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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 month See all 414 compounds (CantoDict reports 424 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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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".]
巴士在半路上拋錨 國
The bus broke down on the way. [半路 should not be translated literally as halfway, just "along the way" [粵] [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/938/]link[/url] ]
牛奶出自乳牛身上
Cow's milk comes from the body of dairy cows [Instead of saying "cow produces milk", it sounds more natural to say it the other way: "milk comes from cow"]
廁所魔鏡,世間上邊個最靚? 粵
Mirror mirror on the washroom wall, who's the fairest one of all? [Lit. toilet magic-mirror, world on which-one most pretty?]
有條友企喺張枱上便 粵
There's a guy standing on the table. [Lit. Have [counter] friend stand at table on-top. 條友 is an set expression for "guy".]
獵豹係世界上跑得最快嘅動物 粵
The cheetah is the fastest animal in the world. [Lit. cheetah is world-on run-manner most fast [possessive particle] animal]
張枱上面得翻三隻杯。 粵
Only three cups are left on the table. [In this sentence, the aspect marker 翻 merely connotes that there have been more than three cups on the table.]
漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一,大概四千歲了。 國
Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old.
咁夜重上網?不如聽朝再玩過啦! 粵
Still surfing the web at this time of the night? Why don't you (go to bed) and go online again in the morning?
基本上間屋布置好咗,剩番啲頭頭尾尾啫 粵
The house is basically well-decorated. What remains to be done are just some odds and ends.
表面上關係好好,但內裡其實係咪真嘅噉? 粵
The relationship is cordial on the surface, but is it really so (deep down inside)?
BB要食,快啲將背囊裡面個口水肩笠上BB度. 粵
The baby needs to eat。 Quickly take the bib from the backpack and put it over her。 [Discussion on usage of 將: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,120703]
你又唔係去見皇上,使唔使咁姿整呀? 粵
You are not meeting the emperor, do you need to be so particular about what you wear?
雖然只係上台分享下自己嘅經歷,但唔知點解好自然會覺得怯場。 粵
Although merely sharing my experiences on stage, I do not know why I would naturally get stage fright.
危難中,"有子不需父上前";搶險時,"上陣不離父子兵"。
A son would would protect his father and face the danger himself; but in times of emergency, both son and father would fight the battle together.
靚女一上車,小巴上嘅麻甩仔都打雀噉眼望住佢 粵
The sleazy guys on the minibus were gawking at the pretty girl the moment she boards
豈但年青人愛好運動,就連上了年紀的人也積極鍛煉身體。
Not only are the young keen in sports, even the elderly are enthusiastic about physical training.
我攞咗上個禮拜買嗰件衫去乾洗 粵
I took the shirt I bought last week to be dry-cleaned. [Lit. I took-already last-week bought that (counter) shirt go dry-clean]
我攞咗上個禮拜買嗰啲衫去乾洗 粵
I took the clothes I bought last week to be dry-cleaned. [Lit. I took-already last-week bought those shirts go dry-clean]
我幾個月前見到有一盞又好光又非常之高嘅街燈喺草地上面 粵
I saw a bright and really tall streetlight on the grass a few months ago. [Lit. I several months before see-arrive have one [counter] and bright and very tall [possessive particle] streetlight located grass-floor on.]
我睇都係買屋比較揸拿,好過投資喺啲小生意上 粵
I am of the view that buying property has more assurance, better than investing in small businesses.
死咗之後咪使旨意上天堂或者下地獄 粵
Don't think you can go to heaven or hell after you die. [Std. Chinese: 死後別想上天堂或下地獄] 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. |