Cantonese words starting with S

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拾級而上拾级而上

sap6 kap1 ji4 soeng5to walk slowly up a flight of steps (idiom)

十里洋場十里洋场

sap6 lei5 joeng4 coeng4the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements

sap6 ling4to pick up bits; tidbits

sap6 luk6sixteen

十六國十六国

sap6 luk6 gwok3Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)

十六國春秋十六国春秋

sap6 luk6 gwok3 ceon1 cau1history of the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 by Cui Hong 崔鴻|崔鸿, written towards the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏, 100 scrolls

sap6 luk6 jat6sixteen days; sixteenth [date]

sap6 luk6 jyun4 zik6cetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay)

sap6 luk6 wai2 jyun416-bit (computing)

十六進位十六进位

sap6 luk6 zeon3 wai2Hexadecimal

十六進制十六进制

sap6 luk6 zeon3 zai3hexadecimal

sap6 maan6hundred thousand

十萬八千里十万八千里

sap6 maan6 baat3 cin1 lei5lit. one hundred and eight thousand kilometres, meaning very far away

十萬火急十万火急

sap6 maan6 fo2 gap1most urgent; express

十萬九千七十万九千七

sap6 maan6 gau2 cin1 cat1lit. one hundred and nine thousand and seven hundred, meaning very far

十萬位十万位

sap6 maan6 wai2the hundred thousands place (or column) in the decimal system

十問九唔應十问九唔应

sap6 man6 gau2 m4 jing1not responsive, not answering even when being asked questions many times

sap6 mat6picked up items (i.e. lost property)

sap6 min6 maai4 fuk6Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece)

十拿九穩十拿九稳

sap6 naa4 gau2 wan2(idiom) to be a cinch; in the bag

sap6 ng5fifteen

sap6 ng5 jat6fifteen days; fifteenth [date]

sap6 ng5 ji6 sap6Fifteen-Twenty, a guessing game played between two with both hands

sap6 ng5 sap6 luk6(adjective) (of making decision) uncertain; indecisive; unsure; at sixes and sevens

十年人事幾番新十年人事几番新

sap6 nin4 jan4 si6 gei2 faan1 san1people and things change a lot in the space of ten years [written and colloquial]

十年唔逢一潤十年唔逢一润

sap6 nin4 m4 fung4 jat1 jeon6once in a blue moon [colloquial]

十年唔耕，九年唔種十年唔耕，九年唔种

sap6 nin4 m4 gaang1 ，gau2 nin4 m4 zung3loss of skills if not used for a long time

十年樹木十年树木

sap6 nin4 syu6 muk6lit. ten years of the tree wood, meaning it takes ten years to grow a mature tree

十年樹木，百年樹人十年树木，百年树人

sap6 nin4 syu6 muk6 ，baak3 nin4 syu6 jan4(idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people

十惡不赦十恶不赦

sap6 ok3 bat1 se3utterly evil and morally wrong

sap6 pok3Support

sap6 pui5tenfold

sap6 saam1thirteen

十三點十三点

sap6 saam1 dim2(noun) 1. one o'clock pm or 13.:00.; (noun) a comic book, "Miss 13. Dot"; (slang) (of teenaged girl) naive, eccentric and silly

十三經十三经

sap6 saam1 ging1the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼[Zhou1 li3], Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4], Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4], Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传[Gu3 liang2 Zhuan4], The Analects 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经[Xiao4 jing1], Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3]

十三恐懼症十三恐惧症

sap6 saam1 hung2 geoi6 zing3Triskaidekaphobia, a disorder of being scared of the digit "13"

sap6 saam1 jat6thirteenth day of a month

sap6 saam1 jiu1terminal tiles, a type of winning hand in game of Mahjong

sap6 saam1 taai3 bou2a secret agent [colloquial]

什剎海什刹海

sap6 saat3 hoi2Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes

sap6 sat1 gau2 hung1to describe a place where mass of people have either died or fled

sap6 sei3fourteen; 14

十四行詩十四行诗

sap6 sei3 hong4 si1sonnet

sap6 sei3 jat6fourteen days; fourteenth [date]

sap6 sei3 kei114K, a triad gang [written and colloquial]

sap6 sing4completely

十成九穩十成九稳

sap6 sing4 gau2 wan2see 十拿九穩|十拿九稳[shi2 na2 jiu3 wen3]

sap6 siu6Ten trillion

sap6 soeng4 si6Ten Permanent Functionaries at the end of Han, a byword for corruption

sap6 sou3more than ten

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