Cantonese words starting with S

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细胞分裂
sai3 baau1 fan1 lit6cell division
细胞骨架
sai3 baau1 gwat1 gaa2cytoskeleton (of a cell)
细胞核
sai3 baau1 hat6nucleus (of cell)
细胞器
sai3 baau1 hei3organelle
细胞学
sai3 baau1 hok6cytology
细胞因子
sai3 baau1 jan1 zi2cytokine
细胞融合
sai3 baau1 jung4 hap6cell fusion
细胞膜
sai3 baau1 mok2cell membrane
细胞外液
sai3 baau1 ngoi6 jik6extracellular fluid
细胞培养
sai3 baau1 pui4 joeng5cell culture
细胞培养器
sai3 baau1 pui4 joeng5 hei3cell cultivator
细胞生物学
sai3 baau1 sang1 mat6 hok6cell biology
细胞色素
sai3 baau1 sik1 sou3cytochrome
细胞质
sai3 baau1 zat1cytoplasm
细胞周期
sai3 baau1 zau1 kei4cell cycle
势不可当
sai3 bat1 ho2 dong1impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force
势不可挡
sai3 bat1 ho2 dong2unstoppable
势不两立
sai3 bat1 loeng5 laap6the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences
细髀
sai3 bei2leg calf
势必
sai3 bit1to be bound to
sai3 bok3abbr. for 世界博覽會|世界博览会[Shi4 jie4 Bo2 lan3 hui4], World Expo
世博会
sai3 bok3 wui2World Expo (abbr. for 世界博覽會|世界博览会[Shi4 jie4 Bo2 lan3 hui4])
细部
sai3 bou6small part (of a whole ensemble)
细半
sai3 bun3The smaller half
细察
sai3 caat3to observe carefully
sai3 cing4worldly affairs
细长
sai3 coeng4slender
细大不捐
sai3 daai6 bat1 gyun1not to discard anything, whether small or big (idiom)
细胆
sai3 daam2(adjective) cowardly; timid
sai3 doi6for many generations; era
sai3 doi6 gaau1 tai3(biology) alternation of generations
世代相传
sai3 doi6 soeng1 cyun4passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
sai3 dou6the ways of the world
细分
sai3 fan1to divide (into subgroups etc); to break down (into subcategories, subprocess...
细粉
sai3 fan2powder
细颗粒物
sai3 fo2 lap1 mat6fine particle (PM 2.5)
世风
sai3 fung1public morals
世风日下
sai3 fung1 jat6 haa6public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
sai3 gaa1family influential for generations
sai3 gaai3world
世界变暖
sai3 gaai3 bin3 nyun5global warming
sai3 gaai3 bo1to be extremely skilled at soccer ('World Cup caliber')
世界博览会
sai3 gaai3 bok3 laam5 wui2World Expo
世界报
sai3 gaai3 bou3the name of various newspapers, notably Le Monde (France), El Mundo (Spain) a...
sai3 gaai3 bui1World Cup
世界杯
sai3 gaai3 bui1world cup (sports, not only limited to football)
世界大战
sai3 gaai3 daai6 zin3world war
sai3 gaai3 dai6 jat1ranked number one in the world
sai3 gaai3 gam1 jung4 zung1 sam1World Financial Center (New York City)
世界纪录
sai3 gaai3 gei2 luk6world record

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