Cantonese words starting with S

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sai1 gwaa1 dou1

watermelon knife

sai1 gwaa1 nong4

the pulp of a watermelon

ethmoid bone (cheek)

sai1 haa1 nou5 hak1

(King) Sihanouk (of Cambodia)

Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 黨項|党项 occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols

sai1 haa6 keoi1

西夏區西夏区

Xixia, a district of Yinchuan City 銀川市|银川市[Yin2 chuan1 Shi4], Ningxia

see 西峽縣|西峡县[Xi1 xia2 Xian4]

sai1 haap6 jyun6

西峽縣西峡县

Xixia, a county in Nanyang City 南陽市|南阳市[Nan2 yang2 Shi4], Henan

see 西鄉縣|西乡县[Xi1 xiang1 Xian4]

sai1 hoeng1 jyun6

西鄉縣西乡县

Xixiang, a county in Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市[Han4 zhong1 Shi4], Shaanxi

sai1 hoeng1 tong4

西鄉塘西乡塘

see 西鄉塘區|西乡塘区[Xi1 xiang1 tang2 Qu1]

sai1 hoeng1 tong4 keoi1

西鄉塘區西乡塘区

Xixiangtang, a district of Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2 ning2 Shi4], Guangxi

Yellow Sea (Korean term)

Western learning (intellectual movement in the late Qing)

Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty

historic province of Tibet in Kham region and west Sichuan, a province of Republic of China 1928-49 with capital Ya'an 雅安[Ya3 an1]

sai1 hong1 saang2

西紅柿西红柿

sai1 hung4 goek3 zeon2

西紅腳隼西红脚隼

(bird species of China) red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus)

sai1 hung4 gok3 hiu1

西紅角鴞西红角鸮

(bird species of China) Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)

West Indies (i.e. the Caribbean)

(n.) refers to foreigner, usually Caucasian; a westerner

西遊補西游补

one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记

西遊記西游记

"Journey to the West", a Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩[Wu2 Cheng2 en1], one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, also known as "Pilgrimage to the West" or "Monkey"

Western medicine

sai1 jing4 pun4

西營盤西营盘

Sai Ying Pun, a town situated along the north-western coast of Hong Kong Island

Western medicine

the West (Europe and North America)

sai1 joeng4 caam3

sai1 joeng4 coi3

(slang) 1. Female Westerner; 2. Western lady or girl

sai1 joeng4 coi3 gaai1

Sai Yeung Choi Street, located in Hong Kong

sai1 joeng4 geng3

西洋鏡西洋镜

(old) peep show; trickery

sai1 joeng4 ging2

see 西洋鏡|西洋镜[xi1 yang2 jing4]

sai1 joeng4 gwai2

sai1 joeng4 jan4

sai1 joeng4 kei4

sai1 joeng4 kyun4

sai1 joeng4 sam1

西洋參西洋参

American ginseng

sai1 joeng4 zai2

the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards

Xiyu or Hsiyu township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan

sai1 jyu4 hoeng1

西嶼鄉西屿乡

Xiyu or Hsiyu township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan

(Tw) Christian era; AD (Anno Domini)

sai1 jyun4 cin4

BCE (before the Common Era)

celery [written and colloquial]

sygyt (overtone singing)