Cantonese words starting with S

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To be trapped or caught in a difficult situation.

san1 haam6 ling4 jyu5

To be thrown into prison; to find oneself behind bars.

san1 haam6 lou4 juk6

身陷牢獄身陷牢狱

To be imprisoned or land in jail.

san1 haam6 lou4 lung4

身陷牢籠身陷牢笼

To be trapped, imprisoned, or confined.

To have a strong craving or urge to do something, as if addicted.

Year of the Monkey; the ninth year of the twelve-year Chinese zodiac cycle.

Behind one's back, or after one's death.

New Year happiness, typically used in New Year greetings.

Newly emerging; rising; recently developed and flourishing.

san1 hing1 caan2 jip6

新興產業新兴产业

Emerging industry.

san1 hing1 ging1 zai3 gwok3 gaa1

新興經濟國家新兴经济国家

Newly emerging economy; an emerging economic state.

san1 hing1 jyu4 jin3

身輕如燕身轻如燕

To be as lithe, agile, or light as a swallow.

san1 hing1 jyun6

新興縣新兴县

Xinxing County, in Yunfu, Guangdong.

san1 hing1 keoi1

新興區新兴区

Xinxing, a district of Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang.

Feverish; having a fever.

Xinhe, a county in Hebei province, China.

新河縣新河县

Xinhe, a county in Xingtai City, Hebei Province

Xinxiang, a prefecture-level city in Henan province, China.

san1 hoeng1 jyun6

新鄉縣新乡县

Xinxiang County, in the city of Xinxiang in Henan Province.

san1 hoeng1 si5

新鄉市新乡市

Xinxiang, a prefecture-level city in Henan Province.

To stretch out or extend one's arms, legs, or other body parts.

san1 hoi2 haap6 si4 bou3

新海峽時報新海峡时报

New Straits Times, a Malaysian English-language newspaper.

The forty-eighth year of the sexagenary cycle, such as 1911, 1971, or 2031.

san1 hoi6 gaak3 ming6

The Xinhai Revolution of 1911, which overthrew China's last imperial dynasty (the Qing dynasty).

New learning or modern education, especially referring to Western knowledge introduced in late Qing China.

san1 hon2 bou3 sap6 ji5

新罕布什爾新罕布什尔

New Hampshire, a state of the United States.

New blood; energetic new members who join a group or organization and help reinvigorate it.

To groan or moan due to pain, sorrow, or sexual pleasure.

Newly appointed; newly inducted.

Newcomer or freshman, or newlyweds at a wedding.

Pregnancy; the state of being pregnant.

New generation.

san1 jat1 goek3

伸一腳伸一脚

To get involved in something; to chip in or take part in something.

Xinqiu, a district in Fuxin, Liaoning.

san1 jau1 keoi1

新邱區新邱区

Xinqiu, a district of Fuxin City, Liaoning.

The fifty-eighth year of the sixty-year sexagenary cycle.

To have a dirty little secret or a guilty conscience from having done something bad.

Xinye county in Nanyang, Henan.

新野縣新野县

Xinye County, a county in Nanyang, Henan.

Cutting-edge, pioneering, or newly rising as a talent in areas such as technology, fashion, or the arts.

New idea, novelty, or creativity.

A new idea, novelty, or new meaning.

Xinyi, a county-level city in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.

Xinyi, a county-level city under the administration of Xuzhou, Jiangsu.

New and different; novel or unconventional.

新義安新义安

Sun Yee On, a Hong Kong triad society.

san1 ji6 zau1 si5

新義州市新义州市

Sinuiju, a city in North Korea and the capital of North Pyongan Province.

To extend, stretch, or prolong.

To profess, declare, or state.

san1 jing1 gaak3 laan4

新英格蘭新英格兰

New England, a region in the northeastern corner of the United States.