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以上

Mandarin · pinyin yǐ shàng

that level or higher; that amount or more
the above-mentioned
(used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.

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以: yǐ · by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
上: shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up

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3–4 · yi3 shang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ji5 soeng6

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

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noun

above; more than; over
greater than or equal to
above-mentioned; above

phrase

(usually Internet slang, influenced by Japanese) that's it; that's all (used at the end of a text to indicate that there is nothing further)

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