Cantonese words starting with S

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sau1 tiu4receipt

sau1 to4 dei2verb; Triad extorts money from someone; event

sau1 toi2to pack up the table (usually the Mahjong table after the game has finished)

sau1 tou4to retouch images

收話器收话器

sau1 waa6 hei3a telephone receiver

sau1 wok6variant of 收穫|收获[shou1 huo4]

收穫節收获节

sau1 wok6 zit3harvest festival

sau1 wui2religious order

sau1 wui4to regain; to take back; to revoke

sau1 wui4 sing4 ming6to rescind the order

sau1 wui6foreign exchange collection (finance)

sau1 zaan6to compile

sau1 zaap6to study

sau1 zaap6to gather

sau1 zi1cash flow; income and expenditure

sau1 zi1 ping4 hang4balance between income; breakeven

收支平衡點收支平衡点

sau1 zi1 ping4 hang4 dim2break-even point

sau1 zi1 soeng1 dai2to break even

sau1 zi1 song1 jyu4see 失之東隅，收之桑榆|失之东隅，收之桑榆[shi1 zhi1 dong1 yu2 , shou1 zhi1 sang1 yu2]

sau1 zi2 gaap3manicure

sau1 zin2to prune

sau1 zing2to fix

sau1 zing3to revise; to amend; to rectify

sau1 zing3 jik6correction fluid

sau1 zing3 on3amendment

修正主義修正主义

sau1 zing3 zyu2 ji6revisionism

sau1 zo2(literary) long and arduous (road)

sau1 zou1verb; collect rents

sau1 zou1 lou2literally: a rent collector; a protection money collector; a bribery money collector [colloquial]

sau1 zou6to build

修造廠修造厂

sau1 zou6 cong2repair workshop (for machinery, vehicles etc)

sau1 zuk1to build

餿主意馊主意

sau1 zyu2 ji3rotten idea

sau2old gentleman; an elder

sau2to urge on; to set a dog on

sau2(verb) 1. Hold to; 2. Remain

sau2(noun) 1. classifier for used goods (firsthand, second-hand); 2. (financial terminology) the unit of tradable stocks

sau2hand; radical number 64

sau2(literary) water that was used to rinse rice and has become smelly; befouled water

sau2classifier for ships

sau2marsh; swamp; clump of trees or bushes

sau2head; first (occasion, thing etc); to head a start; time ; position; leader; KangXi radical 185

sau2 aau3elbow pit; cubital fossa

sau2 baa2handle

sau2 baan2palm (hand)

手板係肉，手背又係肉手板系肉，手背又系肉

sau2 baan2 hai6 juk6, sau2 bui3 jau6 hai6 juk6difficult on both sides; to be stuck in a very difficult position, facing a hard decision where both choices are just as hard to make; between a rock and a hard place [colloquial]

手板眼見功夫手板眼见功夫

sau2 baan2 ngaan5 gin3 gung1 fu1noun; easy task, one which is easy to master.

sau2 baan2 sam1palm

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