Cantonese words starting with S

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sap1 seoi2 paau3 zoeng2

Someone or something useless, or someone with a very calm temperament who rarely loses their temper.

Trivial, miscellaneous, or easy; relating to minor details, small bits, or a tiny amount.

Trivial, insignificant, or minor.

Trivial things; unimportant or miscellaneous matters of little value.

Drenched; soaked through.

Damp heat, a concept in traditional Chinese medicine.

Rough, uneven, or unsmooth; difficult, troublesome, or tricky to deal with.

Troublesome or in a mess; also a Chinese medicine term for dampness retention.

The number ten; a weakened pronunciation of '十' used between three and nine followed by a digit or classifier.

To collect; to put things back in an organized way or tidy up.

sap6 baat3 bun1 mou5 ngai6

十八般武藝十八般武艺

Versatile and possessing many skills, or literally skilled in the eighteen martial arts.

sap6 baat3 jaa6 ji6

To be in the bloom of youth, often used of women to contrast with being no longer young.

sap6 baat3 jat6

Eighteen days, or the eighteenth day of the month.

sap6 baat3 lo4 hon3

十八羅漢十八罗汉

The Eighteen Arhats, the original followers of the Buddha.

sap6 baat3 sai3 gei2

十八世紀十八世纪

The 18th century.

sap6 bin1 jing4

十邊形十边形

Decagon; a polygon with ten sides.

To support; transliteration of the English word "support".

The number seventeen.

sap6 cat1 hung2 kiu4

十七孔橋十七孔桥

The Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace, Beijing.

The seventeenth day of the month, or a period of seventeen days.

sap6 cat1 sai3 gei2

十七世紀十七世纪

The seventeenth century.

To pick up; to collect.

Perfect and complete in all aspects.

sap6 cyun4 sap6 mei5

Perfect and flawless in every way; complete and beautiful without any defects.

sap6 daai6 san4 sau3

十大神獸十大神兽

The Baidu Ten Mythical Creatures; a set of fictional animals used as internet puns to bypass PRC censorship.

Shide, a Tang dynasty Buddhist poet who lived at Guoqing Temple on Mount Tiantai.

十多億十多亿

Over one billion

sap6 dung1 laap6 jyut6

十冬臘月十冬腊月

The three coldest months of the lunar year, namely the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth months.

sap6 dung6 jin4 keoi5

十動然拒十动然拒

To reject someone after being deeply moved or touched by them.

Very; fully; extremely; to a high degree.

Extremely; very; to the highest degree.

sap6 fan6 zi1 jat1

Shifang, a county-level city in Deyang, Sichuan.

To forage; to collect recyclable waste or discarded items to make a living or for reuse.

Shifang, a county-level city in Deyang, Sichuan.

The Ten Commandments in Christianity, Judaism, or Buddhism.

The Ten Commandments

An easy task; a piece of cake.

sap6 gam1 bat1 mui6

To not pocket money or valuables that someone else has left behind or lost.

Assorted; a mix of various ingredients or items.

The nineteenth day of the month, or a duration of nineteen days.

sap6 gau2 sai3 gei2

十九世紀十九世纪

The 19th century.

More than ten; a dozen or more.

sap6 geoi1 kei4 gau2

In nine cases out of ten; in the vast majority of cases; mostly.

sap6 go3 caa4 wu4 gau2 go3 goi3

十個茶壺九個蓋十个茶壶九个盖

To lack the resources to cover all needs; unable to handle a situation because one is stretched too thin.

十個字十个字

Fifty minutes, as indicated by the number ten on a clock face; ten Chinese characters.

sap6 gok3 jing4

Decagon; a ten-sided polygon.

The ten Heavenly Stems; a traditional Chinese system of ordinal numbers.