Cantonese Dictionary

上海菜

soeng6 hoi2 coi3

Shanghai cuisine

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上海街

soeng6 hoi2 gaai1

Mandarin: Shang4 hai3 jie1

Shanghai street, a street in central Kowloon of Hong Kong

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上海話

soeng6 hoi2 waa6*2

Mandarin: shang4 hai3 hua4

Shanghainese (language) [Syn.] 滬語

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上海證券交易所

soeng6 hoi2 zing3 hyun3 gaau1 jik6 so2

Mandarin: shang4 hai3 zheng4 quan4 jiao1 yi4 suo3

Shanghai Stock Exchange

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上海音樂學院

soeng6 hoi2 jam1 ngok6 hok6 jyun6*2

Mandarin: shang4 hai3 yin1 yue4 xue2 yuan4

Shanghai Conservatory of Music

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上海體育場

soeng6 hoi2 tai2 juk6 coeng4

Mandarin: shang4 hai3 ti3 yu4 chang2

Shanghai Stadium

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上海麵

soeng6 hoi2 min6

Shanghai noodles

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上游

soeng6 jau4

Mandarin: shang4 you2

upper reaches; advanced position

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上湯

soeng6 tong1

Mandarin: shang4 tang1

Simplified: 上汤

consomme; a soup made by (usually – meat [chicken, beef or fish]) for cooking purpose (acts as a seasoning to the dish, but not for drinking)

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上漆

soeng5 cat1

Mandarin: shang4 qi1

Japanning; painting

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上演

soeng5 jin2

presentment, staging

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上漲

soeng5 zoeng3

Mandarin: shang4 zhang3

to rise; to go upwards

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上火

soeng5 fo2

Mandarin: shang4 huo3

get angry; [TCM] suffer from excessive internal heat (with such symptoms as constipation, conjunctivitis and inflammation of the nasal and oral cavities)

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上燈

soeng5 dang1

Mandarin: shang4 deng1

light the lamp; light up

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上狗式

soeng6 gau2 sik1

[yoga] Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, Upward Facing Dog

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上猶

soeng6 jau4

Mandarin: shang4 you2

Shangyou (place in Jiangxi)

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上班

soeng5 baan1

Mandarin: shang4 ban1

to go to work. | Cant.: 返工

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上班時間

soeng5 baan1 si4 gaan1*3

Mandarin: shang3 ban1 shi2 jian1

workday

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上環

soeng6 waan4

Sheung Wan (MTR station)

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上環大笪地

soeng6 waan4 daai6 daat3 dei6

Sheung Wan Gala Point

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上畫

soeng5 waa2

Mandarin: shang4 hua4

Simplified: 上画

release on screen (movie)

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上畫兒

soeng5 waa6*2 ji4

Mandarin: shang4 hua4 er5

to be the subject of something that goes into a painting (like a landscape scene)

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上當

soeng5 dong3

Mandarin: shang4 dang4

to be taken in; to be fooled; to be duped

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上癮

soeng5 jan5

Mandarin: shang4 yin3

to become addicted (to); addiction

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上發條

soeng5 faat3 tiu4

Mandarin: shang3 fa1 tiao2

to wind (like a watch)

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上皮

soeng6 pei4

Mandarin: shang4 pi2

epithelium

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上皮組織

soeng6 pei4 zou2 zik1

Mandarin: shang4 pi2 zu3 zhi1

Simplified: 上皮组织

Epithelial tissue

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上盤

soeng6 pun4

Mandarin: shang4 pan2

Simplified: 上盘

a term in soccer gambling

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上相

soeng6 soeng3

Mandarin: shang4 xiang4

come out well in photograph; be photographic, be photogenic

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上碟

soeng5 dip6*2

Mandarin: shang4 die2

to dish / place / arrange cooked foods onto a plate

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