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上車

简上车 · 繁上車

Mandarin · pinyin shàng chē

to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)

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上: shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
車: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in a cart; Kangxi radical 159
车: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in cart

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4–1 · shang4 che1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

soeng5 ce1

Cantonese word readings for 上車. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(intransitive, verb-object) to get into a car or other type of vehicle; to board a train
(Cantonese) to buy real estate, especially for the first time (in this sense, it implies the property ownership can be temporary, so selling off the property would be 落車／落车 (luòchē)).
(archaic) to board a carriage; to board a chariot

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