Cantonese words starting with S

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san4 man4subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)
san4 ming4(noun) Divinity
神庙
san4 miu2temple
san4 miu6marvelous
神魔小说
san4 mo1 siu2 syut3supernatural novel
san4 muk6see 神木市[Shen2 mu4 Shi4]
san4 neoi5The Goddess, 1934 silent film about a Shanghai prostitute, directed by 吳永剛|吴永刚[Wu2 Yong3 gang1]
san4 neoi5 fung1name of a peak by the Three Gorges 長江三峽|长江三峡[Chang2 Jiang1 San1 xia2]
神鸟
san4 niu5supernatural bird
san4 noi6 cyun1Kanagawa, Japan
神奈川县
san4 noi6 cyun1 jyun6Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
神农
san4 nung4Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture
神农本草经
san4 nung4 bun2 cou2 ging1Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls
神农架
san4 nung4 gaa3Shennongjialin, directly administered forestry reserve in east Hubei
神农架地区
san4 nung4 gaa3 dei6 keoi1Shennongjialin, directly administered forestry reserve in east Hubei
神农架林区
san4 nung4 gaa3 lam4 keoi1Shennongjialin, directly administered forestry reserve in east Hubei
神农氏
san4 nung4 si6Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China
神奥
san4 ou3mysterious
san4 po4(noun) a witch; ghost whisperer; a sorceress; necromancer
神谱
san4 pou2list of Gods and Immortals
san4 saa1cents (monetary)
san4 saa1coins; loose change [colloquial]
san4 saa1cinnabar
san4 saan1sacred mountain
san4 sam1a sincere heart believing in God; devout
san4 san2 dei2out of order; a little abnormal; not quite right; defective; mentally unstable
san4 san2 dei2strange; weird; odd [colloquial]
san4 san4 faa3 faa3(adjective) strange; bizarre; outlandish; peculiar
神神经经
san4 san4 ging1 ging1describes a person who acts strangely (like a mentally ill person)
神兽
san4 sau3mythological animal
san4 se5(historical) shrine or altar for sacrifices to local or ancestral deities (in ancient China)
san4 seoi5lit. spirit and marrow
san4 si1state of mind
san4 si1 fong2 fat1abstracted; in a trance
辰时
san4 si47-9 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
辰时卯时
san4 si4 maau5 si4to have all the times mixed up; at any time
san4 sik1expression
san4 sin1one who eats little (Cantonese)
神仙难救
san4 sin1 naan4 gau3no one can help even the god; beyond redemption
san4 sin1 tou5one who does not feel hungry (slang)
san4 sing1morning stars
san4 sing1Mercury in traditional Chinese astronomy
san4 sing3divinity
神圣
san4 sing3divine; holy
神圣不可侵犯
san4 sing3 bat1 ho2 cam1 faan6sacred and inviolable
神圣罗马帝国
san4 sing3 lo4 maa5 dai3 gwok3the Holy Roman Empire (history)
神圣周
san4 sing3 zau1Holy week
神伤
san4 soeng1depressed; dejected
臣属
san4 suk6official in feudal court
神态
san4 taai3appearance; bearing; look; mien

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