Cantonese words starting with S

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The ten Heavenly Stems, used cyclically in the traditional calendar and as ordinal numbers.

sap6 waak6 dou1 mei6 jau5 jat1 pit3

十劃都未有一撇十画都未有一撇

Still a long way to go; nothing has been finalized or even started yet.

sap6 waak6 dou1 mei6 jau5 jat1 pit3

十畫都未有一撇十画都未有一撇

Far from completion; still in the very early stages with no progress made yet.

sap6 waak6 mei6 jau5 jat1 pit3

十畫未有一撇十画未有一撇

Things are still in their very early stages and nothing is settled yet.

The tens place or column in the decimal system.

To pick up a lost article, or to point out and remedy omissions in a text.

sap6 wai4 bou2 kyut3

拾遺補缺拾遗补缺

To remedy omissions and correct errors.

To pick up or find something that was lost.

sap6 zek3 sau2 zi2 jau5 coeng4 dyun2

十隻手指有長短十只手指有长短

Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses; no one is perfect or exactly the same.

Decimal system.

sap6 zeon3 wai2

十進位十进位

The decimal system.

sap6 zeon3 wai2 faat3

十進位法十进位法

The decimal system.

sap6 zeon3 wai2 zai3

十進位制十进位制

The decimal system; base-10 positional notation.

sap6 zeon3 zai3

十進制十进制

The decimal system; the base-10 numbering system.

sap6 zi1 baat3 gau2

Most likely; in eight or nine cases out of ten; the vast majority.

sap6 zi2 bat1 zim1 joeng4 ceon1 seoi2

十指不沾陽春水十指不沾阳春水

To lead a pampered life, especially of a woman who does not need to do any housework.

sap6 zi2 maa1 maai4

Incompetent or clumsy; unable to do any work, as if one's ten fingers were stuck together.

The character for ten, which is in the shape of a cross.

十字車十字车

Ambulance; a rescue vehicle formerly marked with a red cross.

十字鋤十字锄

Pickaxe; mattock.

sap6 zi6 faa1 fo1

Cruciferae or Brassicaceae; the mustard plant family whose flowers have four petals arranged in a cross.

Crucifix, or a slang term for the sedative drug flunitrazepam.

sap6 zi6 gaa2 jing4

十字軍十字军

The Crusades, or a crusader army.

sap6 zi6 gwan1 dung1 zing1

十字軍東征十字军东征

十字鎬十字镐

Pickaxe; a hand tool with a hard head attached perpendicular to the handle, used for breaking up soil or rock.

Cruciform; shaped like a cross or the Chinese character for ten (十).

sap6 zi6 lou6 hau2

Crossroads, either literally as an intersection of two roads or figuratively as a critical turning point in life.

十字繡十字绣

Cross-stitch; a form of sewing and a popular stitch in which X-shaped stitches are used to form a picture.

十字絲十字丝

Crosshairs; fine lines used as a sighting guide in optical instruments.

sap6 zi6 zyun3 mun4

十字轉門十字转门

Ample; complete; full; 100 percent.

One hundred percent; completely, fully, or exactly.

To tidy up, clear up, or put things in order.

Room; a partitioned space inside a building.

Used in personal names and transliterations.

Knee; the joint between the thigh and the lower leg.

Louse or similar parasitic insect.

Failure; defeat; the state of being unsuccessful or not achieving one's goals.

sat1 baai6 naai5 sing4 gung1 zi1 mou5

失敗乃成功之母失败乃成功之母

Failure is the mother of success; an encouraging proverb advising one not to fear or be discouraged by failure, but to learn from it.

sat1 baai6 si6 sing4 gung1 zi1 mou5

失敗是成功之母失败是成功之母

Failure is the mother of success; one learns from their mistakes and eventually succeeds.

失敗者失败者

Loser; someone who fails at many things or is deemed a failure.

sat1 baai6 zyu2 ji6

失敗主義失败主义

Defeatism; the acceptance of defeat without struggle.

To miscalculate, plan poorly, or make a tactical error.

To fail to notice, observe, or supervise; to let something slip through.

To lose one's mother.

To make a careless mistake.

To be flustered, at a loss, or not knowing what to do.

Deafness or hearing loss caused by injury or disease to the ears, nerves, or brain.

To fall out of favor; to no longer be pampered or loved as before.