Cantonese words starting with S
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sam1 gam1 cing4 jyun6
心甘情願心甘情愿
delighted to (do sth, idiom); most willing to do
sam1 gam1 meng6 dai2
心甘命抵
to be perfectly happy to
sam1 gam2
深感
to feel deeply
sam1 gang1 bun3 je6
深更半夜
in the dead of night (idiom)
sam1 gang2
心梗
myocardial infarction; heart attack (abbr. for 心肌梗死[xin1 ji1 geng3 si3])
sam1 gap1
心急
anxious
sam1 gap1 fo2 liu4
心急火燎
to burn with anxiety
sam1 gap1 hek3 bat1 liu5 jit6 dau6 fu6
心急吃不了熱豆腐心急吃不了热豆腐
hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom); haste will ruin everything
sam1 gap1 jyu4 fan4
心急如焚
very anxious; burning with impatience
sam1 gau3
深究
to perform an in-depth investigation
sam1 gei1
心機心机
(noun) profoundness
sam1 gei1
心肌
myocardium
sam1 gei1 gang2 sak1
心肌梗塞
(Tw) myocardial infarction; heart attack
sam1 gei1 gang2 sei2
心肌梗死
myocardial infarction
sam1 gei1 jim4
心肌炎
myocarditis
sam1 geng1
心驚心惊
fearful
sam1 geng1 daam2 tiu3
心驚膽跳心惊胆跳
verb; trembling. Describes being very afraid
sam1 geng1 geng1
心驚驚心惊惊
to feel nervous [colloquial]
sam1 geoi1 gaan2 ceot1
深居簡出深居简出
live in seclusion; barely go out (idiom)
sam1 ging1
心經心经
the Heart Sutra
sam1 ging1 daam2 zin3
心驚膽戰心惊胆战
lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear
sam1 ging1 daam2 zin3
心驚膽顫心惊胆颤
see 心驚膽戰|心惊胆战[xin1 jing1 dan3 zhan4]
sam1 ging1 juk6 tiu3
心驚肉跳心惊肉跳
lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
sam1 ging2
心境
mood; frame of mind
sam1 ging6
心勁心劲
thoughts
sam1 git3
心結心结
a matter that gnaws at one's mind; preoccupation; sore point; rancor
sam1 go2 geoi3 hau2 go2 geoi3
心嗰句，口嗰句
to speak from your mouth what you think in your heart
sam1 gon1
心肝
precious
sam1 gon1 ding3
心肝椗心肝碇
(noun) someone's honey; sweetheart; darling (usu. referring to one's child)
sam1 gon1 m4 daap3 fai3
心肝唔搭肺
ungrateful; to bw uncaring and apathetic; to be detached; to be absentminded
sam1 gon1 pei4 fai3 san6
心肝脾肺腎心肝脾肺肾
heart, livers, spleen, lungs, kidneys
sam1 gong2
深港
Shenzhen and Hong Kong
sam1 gou1 hei3 ngou6
心高氣傲心高气傲
proud and arrogant
sam1 guk1
深谷
deep valley
sam1 gwaa3 gwaa3
心掛掛心挂挂
keep thinking, missing
sam1 gwai1
深閨深闺
lady's private room or bedroom
sam1 gwai3
心悸
palpitation
sam1 gwong2
深廣深广
deep and wide; profound (influence etc)
sam1 gwong2 tai2 pun4
心廣體胖心广体胖
big-hearted and serene (idiom); contended and easygoing
sam1 haa6
心下
in mind
sam1 haam6
深陷
to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc)
sam1 haang1
深坑
Shenkeng township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
sam1 haang1 hoeng1
深坑鄉深坑乡
Shenkeng township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
sam1 hak1
深刻
remembered
sam1 ham2
心坎
bottom of one's heart
sam1 han2
心狠
adj; cruel; merciless
sam1 han2 sau2 laat6
心狠手辣
(idiom) vicious; merciless
sam1 hau2
心口
pit of the stomach; words and thoughts
sam1 hau2 bat1 jat1
心口不一
heart and mouth at variance (idiom); keeping one's real intentions to oneself
sam1 hau2 jyu4 jat1
心口如一
lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think