Cantonese words starting with S

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十天干
sap6 tin1 gon1the ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
十劃都未有一撇十画都未有一撇
sap6 waak6 dou1 mei6 jau5 jat1 pit3lit. not even one strokes drawn from the ten strokes, meaning one is far from completion or without progress
十畫都未有一撇十画都未有一撇
sap6 waak6 dou1 mei6 jau5 jat1 pit3lit. not even one strokes drawn from the ten strokes, meaning one is far from completion or without progress
十畫未有一撇十画未有一撇
sap6 waak6 mei6 jau5 jat1 pit3just saying; have not or just begin preparation (slang)
十位
sap6 wai2the tens place (or column) in the decimal system
拾遺拾遗
sap6 wai4to pocket a lost article; to remedy omissions (in a text etc)
拾遺補缺拾遗补缺
sap6 wai4 bou2 kyut3to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
拾獲拾获
sap6 wok6to find; to obtain
十隻手指有長短十只手指有长短
sap6 zek3 sau2 zi2 jau5 coeng4 dyun2everything
十進十进
sap6 zeon3decimal
十進位十进位
sap6 zeon3 wai2decimal system
十進位法十进位法
sap6 zeon3 wai2 faat3decimal system
十進位制十进位制
sap6 zeon3 wai2 zai3one of the kinds of decimal numeral system, base 10
十進制十进制
sap6 zeon3 zai3decimal
十之八九
sap6 zi1 baat3 gau2most likely; vast majority
十指不沾陽春水十指不沾阳春水
sap6 zi2 bat1 zim1 joeng4 ceon1 seoi2to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)
十指孖埋
sap6 zi2 maa1 maai4incapable to do anything (slang)
十字
sap6 zi6cross road; crucifix
十字車十字车
sap6 zi6 ce1ambulance (spoken)
十字鋤十字锄
sap6 zi6 co4Hoe
十字花科
sap6 zi6 faa1 fo1Cruciferae or Brassicaceae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowers have a cross of 4 petals)
十字架
sap6 zi6 gaa2triazolam (drug)
十字架刑
sap6 zi6 gaa2 jing4crucifiction
十字軍十字军
sap6 zi6 gwan1the Crusades; Crusader army
十字軍東征十字军东征
sap6 zi6 gwan1 dung1 zing1the Crusades
十字鎬十字镐
sap6 zi6 hou6Pickaxe
十字形
sap6 zi6 jing4cruciform
十字路口
sap6 zi6 lou6 hau2crossroads
十字繡十字绣
sap6 zi6 sau3cross-stitch
十字絲十字丝
sap6 zi6 si1crosshairs
十字轉門十字转门
sap6 zi6 zyun3 mun4turnstile
十足
sap6 zuk1ample; hundred percent
十足十
sap6 zuk1 sap6normally used to describe people or things that are very similar each other; to be exactly like something
拾掇
sap6 zyut3to clear up; to pick up
室
sat1room; grave; family or clan; home; chamber; wife
瑟
sat1a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings; massive; quivering; demure
膝
sat1knee
虱
sat1louse
失敗失败
sat1 baai6to be defeated; to fail (e.g. experiments); defeat
失敗乃成功之母失败乃成功之母
sat1 baai6 naai5 sing4 gung1 zi1 mou5proverb: Failure is the mother of success; Failure teaches success.
失敗是成功之母失败是成功之母
sat1 baai6 si6 sing4 gung1 zi1 mou5Failure is the mother of success.
失敗者失败者
sat1 baai6 ze2loser
失敗主義失败主义
sat1 baai6 zyu2 ji6defeatism
失策
sat1 caak3to blunder; miscalculation
失察
sat1 caat3to fail in observing or supervising; to let sth slip through
失恃
sat1 ci5to lose sb one relies upon
失錯失错
sat1 co3to make a careless mistake
失措
sat1 cou3to be at a loss
失聰失聪
sat1 cung1to go deaf; to lose one's hearing
失寵失宠
sat1 cung2to lose favor; disgraced

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