Cantonese words starting with S

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sai3 gei2 mut6 nin4

世紀末年世纪末年

final years of the century

sai3 gei2 zi1 zin3

世紀之戰世纪之战

lit. battle of the century

sai3 geng2 ping4

細頸瓶细颈瓶

細個仔细个仔

potential drop (elec.)

sai3 gu2 m4 dou3

勢估唔到势估唔到

unforeseeable; unpredictable

the ways of the world

trivial matters that are not worth fussing over

the world situation; the state of the world

general labourer

kid; the smaller of the two jokers in a pack of cards (the black and white one rather than the color one)

sai3 gwan1 lik6 dik6

勢均力敵势均力敌

(idiom) evenly matched

lineage; family tree

see 細河區|细河区[Xi4 he2 Qu1]; Xihe district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning

細河區细河区

Xihe, a district of Fuxin City 阜新市[Fu4 xin1 Shi4], Liaoning

sai3 hoeng1 cung1

細香蔥细香葱

to peer; to examine carefully

World Bank (abbr. for 世界銀行|世界银行[Shi4 jie4 Yin2 hang2])

sai3 hung1 gaap3 long4

勢兇夾狼势凶夹狼

sai3 hung1 gaap3 long4

勢凶夾狼势凶夹狼

approach vigorously or fiercely

people (in general); people around the world; everyone

fine and glossy

sai3 jip6 jung4

細葉榕细叶榕

細葉脈细叶脉

veinlet in a leaf

slender waist; mortise and tenon joint on a coffin

influential figure

Wonton noodles [colloquial, jargon used in restaurants]

sai3 jyu4 po3 zuk1

勢如破竹势如破竹

like a hot knife through butter (idiom)

to chat with a low voice

fine rain; poem by Tang poet Li Shangyin 李商隱|李商隐

small short distance fare on a taxi [colloquial]

sai3 kwan2 beng6 duk6

細菌病毒细菌病毒

sai3 kwan2 hok6

細菌學细菌学

sai3 kwan2 kwan4

細菌群细菌群

bacterial community (e.g. in the gut)

sai3 kwan2 mou5 hei3

細菌武器细菌武器

biological weapon (using germs)

sai3 kwan2 sing3 lei6 zat6

細菌性痢疾细菌性痢疾

bacillary dysentery

sai3 kwan2 zin3

細菌戰细菌战

biological warfare; germ warfare

(adjective) Small piece; (of people) 1. Petite

(adjective) Acquisitive

sai3 lei6 ngaan5

勢利眼势利眼

sai3 lei6 siu2 jan4

勢利小人势利小人

power; a force (military, political etc)

sai3 lik6 faan6 wai4

勢力範圍势力范围

area of influence

(noun of sibling) younger brother; slang for penis