Cantonese Dictionary

西班牙人

sai1 baan1 ngaa4 jan4

a Spanish person

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西班牙咖啡

sai1 baan1 ngaa4 gaa3 fe1

Spanish coffee

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西班牙國家航空

sai1 baan1 ngaa4 gwok3 gaa1 hong4 hung1

Iberia (Airlines)

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西班牙文

sai1 baan1 ngaa4 man4*2

Mandarin: xi1 ban1 ya2 wen2

Spanish (language)

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西班牙蒼蠅

sai1 baan1 ngaa4 cong1 jing4

Mandarin: Xi1ban1ya2 cang1ying5

Simplified: 西班牙苍蝇

Spanish fly (Lytta vesicatoria) [written and colloquial]

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西環

sai1 waan4

Mandarin: xi1 huan2

Simplified: 西环

Sai Wan, a town situated along the north-western coast of Hong Kong Island

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西瓜

sai1 gwaa1

Mandarin: xi1 gua1

watermelon

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西瓜刀

sai1 gwaa1 dou1

Mandarin: xi1 gua1 dao1

watermelon knife

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西瓜瓤

sai1 gwaa1 nong4

Mandarin: xi1 gua5 rang2

the pulp of a watermelon

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西生菜

sai1 saang1 coi3

Mandarin: xi1 sheng1 cai4

iceberg lettuce

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西砵

sai1 but3*1

a sideboard (loanword)

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西米

sai1 mai5

sago (a starch made from a sago palm plant); also used to refer to tapioca (a different kind of starch made from a cassava plant)

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西米布甸

sai1 mai5 bou3 din1

custard pudding with sago

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西米露

sai1 mai5 lou6

dessert of sago and coconuts milk

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西紅柿

sai1 hung4 ci2

Mandarin: xi1 hong2 shi4

(Northern China) tomato | Southern China prefers 蕃茄

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西紙

sai1 zi2

Mandarin: xi1 zhi3

Simplified: 西纸

foreign currency (slang)

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西維吉尼亞

sai1 wai4 gat1 nei4 aa3

Mandarin: xi1 wei2 ji2 ni2 ya4

Cantonese

West Virginia

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西芹

sai1 kan4*2

Cantonese

celery

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西芹菜

sai1 kan4 coi3

Mandarin: xi1 qin2cai4

celery [written and colloquial]

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西菜

sai1 coi3

Mandarin: xi1 cai4

western cuisine (spoken)

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西菜牛肉球

sai1 coi3 ngau4 juk6 kau4

Mandarin: xi1 cai4 niu2 rou4 qiu2

beef balls with watercress

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西華

sai1 waa4

Mandarin: Xi1 hua2

[n] Xihua (place in Henan), Sai Wah

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西葫蘆

sai1 wu4 lou4*2

Mandarin: xi1 hu2 lu4

[botany] pumpkin; summer squash

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西藏

sai1 zong6

Mandarin: xi1 zang4

Tibet

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西藏人

sai1 zong6 jan4

Mandarin: xi1 zang4 ren2

a Tibetan, a person from Tibet

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西藏自治區

sai1 zong6 zi6 zi6 keoi1

Mandarin: xi1 zang4 zi4 zhi4 qu1

[n] Tibetan Autonomous Region, far west Chinese province

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西藥

sai1 joek6

Mandarin: xi1 yao4

Western medicine

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西蘭花

sai1 laan4 faa1

Mandarin: xi1 lan2 hua1

broccoli

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西裔

sai1 jeoi6

ethnic Spanish

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西裝

sai1 zong1

Mandarin: xi1 zhuang1

western style suit (clothing)

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