Word List - S

English - Hanzi Pinyin Phonetics Sound
salad - 沙拉 shālā sha-la
same - 同 tóng tawng
same - 同样 tóngyàng tawng-yahng
save life - 命 mìng meeng
say (to) - 曰 yuē yoo:eh
say (to); speak - 说 shuō shawh
sea - 海 hǎi hye
seat - 位子 wèizi way-dzeuh
second older brother - 二哥 èrgē are-geuh
see - 见 jiàn jee:en
see you/in vain; for nothing - 白白 báibái bye-bye
seed - 种子 zhǒngzi djawng-dzeuh
seed; species; {MW} kind, type, sort - 种 zhǒng djeung
seemingly; it seems - 看来 kànlai kan-lye
self; oneself; one's own - 自 djeuh
send out/emit (to) - 发 fa
serve (to) - 服 foowh
service - 务 oo
set off [on a journey] (to) - 出发 chūfā too-fa
seven - 七 tchee
several, how many - 几 djee
several; quite a few - 不少 bùshǎo boo-shaowe
shadow; image - 影 yǐng eeng
she - 她 ta
sheep - 羊 yáng yahng
shoe - 鞋 xié tsee:eh
shop assistant - 店员 diànyuán dee:en-yoo:en
should - 应该 yīnggāi eeng-gay
should; ought - 该 gāi gye
should; ought - 该 gāi gye
side; edge - 边 biān bee:eun
silence; quietness - 默 moh
silver - 银 yín yeen
since - 自从 zìcóng djeuh-cawng
single; simple; list - 单 dān dan
sister - 姐 jiě gee:eh
sit (to); ride - 坐 zuò djawh
six - 六 liù lee:oh
size - 大小 dàxiǎo dah-tsee:ow
sleep - 睡 shuì shoo:way
slow - 慢 màn mahng
small group (people) - 帮 bāng bahng
small; young/younger - 小 xiǎo tsee:ow
smash - 砸 zah
smell/hear (to) - 闻 wén wun
smile/laugh - 笑 xiào tsee:ow
snack - 小吃 xiǎochī tsee:ow-tcheuh
so, therefore - 因而 yīnér een-are
soft drink - 汽水 qìshuǐ tchee-shway
some - 有的 yǒude yo-duh
some (items) - 有些 yǒuxiē yo-tsee:eh
something - 一点儿东西 yìdiǎnr dōngxi ee-dee:nyarr-dawng-tsee
son - 儿子 érzi are-dzeuh
sorry - 歉 qiàn tchee:en
Sorry - 不好意思 Bù hǎo yìsi boo-how-ee:suh
soup - 汤 tāng tahng
speech; spoken language - 话 huà hwah
spicy - 辣 la
spoon - 匕 bee
stand up (to) - 起来 qilai chee-lye
star - 星 xīng tsing
start (to); beginning - 开始 kāishǐ kye-sheuh
steam; vapour - 汽 tchee
stick (a) - 棒 bàng bahng
store - 商店 shāngdiàn shanhng-dee:en
store;shop - 店 diàn dee:en
straight; directly; vertical; upright, just; straightforward - 直 zhí djeuh
street - 街 jiē djeeah
study, to - 学 xué tsoo:eh
study/practice (to) - 习 tsee
stuffed dumpling - 饺子 jiǎozi ji:aow-dzeuh
style; appearance - 样子 yàngzi yahng-dzeuh
summer - 夏 xià tsee:ah
summer [days] - 夏天 xiàtiān tsee:ah-tee:en
sun; day - 日 reurh
Sunday - 星期六 xīngqīliù tsing-tchee-lee:oh
sweet - 甜 tián tee:en
switch off (to)/close - 关 guān gwan