Cantonese words starting with S

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sau1 giu2to recover (illegally obtained property); to capture; to levy

sau1 goek3pedicure

修腳師修脚师

sau1 goek3 si1pedicurist

sau1 goeng1stop fighting! [colloquial]

sau1 goi2to amend; to modify

sau1 goi2 gou2revised draft

sau1 got3to harvest; to gather in crops

收割機收割机

sau1 got3 gei1a harvester

sau1 got3 ze2reaper

sau1 gun1final part of a go game (see 官子[guan1 zi3]); to finish up

sau1 gung1to stop work for the day (generally of laborers)

sau1 haai4 zoeng6a cobbler

sau1 haang4 seoi2the collection of toll money at check points in river passageways

sau1 haau6to yield results

sau1 hai6to hold a semiannual ceremony of purification

sau1 hang6to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism)

sau1 hang6 jan4person pursuing religious practice (Buddhism)

sau1 hau2to shut up (Cantonese)

羞口難開羞口难开

sau1 hau2 naan4 hoi1to be too embarrassed for words (idiom)

sau1 hei2verb; pack up something; cut out; retracted

sau1 hon3to watch (a TV program)

sau1 hou2to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); (literary) to do meritorious deeds

sau1 hung4to blush

sau1 jam1voicing (adjustment of timbre, loudness etc of organ or other musical instrument)

收音機收音机

sau1 jam1 gei1radio

sau1 jan4disgraced; to make a fool of oneself

sau1 jap6to take in; revenue

sau1 jau4Study tour

sau1 je5“take that”; a punch

sau1 jik1(noun) (of accounting or economy) Revenue

sau1 jik1 leot2earnings rate

收益帳戶收益帐户

sau1 jik1 zoeng3 wu6income account (accountancy)

sau1 jip6to study at school

sau1 joeng5accomplishment; self-cultivation

sau1 joeng5to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); adoption

sau1 juk6to humiliate; humiliation

sau1 jung4(verb) Accept (refugee)

sau1 jung4 gaau3 juk6custody and reeducation (administrative punishment for prostitutes)

sau1 jung4 jan4inmate

sau1 jung4 so2temporary shelter; refuge (e.g. for animals)

羞於啟齒羞于启齿

sau1 jyu1 kai2 ci2to be too shy to speak one's mind (idiom)

sau1 jyun2seminary (Christian college)

sau1 kau3to purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization)

修橋補路修桥补路

sau1 kiu4 bou2 lou6lit. building bridges and repairing roads, meaning conducting good or hard deeds

修橋整路修桥整路

sau1 kiu4 zing2 lou6lit. building bridges and repairing roads, meaning conducting good or hard deeds

sau1 kwai1construction plan

sau1 kwai1to accept bribes [colloquial]

羞愧難當羞愧难当

sau1 kwai3 naan4 dong1to feel ashamed (idiom)

sau1 kwai5ashamed

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