Cantonese words starting with S

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precious stone; treasure

lamp pith; core of an object

name of a district in Hunan

uncomfortable feeling in chest; hard feelings

to feel unhappy ; sorrowful [colloquial]

the samba dance

sam1 bai3 gu3 keoi5

深閉固拒深闭固拒

deep, closed and refusing (idiom); obstinate

sam1 bat1 ho2 cak1

深不可測深不可测

deep and unmeasurable (idiom); unfathomable depths; enigmatic and impossible to predict

深筆字深笔字

traditional Chinese characters (dialect)

sam1 bat1 zoi6 jin4

absent-minded; inattentive

anxiety; secret worry; heart disease (medicine)

deep; (of a person) reserved; (of a voice, sound etc) deep

深層次深层次

deep level; in-depth

sam1 cang4 cing1 git3

深層清潔深层清洁

sam1 ci4 san4 wong5

心馳神往心驰神往

one's thoughts fly to a longed-for place or person; infatuated

deep or shallow; limits of decorum

sam1 cing1 lei5 zing6

心清理靜心清理静

to be calm inside

mood; frame of mind

deep emotion; deep feeling; deep love

sam1 cing4 fun2 fun2

loving; adoring

sam1 cing4 hau5 ji3

profound love, generous friendship (idiom)

sam1 cing4 hau5 ji4

深情厚誼深情厚谊

deep friendship

eager; guileless

deeply felt; sincere

sam1 cit3 zi6 liu4 bou6

深切治療部深切治疗部

Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

one's heart seems to rise and fall like the waves, mixed feelings, emotion

sam1 ciu4 paang4 baai3

to be overwhelmed by emotions

heart; one's inclination; to have the heart for sth

profound (meaning, implications etc)

sam1 cong4 bat1 lou6

'to hide one's light under a bushel'

sam1 cong4 joek6 heoi1

深藏若虛深藏若虚

to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents

irritable; agitated

(adjective) (of study) 1. Advanced; (verb) Gong on to further study or research

abyss; deepest or most distant part

squat (exercise)

sam1 cyun4 bat1 mun5

心存不滿心存不满

to be discontented

sam1 cyun4 waai4 ji4

心存懷疑心存怀疑

to be suspicious

sam1 daai6 sam1 sai3

心大心細心大心细

(adjective) hesitant to make a decision; shilly-shally; to be of two minds; to be in two minds

sam1 daam2 keoi1 lit6

心膽俱裂心胆俱裂

to be scared out of one's wits (idiom)

bottom of one's heart

sam1 dak1 man4 sam1

to win the hearts of the people