Cantonese words starting with S

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新鲜热辣
san1 sin1 jit6 laat6adj; fresh and hot, it means new arrival
新鲜萝卜皮
san1 sin1 lo4 baak6 pei4'so special' ; 'so marvallous' (in a sarcastic tone used in the expression “so (you ; she) think (you ; she are
san1 sin1 si6 zeot1to lead by example; to be ahead of one's charges; to take the lead
san1 sin1 ziu1 lou6body will go with the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
san1 sing1(astronomy) nova
san1 sing4see 新城區|新城区[Xin1 cheng2 Qu1]
san1 sing4alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3]
san1 sing4 beng6Newcastle disease
新城电台
san1 sing4 din6 toi4Metro Radio Hong Kong
新城乡
san1 sing4 hoeng1Xincheng or Hsincheng township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 Xian4], east Taiwan
新城区
san1 sing4 keoi1Xincheng, a district of Hohhot City 呼和浩特市[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
san1 sing4 tou2primosol (soil taxonomy)
san1 siu6see 新邵縣|新邵县[Xin1 shao4 Xian4]
新邵县
san1 siu6 jyun6Xinshao, a county in Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
san1 soeng6on the body; among
申诉
san1 sou3to file a complaint; complaint
申诉书
san1 sou3 syu1written appeal
申诉专员公署
san1 sou3 zyun1 jyun4 gung1 cyu5office of the Ombudsman
伸缩
san1 suk1to lengthen and shorten; adjustable; extensible
宿
san1 suk1Shinjuku, Tokyo
宿新宿区
san1 suk1 keoi1Shinjuku
伸缩喇叭
san1 suk1 laa3 baa1trombone
伸缩性
san1 suk1 sing3flexibility
新书
san1 syu1noun; new book
san1 syun1(noun) Hardships
新选
san1 syun2newly elected
san1 syut3variant of 申雪[shen1 xue3]
申说
san1 syut3to state
san1 syut3to right a wrong
san1 taai3see 新泰市[Xin1 tai4 Shi4]
身态
san1 taai3pose; attitude
san1 taai3 si5Xintai, a county-level city in Tai'an City 泰安市[Tai4 an1 Shi4], Shandong
身体
san1 tai2(noun) (of health) constitution;
身体检查
san1 tai2 gim2 caa4see 體格檢查|体格检查[ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2]
身体健康
san1 tai2 gin6 hong1to be in good health (usually used in greetings such as during Chinese new year or birthdays)
身体力行
san1 tai2 lik6 hang4to practice what one preaches (idiom)
身体素质
san1 tai2 sou3 zat1physical constitution; physique
身体质量指数
san1 tai2 zat1 loeng6 zi2 sou3body mass index (BMI)
san1 tin1 dei6Xintiandi (shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai)
san1 tin4see 新田縣|新田县[Xin1 tian2 Xian4]
新田县
san1 tin4 jyun6Xintian, a county in Yongzhou City 永州市[Yong3 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan
新台币
san1 toi4 bai6New Taiwan dollar (NTD)
san1 tong4Xintang, common town or village name
新唐书
san1 tong4 syu1History of the Later Tang Dynasty, seventeenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1] and Song Qi 宋祁[Song4 Qi2] in 1060 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 225 scrolls
san1 tou2freshly dug up earth
申讨
san1 tou2to denounce
san1 tou4two-character surname Shentu
新华
san1 waa4Xinhua (New China), the name of various businesses, products and organizations, notably the Xinhua News Agency 新華社|新华社[Xin1 hua2 she4]
新华日报
san1 waa4 jat6 bou3Xinhua Daily newspaper
新华区
san1 waa4 keoi1Xinhua, a district of Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei; Xinhua, a district of Pingdingshan City 平頂山市|平顶山市[Ping2 ding3 shan1 Shi4], Henan

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