Cantonese words starting with S
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sai3 seoi2 coeng4 lau4
細水長流细水长流
lit. thin streams flow forever; to work steadily at something little by little
sai3 seoi3
細碎细碎
fragments; bits and pieces
sai3 si4
細時细时
in childhood; when one was a small child
sai3 si6
世事
affairs of life
sai3 sik1
勢色势色
face, situation, circumstance
sai3 sik6
細食细食
a small appetite
sai3 sin3
細線细线
string
sai3 sing4
細繩细绳
string; cord
sai3 sing4 ke4 fu2
勢成騎虎势成骑虎
if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
sai3 siu2
細小细小
tiny; minute
sai3 soeng6
世上
on earth
sai3 sou2
細數细数
countdown; to list; to run through
sai3 suk1
世叔
Uncle (family friend)
sai3 sung3
細餸细餸
to have
sai3 syut3
細說细说
to tell in detail
sai3 syut3 san1 jyu5
世說新語世说新语
A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶|刘义庆[Liu2 Yi4 qing4]
sai3 taai3
世態世态
general status of a society, the ways of the world
sai3 taai3
勢態势态
situation
sai3 taai3 jim4 loeng4
世態炎涼世态炎凉
the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
sai3 tau4
勢頭势头
power; tendency; situation
sai3 ting1
細聽细听
to listen carefully (for tiny sounds)
sai3 tiu1
細挑细挑
slender
sai3 tiu4
細調细调
to fine tune
sai3 wai4 wui2
世維會世维会
World Uighur Congress (abbr. for 世界維吾爾代表大會|世界维吾尔代表大会[Shi4 jie4 Wei2 wu2 er3 Dai4 biao3 Da4 hui4])
sai3 wai6
世衛世卫
World Health Organization (WHO) (abbr. for 世界衛生組織|世界卫生组织[Shi4 jie4 Wei4 sheng1 Zu3 zhi1])
sai3 wai6 zou2 zik1
世衛組織世卫组织
World Health Organization (WHO) (abbr. for 世界衛生組織|世界卫生组织[Shi4 jie4 Wei4 sheng1 Zu3 zhi1])
sai3 wan6
世運世运
World Games (abbr. for 世界運動會|世界运动会[Shi4 jie4 Yun4 dong4 hui4])
sai3 zaap6
世襲世袭
succession; hereditary
sai3 zaap6 gwan1 zyu2 gwok3
世襲君主國世袭君主国
hereditary monarchy
sai3 zaap6 zi1 zang1
世襲之爭世袭之争
succession struggle
sai3 zak1
細則细则
detailed rules and regulations
sai3 zat6
世侄
sons of friends
sai3 zat6
世姪世侄
The son of family friend
sai3 zau6
世胄
hereditary house
sai3 ze2
細姐细姐
one addressing father's concubines
sai3 zek3
細隻细只
small
sai3 zeoi2 au1
細嘴鷗细嘴鸥
(bird species of China) slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei)
sai3 zeoi2 dyun2 zi2 baak3 ling4
細嘴短趾百靈细嘴短趾百灵
(bird species of China) Hume's short-toed lark (Calandrella acutirostris)
sai3 zeoi2 wong4 lei4
細嘴黃鸝细嘴黄鹂
(bird species of China) slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris)
sai3 zi1 hei3 gun2 jim4
細支氣管炎细支气管炎
bronchiolitis
sai3 zi1 mut6 zit3
細枝末節细枝末节
minor details
sai3 zi2
勢子势子
gesture; posture
sai3 zi3
細緻细致
(adjective) (of work) Small and detail
sai3 zik1
世職世职
hereditary office
sai3 zing6
勢阱势阱
potential well (physics)
sai3 zit3
細節细节
fine print
sai3 zoek3
世爵
Spyker
sai3 zoek3 maan6 jin3
細嚼慢嚥细嚼慢咽
to eat slowly (idiom)
sai3 zoi6 bit1 dak1
勢在必得势在必得
to be determined to win (idiom)
sai3 zoi6 bit1 hang4
勢在必行势在必行
circumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary