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| Sisters | Tsee moy. |
| Sister | (elder) Ah tseeah; (younger) low moy. |
| Sit down, to | Ts'oh. |
| Skin | P'ea. |
| Sleep, to | Shoy. |
| Slowly | Mahn-mahn. |
| Smell, to | P'ea. |
| Smell, a | Yit ch'in mooee; (sweet) yit ch'in heong mooee; (bad) yit ch'in ch'oo mooee. |
| Smoke | Yen. |
| Smooth | Vaht. |
| Sneeze, to | Tah aht ch'ee. |
| Soap | Fahn kahn. |
| Soak, to | Tsim shooee. |
| Socks | Maht. |
| Soft | Nyawn. |
| Solder, to | Hohn. |
| Some (a little) | Toh show; teet sheet tsz, or teet tsz. |
| Son | Li tsz. |
| Sore | T'oong. |
| Sort | Yong. |
| Sound (a loud noise) | T'ie shahng. |
| Soup | T'ong. |
| Sour | Son. |
| South | Nahm; nahm p'en t'eu, or—pen—. |
| Spade | Ts'ahn. |
| Spectacles | Ngahn keeahng. |
| Spider | Lah k'eeah. |
| Split, to | T'oon heu shooee. |
| Spoon | Kahng t'eeow; ch'ee kahng. |
