Cantonese words starting with S

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Wet wipes or wet tissues used for moisturizing or disinfecting the body.

Lousy, annoying, or low-quality.

濕九仔湿九仔

An annoying, contemptible, or useless young man; a little shit.

Moisture, dampness, or humidity; in Chinese medicine, the concept of internal dampness in the body.

Moist, damp, or wet.

Damp-heat; a Traditional Chinese Medicine state of excess moisture and heat in the body, often causing poor digestion.

sap1 laap6 laap6

Wet; damp; sticky; clammy.

Wet, damp, or soggy, often to an unpleasant degree.

濕𣲷𣲷湿𣲷𣲷

Wet, damp, or clammy, typically used to describe a surface or place that is very wet.

Wet, damp, and sticky; soggy or slimy.

To get wet or soaked, or to become involved in illicit activity.

濕濕哋湿湿哋

Slightly wet or damp.

sap1 sap1 seoi3

濕濕碎湿湿碎

Trivial, easy to do, or a negligible amount.

sap1 sap1 seoi3 seoi3

濕濕碎碎湿湿碎碎

Trivial, fragmented, or insignificant; minor matters or small items.

To get wet, or figuratively used to describe someone who is stingy or tight-fisted.

sap1 seoi2 gai1

濕水雞濕水鸡

Soaked through; completely drenched by rain.

sap1 seoi2 gau2 soeng5 ngon6

濕水狗上岸

A metaphor for a person who, after going through a period of great hardship or misery, finally finds relief or safety.

sap1 seoi2 laam5 wat6

濕水欖核濕水榄核

Restless or naughty children who are slippery and difficult to hold onto.

sap1 seoi2 paau3 zoeng2

A mild-tempered person who rarely gets angry or who always suppresses their temper.

Trivial, miscellaneous, or easy; relating to minor details, small bits, or a tiny amount.

Trivial, insignificant, or minor.

Trivial things; unimportant or miscellaneous matters of little value.

Rough, uneven, or unsmooth; difficult, troublesome, or tricky to deal with.

Troublesome or in a mess; also a Chinese medicine term for dampness retention.

To pick up; to collect.

sap6 baat3 bun1 mou5 ngai6

十八般武藝十八般武艺

Versatile and possessing many skills, or literally skilled in the eighteen martial arts.

sap6 baat3 jaa6 ji6

To be in the bloom of youth, often used of women to contrast with being no longer young.

sap6 baat3 jat6

Eighteen days, or the eighteenth day of the month.

sap6 baat3 lo4 hon3

十八羅漢十八罗汉

The Eighteen Arhats, the original followers of the Buddha.

sap6 baat3 sai3 gei2

十八世紀十八世纪

The 18th century.

To support; transliteration of the English word "support".

The seventeenth day of the month, or a period of seventeen days.

sap6 cat1 sai3 gei2

十七世紀十七世纪

The seventeenth century.

sap6 cyun4 sap6 mei5

Perfect and flawless in every way; complete and beautiful without any defects.

To find or collect lost items.

sap6 dung1 laap6 jyut6

十冬臘月十冬腊月

The three coldest months of the lunar year, namely the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth months.

Very; fully; extremely; to a high degree.

Extremely; very; to the highest degree.

To forage; to collect recyclable waste or discarded items to make a living or for reuse.

sap6 gam1 bat1 mui6

To not pocket money or valuables that someone else has left behind or lost.

The nineteenth day of the month, or a duration of nineteen days.

sap6 gau2 sai3 gei2

十九世紀十九世纪

The 19th century.

sap6 geoi1 kei4 gau2

In nine cases out of ten; in the vast majority of cases; mostly.

sap6 go3 caa4 wu4 gau2 go3 goi3

十個茶壺九個蓋十个茶壶九个盖

To lack the resources to cover all needs; unable to handle a situation because one is stretched too thin.

十個字十个字

Fifty minutes, as indicated by the number ten on a clock face; ten Chinese characters.

sap6 jan4 ngaa4 wai6

To plagiarize or parrot someone else's ideas and pass them off as one's own.

sap6 jan4 saang1 gau2 ban2

十人生九品

People have all kinds of different temperaments and personalities.

sap6 jat1 fung6 hin3

什一奉獻什一奉献

Tithing; the practice of giving a tenth of one's income to a religious organization.