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上車
简 上车 · 繁 上車Mandarin · pinyin shàng chē
Meanings
- to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
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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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soeng5 ce1
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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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