Cantonese words starting with S

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甚为
sam6 wai4very
sam6 zi3even; so much so that
sam6 zi3 fu4(adverb) even,
甚至于
sam6 zi3 jyu1so much (that)
什至无
sam6 zi3 mou4even there's no (spoken)
san1to stretch; to open up; a surname
san1an alternative form for 伸, to extend
san1grumble
san1pregnant
san1new; meso- (chemistry); recent; neo-; a surname
san1xenon
san1brisk; flourishing; luxuriant
san1to lodge
san1member of gentry; sash; to tie
san1fuel; firewood
san1(of taste) hot or pungent; laborious; eighth in order; letter "H" or roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; a surname; bitter in experience; miserables
san1zinc (chemistry)
新亚书院
san1 aa3 syu1 jyun2New Asia College
san1 baa1noun; New World First Bus Services Limited.
新巴尔虎右旗
san1 baa1 ji5 fu2 jau6 kei4New Barag right banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia
新巴尔虎左旗
san1 baa1 ji5 fu2 zo2 kei4New Barag left banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia
san1 baa1 wai1Zimbabwe (Tw)
身败名裂
san1 baai6 ming4 lit6to lose one's standing; a complete defeat and fall from grace
san1 baan2new edition
san1 baan2body; physical condition
身板儿
san1 baan2 ji4erhua variant of 身板[shen1 ban3]
申办
san1 baan6to apply for
san1 bak1see 新北區|新北区[Xin1 bei3 Qu1]
新北区
san1 bak1 keoi1Xinbei, a district of Changzhou City 常州市[Chang2 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu
san1 bak1 si5New Taipei City, administrative district in north Taiwan, formerly 臺北縣|台北县[Tai2 bei3 Xian4]
新宾县
san1 ban1 jyun6see 新賓滿族自治縣|新宾满族自治县[Xin1 bin1 Man3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
滿新宾满族自治县
san1 ban1 mun5 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6Xinbin Manchu Autonomous County, in Fushun City 撫順市|抚顺市[Fu3 shun4 Shi4], Liaoning
san1 ban6admitting oneself being stupid; to confide in somebody
san1 bat1 hoi6Shen Buhai (385-337 BC), legalist political thinker
san1 bat1 jau4 gei2(idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control; unable to do anything about it; (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite of oneself)
新不伦瑞克
san1 bat1 leon4 seoi6 hak1New Brunswick province, Canada
新不列颠岛
san1 bat1 lit6 din1 dou2New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea
san1 bi6 jon1a cross over of the name of the Sun Yee On triad gang and the rock band Beyond as a humorous pun [colloquial]
身边
san1 bin1at one's side
申辩
san1 bin6to defend oneself
san1 bing1new (army) recruit
san1 bou3Xinpu or Hsinpu Town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
申报
san1 bou3to report (to the authorities)
san1 bou3Thimphu, capital of Bhutan (Tw)
申报单
san1 bou3 daan1declaration form
新埔镇
san1 bou3 zan3Xinpu or Hsinpu Town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
辛贝特
san1 bui3 dak6Shin Bet (Israel national security service)
新产品推介会
san1 caan2 ban2 teoi1 gaai3 wui2product launch event
新陈代谢
san1 can4 doi6 ze6metabolism (biology)
san1 cau2thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021

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