honey [written and colloquial]
saat3 kei4 maa5
薩其馬萨其马
see 沙琪瑪|沙琪玛[sha1 qi2 ma3]
saat3 kwan2
殺菌杀菌
to kill germs; to sterilize
saat3 kwan2 zai1
殺菌劑杀菌剂
a disinfectant
saat3 laai1
撒拉
Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province
saat3 laai1 ding1
薩拉丁萨拉丁
Saladin (c. 1138-1193)
saat3 laai1 gwo1 saat3
薩拉戈薩萨拉戈萨
Zaragoza, Spain
saat3 laai1 jit6 wo1
薩拉熱窩萨拉热窝
Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina
saat3 laai1 jyu5
撒拉語撒拉语
Salar, language of Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province
saat3 laai1 maan6 kaa1
薩拉曼卡萨拉曼卡
Salamanca, Spain
saat3 laai1 sam1 dai3 gwok3
薩拉森帝國萨拉森帝国
Saracen Empire (medieval European name for Arab empire)
saat3 laai1 tit3
撒拉鐵撒拉铁
Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)
saat3 laai1 zuk6
撒拉族
Salar ethnic group
saat3 laai6
撒賴撒赖
to make a scene
saat3 laan4 si1 hak1
薩蘭斯克萨兰斯克
Saransk, capital of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia
saat3 lei5
薩里萨里
Surrey (county in England)
saat3 lei5 gwan6
薩里郡萨里郡
Surrey (county in south England)
saat3 lei6
薩莉萨莉
Sally (name)
saat3 lo4 mun5
撒羅滿撒罗满
(Catholicism) Solomon, a king of ancient Israel
saat3 lo4 zai1
殺螺劑杀螺剂
snail poison
saat3 luk6
殺戮杀戮
to massacre
saat3 maa5
殺馬杀马
to get one's way [colloquial]
saat3 maa5 dak6
殺馬特杀马特
Chinese subculture of young urban migrants, usually of low education, with exaggerated hairstyles, heavy make-up, flamboyant costumes, piercings etc (loanword from "smart")
saat3 maa5 ji5 hon2
撒馬爾罕撒马尔罕
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
saat3 maa5 laan4 kei4
薩馬蘭奇萨马兰奇
Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920-2010), Spanish Olympic official, president of International Olympic Committee 1980-2001
saat3 mai5 jan4
薩米人萨米人
the Sami people, indigenous people in northern Scandinavia
saat3 mak6 sak1 dak6 gwan6
薩默塞特郡萨默塞特郡
Somerset County in southwest England
saat3 mei5
煞尾
to finish off
saat3 mei5 fo2
煞尾科
the end; the epilogue
saat3 mit6
殺滅杀灭
to exterminate
saat3 mo1
薩摩萨摩
Satsuma, the name of a former feudal domain in Japan, and of a former province, a battleship, a district, a peninsula etc
saat3 mo1 aa3
薩摩亞萨摩亚
Samoa
saat3 mo1 je4
薩摩耶萨摩耶
Samoyed (dog)
saat3 mo1 je4 hyun2
薩摩耶犬萨摩耶犬
Samoyed (dog)
saat3 mo1 leon4
薩摩麟萨摩麟
Samotherium (early giraffe)
saat3 mong5
撒網撒网
to throw a net
saat3 mong5 bou6 fung1
撒網捕風撒网捕风
lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net
saat3 mou5 ji5 gei3 haa6
撒母耳記下撒母耳记下
Second book of Samuel
saat3 mou5 ji5 gei3 soeng6
撒母耳記上撒母耳记上
First book of Samuel
saat3 mun4
撒門撒门
(Protestantism) Salmon (son of Nashon)
saat3 mun5 gaau3
薩滿教萨满教
Shamanism
saat3 naa5
剎那刹那
suddenly
saat3 naa5
薩那萨那
Sana'a, capital of Yemen
saat3 nei5
殺你杀你
it's a deal [colloquial]
saat3 ngaa5 ho4
薩瓦河萨瓦河
Sava River, flowing through Southeast Europe
saat3 ngai6 zang1
撒囈掙撒呓挣
(coll.) to talk in one's sleep; to sleepwalk
saat3 ngau4 zoi2 joeng4
殺牛宰羊杀牛宰羊
slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep
saat3 niu6
撒尿
to pass water; to urinate
saat3 put3
撒潑撒泼
to make an unreasonable scene
saat3 saan1 wong4 ciu4
薩珊王朝萨珊王朝
Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)