Cantonese words starting with S

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si2 gap1 hoi1 haang1

屎急開坑屎急开坑

To start digging a latrine only when one urgently needs to defecate; to leave things to the very last minute.

To exert physical strength; to do something with great effort.

使高興使高兴

To please, delight, or make happy.

A historical perspective; a systematic or holistic view of history.

屎軍師屎军师

An advisor who gives terrible, useless, or counterproductive advice.

Toilet, typically referring to a squat toilet, or a dung pit.

si2 haang1 cung4

屎坑蟲屎坑虫

Maggots or worms that live in latrines; muckworms.

si2 haang1 gai2

屎坑計屎坑计

A bad, stupid, or lousy idea.

si2 haang1 gung1 maai6 cou2 zi2

屎坑公賣草紙屎坑公卖草纸

To appeal to one's conscience, or to act according to one's conscience.

si2 haang1 gwaan1 dou1

屎坑關刀屎坑关刀

Useless; completely incompetent in both academic and physical pursuits.

si2 haang1 kiu2

屎坑橋屎坑桥

A bad plan, poor strategy, or useless trick.

To piss off or get lost; an expression used to angrily dismiss someone.

Historiography, history as an academic discipline, or the scholarly study of history.

Driven by; caused by; due to.

Ugly or terrible looking.

To use, employ, or apply a tool, object, or method to achieve a purpose.

si2 jung6 fong1 bin6

Convenient to use; user-friendly.

si2 jung6 sau2 caak3

使用手冊使用手册

User manual or handbook.

User; a person who uses something.

A bad, stupid, or unreliable idea; an unwise method.

An impractical, useless, or unworkable plan, scheme, or idea.

si2 lam4 niu6 laai6

屎淋尿瀨屎淋尿濑

Extremely scared; terrified to the point of nearly losing bowel or bladder control.

Historical data or materials used for historical research.

Maid; a female domestic servant.

si2 mou4 cin4 lai6

史無前例史无前例

Unprecedented; having never happened before in history.

Maidservant or female servant.

si2 ngaan5 cong4 duk6

To hide drugs in one's anus.

To drive or maneuver an ox or bull for plowing and harrowing land.

Useless, weak, or of very poor quality.

A diaper, sometimes specifically a soiled one; figuratively used to mean useless knowledge.

Historical fact.

si2 si2 fat1 fat1

To be indecisive, hesitant, or unable to make up one's mind.

To try; to have a go at something.

In history; on record; throughout history.

A toilet bowl or chamber pot.

屎塌蓋屎塌盖

The lid of a toilet bowl, or a mop-top haircut resembling a lid.

屎塔蓋屎塔盖

Toilet lid; the cover of a toilet bowl.

A barge or boat used for transporting night soil and excrement.

Historical sites or relics.

Historical records; books of history.

Nasal mucus; snot.

An examination or test used to assess knowledge or skills.

A carriage drawn by four horses, or a team of four horses.

si3 bat1 kap6 sit6

駟不及舌驷不及舌

Once a word is spoken, even a team of four horses cannot overtake it.

Examination venue; an examination hall or room.

A pilot site chosen to test the effectiveness of a plan or policy before wider rollout.

To commit patricide; to kill one's own father.

試金石试金石

Touchstone, literally a black mineral used to test the purity of metals, and figuratively a reliable test or criterion.

To audition or screen test actors or models to see if they are suitable for a role.