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[粵] soeng6 | [國] shang4 [1] [n, adj] upper; higher; high place [2] [n, adj] superior; senior; top [3] [adj] preceding; previous; last [4] [adv] up; upward; to (a higher level) [5] [prep] on; in; regarding [粵] soeng5 | [國] shang4 [1] [v] go up; ascend; get on [2] [v] go to; leave for (a place) [3] [v] be as many as; be up to; reach [4] [v] appear on stage; enter the field [5] [v] be put on record; be published [6] [v] fit; install; apply; put on [7] [v] screw; tighten; twist; wind [8] (verb particle indicating direction or achievement) [9] [n] (phonetics) rising tone; fall-rising tone [10] [v] (mahjong) chow; call to create a run/sequence  Additional PoS:     Stroke count: 3
Level: 1
Radical: 一 (#1)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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豬乸會上樹
zyu1 naa2 wui5 soeng5 syu6 = (lit. female pigs can climb tree) something impossible; "When pigs fly" 粵
高攀不上
gou1 paan1 bat1 soeng6 = to be unworthy to associate with (sb of higher social status)
蒸蒸日上
zing1 zing1 jat6 soeng6 = becoming more prosperous with each passing day
馬上
maa5 soeng6 = immediately
以上
ji5 soeng6 = above
上學
soeng5 hok6 = to attend school
上午
soeng6 ng5 = morning; A.M.
上課
soeng5 fo3 = to attend class
上去
soeng5 heoi3 = to go up; to ascend
上月
soeng6 jyut6 = last monthSee all 414 compounds (CantoDict reports 424 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 58 examples containing 上
你唔可以企喺張枱上便 粵
You can't stand on the table. [Lit. you cannot stand at table surface. 唔可以 here carries the sense of "not allowed".] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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