Cantonese words starting with S

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To receive payment or collect money; receivables.

To find out what is happening; to get some news or information.

Shameful, disgraceful, or embarrassing; bringing shame upon oneself or one's family.

To put into jail; to imprison.

To tighten, firm up, or restrict.

收鳩皮收鸠皮

To shut up or fuck off.

Receipt; a document proving that payment has been received for goods or services.

To build or construct, typically major or culturally significant structures.

To pull back on the reins; used figuratively to tell someone to stop or to cool it.

To amend, revise, alter, or modify a document or physical object.

To harvest, reap, or gather in mature crops.

收割機收割机

A harvester; a reaping machine used in agriculture.

To get off work for the day, or to finish and wrap up a piece of work.

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To collect tolls at checkpoints along river waterways.

An intended effect, result, or efficacy of an action.

The amount of practice or effort put into acquiring a skill, typically a spiritual or religious one.

To heal or close up, referring specifically to a wound.

To pack up, put away, or retract something.

To watch a television programme, livestream, or broadcast.

To mend relations; to make up and reconcile after a falling-out.

收音機收音机

Radio receiver; a device that receives radio waves and converts them into audible sound.

Shameful, embarrassing, or disgraceful; to make a fool of oneself.

Income, revenue, or earnings; money earned.

An exclamation used when worshiping ancestors to ask them to receive the burnt offerings.

Income, revenue, or proceeds before deducting costs.

To study, research, or pursue academic knowledge.

Moral and intellectual sophistication, or the sum of one's character traits.

To adopt; to take in and bring up orphans or abandoned animals.

To humiliate or put someone to shame; to cause someone to lose their self-respect.

To take in, house, or care for people or animals in need.

To purchase, acquire, or buy out, especially in a business context.

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修橋補路修桥补路

To build bridges and repair roads; to perform charitable acts and good deeds.

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修橋整路修桥整路

To build bridges and repair roads; to perform good deeds and acts of charity.

To accept bribes.

Feeling ashamed or guilty about one's own actions.

To repossess a property or take possession of a building.

To take in, house, or care for a person or animal in difficulty.

To repair or fix damaged or broken things so they function normally.

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Repairer, mechanic, or maintenance worker.

收０靚收０靓

To recruit a youngster to join a gang.

To restrain oneself, tone things down, or act with more moderation and decency.

To practice asceticism or cultivate one's body, mind, or vital energy; to practice and hone a skill.

To repair or mend a road.

To include, record, or collect music or pieces of writing into a compilation.

To recruit members, especially into a gang or triad organization.

To hide or conceal something; to store or keep in a hidden place.

To buy someone over; to bribe or win someone over through unethical means in exchange for loyalty or support.

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收買人命收买人命

An expression used to scold someone whose reckless behavior could kill or seriously injure others.

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收買人心收买人心

To buy popular support; to win people over through unethical means or material benefits.