上天 (soeng6 tin1; soeng5 tin1 | shang4 tian1) : heaven; go up to the sky

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上天

soeng6 tin1; soeng5 tin1

shang4 tian1

[1] soeng6 tin1: heaven
[2] soeng5 tin1: go up into the sky

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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

上天

This word has been viewed 3740 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 1st Aug 2006 23:21 and last edited on 8th Mar 2015 00:10

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Characters in this word:

上 soeng6 soeng5 - upper; superior; preceding; up; on
天 tin1 - sky, heaven

1 compounds containing this word:

上天無路 - unable to escape (lit., "there is no road to go to heaven")

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晚上你可以看到頭上天空中的星辰國
At night you can see stars in the sky above your head.

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]

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