Cantonese Dictionary

宿題

suk1 tai4

Mandarin: su4 ti2

Simplified: 宿题

homework assignment

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宿鬆

suk1 sung1

Mandarin: su4 song1

Susong (place in Anhui)

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實

sat6

Mandarin: shi2

Simplified: 实

real | true | honest | really | solid | fruit | seed | definitely | closely | tightly | fact | reality | to fill | practical | actual | concrete | substantial | hard | a sub-group of the 14K triad gang | euphemism for the word 𨳍, prick | penis | # adapted from cc-cedict

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實Ｑ

sat6 kiu1

Mandarin: shi2 Q

Simplified: 实Ｑ

a security guard (loanword) [colloquial]

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實事求事

sat6 si6 kau4 si6

Mandarin: shi2 shi4 qiu2 shi4

down-to-earth; realistic

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實事求是

sat6 si6 kau4 si6

Mandarin: shi2 shi4 qiu2 shi4

to be pragmatic; to be practical; lit: to seek truth from facts

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實例

sat6 lai6

Mandarin: shi2 li4

concrete/real/actual example

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實利主義

sat6 lei6 zyu2 ji6

Mandarin: shi2 li4 zhu3 yi4

materialism [Syn.] 唯物論 , 唯物主義

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實力

sat6 lik6

Mandarin: shi2 li4

actual strength

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實務

sat6 mou6

Mandarin: shi2 wu4

practice; practical affairs

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實在

sat6 zoi6

Mandarin: shi2 zai4

actually; really; in reality; in actual fact | [粵]: also 的確, 認真

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實地

sat6 dei6

on the spot

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實彈

sat6 daan6*2

Mandarin: shi2 dan4

live ammunition

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實心實意

sat6 sam1 sat6 ji3

Mandarin: shi2 xin1 shi2 yi4

Simplified: 实心实意

honest and sincere, genuine

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實情

sat6 cing4

Mandarin: shi2 qing2

1.low-down, the truth; the real state of affairs 2.(Cantonese only) really; indeed

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實惠

sat6 wai6

Mandarin: shi2 hui4

[1] (n) practical benefit [2] (adj) substantial; real

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實戰

sat6 zin3

Mandarin: shi2 zhan4

real combat; actual combat; shooting war

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實拍

sat6 paak3

Mandarin: shi2 pai1

candid photograph; genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)

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實斧實鑿

sat6 fu2 sat6 zok6

Mandarin: shi2 fu3 shi2 zao2

Simplified: 实斧实凿

promised; for real

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實施

sat6 si1

Mandarin: shi2 shi1

bring into effect; come into force; set on foot; initiate; introduce; implement

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實時

sat6 si4

Mandarin: shi2 shi2

real time

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實時加工

sat6 si4 gaa1 gung1

Mandarin: shi2 shi2 jia1 gong1

online processing

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實時技術

sat6 si4 gei6 seot6

Mandarin: shi2 shi2 ji4 shu4

online technique

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實時操作環境

sat6 si4 cou1 zok3 waan4 ging2

Mandarin: shi2 shi2 cao1 zuo4 huan2 jing4

realtime operating environment

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實木

sat6 muk6

Mandarin: shi2 mu4

solid wood, nature wood

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實枳枳

sat6 zat1 zat1

Mandarin: shi2 zhi3 zhi3

Cantonese

of sth. to be plugged really tight

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實枳枳

sat6 zi2 zi2

Mandarin: shi2 zhi3 zhi3

Simplified: 实枳枳

fully loaded

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實業

sat6 jip6

Mandarin: shi2 ye4

industrial/commercial enterprise; business

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實業家

sat6 jip6 gaa1

Mandarin: shi2 ye4 jia1

businessman; industrialist

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實歲

sat6 seoi3

Mandarin: shi2 sui4

method of calculating a person's age in years from birth / see also 虛歲, 足歲

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