Cantonese words starting with S

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The whole world; all corners of the Earth; different places around the world.

sei3 hoi2 jat1 gaa1

The idea that the whole world is one family; universal brotherhood.

sei3 hoi2 lau4 long6

To wander across the world, or the Fourway Rangers football club.

sei3 hoi2 wai4 gaa1

四海為家四海为家

To roam about; to make one's home anywhere, having no fixed residence.

Four items, tasks, or categories.

Sze Yap or Siyi; the collective name representing Taishan, Xinhui, Enping, and Kaiping in Guangdong.

An advisor or administrator in a triad gang.

Four days, or the fourth day of the month.

The surrounding countryside or wilderness; all around as far as the eye can see.

A triad enforcer; a fighter or enforcer within a triad group.

四葉草四叶草

Four-leaf clover; a rare variation of clover.

April, the fourth month of the year.

sei3 jyut6 sap6 cat1 hou6

四月十七號四月十七号

Illegally distributed pornographic videos in Hong Kong that exceed the Category III rating limit.

四驅車四驱车

A four-wheel drive vehicle (4x4), or a type of Japanese four-wheeled toy car.

sei3 luk6 cat1 ling4 gau2 saam1 gau2 sei3

四六七零九三九四

Describing a man who fools around with women, such as by visiting prostitutes or having affairs.

Forty thousand, or a wide smile.

sei3 maan6 gam2 hau2

四萬咁口四万咁口

Smiling broadly or grinning from ear to ear, with a wide, cheerful mouth resembling the character on a four-ten-thousand mahjong tile.

Four types of flavors.

All around; all sides; all directions.

sei3 min6 co2 go1

Beset by difficulties on all sides; utterly isolated and without help.

sei3 ng5 hang4 dung6

四五行動四五行动

April Fifth Action, a socialist political organization in Hong Kong.

sei3 ngaan5 gau2

An insulting term for a person who wears glasses, or a dog with spots above its eyes resembling a second pair of eyes.

sei3 ngaan5 gwai1

四眼龜四眼龟

Four-eyed turtle, or a jocular nickname for someone who wears glasses.

sei3 ngaan5 lou2

A man who wears glasses; four-eyes.

sei3 ngaan5 mui1

Four-eyes girl; a girl or young woman who wears glasses.

sei3 ngaan5 po4

A woman who wears glasses.

sei3 ngaan5 zai2

Four-eyes; a young man wearing glasses.

sei3 ping4 baat3 wan2

四平八穩四平八稳

Very steady, stable, and well-balanced; also used to describe someone overcautious and lacking initiative.

sei3 ping4 baat3 zing3

Proper, neat, and tidy.

To scatter, disperse, or flee in all directions.

sei3 sai3 tung4 tong4

Four generations living under one roof.

Forty-seven; the number 47.

sei3 sap6 nin4 doi6

The 1940s; the decade of the forties in a century.

Forty-four; the number 44.

sei3 se2 ng5 jap6

四捨五入四舍五入

To round a number to a certain decimal place or significant figure.

sei3 sei3 luk6 luk6

Appropriately, justly, or resolved to a mutually acceptable consensus.

sei3 sei3 seng1

四四聲四四声

Used to describe how the word "four" sounds similar to "death", implying an ominous or unlucky connection.

The four seasons of the year, or the four periods of a day.

The four traditional tone categories in Chinese languages: level, rising, departing, and entering.

sei3 sing1 kap1

四星級四星级

Four-star; rated four stars.

sei3 syu1 ng5 ging1

四書五經四书五经

The Four Books and Five Classics; the authoritative books of Confucianism.

Four of a kind; a poker hand containing four cards of the same rank.

sei3 tung1 baat3 daat6

四通八達四通八达

Accessible from all directions; well-connected and convenient in terms of transportation.

Surrounding area, all sides, or everywhere.

sei3 wai4 gung3

四圍貢四围贡

To wander around aimlessly, loiter, or hang around.

四圍蒲四围蒲

To hang out at different places; to go out and about.

Uncensored pornography or a category-four adult film; also refers to No. 4 heroin.

The four fundamental operations of arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.