Cantonese words starting with S

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新莊市新庄市

Xinzhuang, a district and former county-administered city in New Taipei City, Taiwan.

san1 zong3 lik6 gin6

身壯力健身壮力健

Healthy and strong, often used as a greeting or blessing.

To present a document or report to a superior.

Xinzao, a town in the southeast of Guangzhou, China.

Hsinchu, a city in northern Taiwan known for its high-tech industry.

san1 zuk1 jyun6

新竹縣新竹县

Hsinchu County, located in northwestern Taiwan.

Hsinchu City, a city in northern Taiwan known for its high-tech industries.

san1 zung1 gwok3

新中國新中国

New China; the People's Republic of China, especially since its founding in 1949.

san1 zung3 duk6

Arsenic poisoning.

To complain about being poor or having no money, while in reality spending more than others.

Early morning or dawn.

Out of order or malfunctioning; also used to describe a person acting crazy or mentally unstable.

A state official or minister who serves a monarch.

The fifth of the Earthly Branches, representing the period from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.

A divine pen; a magic brush with supernatural powers.

san4 bat1 zi1 gwai2 bat1 gok3

神不知鬼不覺神不知鬼不觉

To do something in absolute secrecy without anyone knowing.

Mysterious, secretive, or mystical.

Mysterious, mystical, or kept secret; difficult to know or understand.

To mystify, or the process of mystification.

san4 bei3 mok6 caak1

神祕莫測神秘莫测

Mysterious and unpredictable; enigmatic.

san4 bei3 zyu2 ji6

神秘主義神秘主义

Morning newspaper.

Servant; retainer.

Morning wood; morning erection.

san4 caai1 gwai2 si2

Unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation; acts of gods and demons beyond human control.

san4 ceot1 gwai2 mut6

神出鬼沒神出鬼没

To appear and disappear mysteriously, coming and going unpredictably like a god or ghost.

Shenchi, a county in Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.

A shrine to a deity.

神池縣神池县

Shenchi County, a county in Xinzhou, Shanxi Province.

To resemble someone in demeanor, expression, or spirit.

A person's facial expression, look, or air.

Self-appellation of a lower-ranking female servant to a ruler, or the subjects of a ruler.

san4 coeng1 sau2

神槍手神枪手

Sharpshooter; a marksman who is highly skilled in shooting.

A person's look, expression, or glowing spirit.

san4 coi2 fei1 joeng4

神采飛揚神采飞扬

To radiate vigor, looking extremely energetic and in high spirits.

san4 coi2 jik6 jik6

Glowing with health and vigor; in high spirits and bursting with life.

Extraordinarily fast; at a speed that is startling or astonishing.

Chinese spirit possession; a Taoist practice of inviting a deity to possess one's body to perform supernatural feats.

A temple, shrine, or sanctuary dedicated to a deity or gods.

san4 diu1 hap6 leoi5

神雕俠侶神雕侠侣

The Return of the Condor Heroes, a famous wuxia novel by Jin Yong.

san4 diu1 hap6 leoi5

神鵰俠侶神雕侠侣

"The Return of the Condor Heroes", a 1959-1961 wuxia novel by Jin Yong.

Shinto; the traditional religion of Japan centered on the belief in spiritual beings and natural spirits.

san4 dou6 gaau3

Shinto; the indigenous religion of Japan.

Ridiculous, absurd, or bizarre; describing people or things that are surprisingly strange.

Morning and twilight; dawn and dusk.

san4 fan1 ding6 sing2

The traditional practice of showing filial respect by visiting and paying respects to one's parents morning and evening.

Gods and Buddhas; deities in Chinese folk religion and Buddhism.

Spiritual desolation

Catholic priest.

san4 fu4 kei4 gei6

Superb, superb; exquisite, superb; brilliant, virtuosic; describing a skill that has reached an unimaginably high level.