上來

See also: 上来

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	to come
trad. (上來)		上	來
simp. (上来)		上	来

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shànglái

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ loi⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sông-lòi

(Meixian, Guangdong): song¹ loi²
Jin (Wiktionary): son³ lai²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiūⁿ-lâi / chiōⁿ-lâi / chiǔⁿ-lâi / siōng-lâi / siāng-lâi

(Teochew, Peng'im): zion⁶ lai⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shànglái → shànglai (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄞˊ → ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄌㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shànglåi
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-lai⁵
  - Yale: shàng-lai
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanq.lai
  - Palladius: шанлай (šanlaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/ → /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ laɪ̯¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁵ loi⁴
  - Yale: séuhng lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ loi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ lɔːi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sông-lòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: song^ˊ loi^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: song¹ loi²
  - Sinological IPA: /soŋ²⁴ loi̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: song¹ loi²
  - Sinological IPA: /sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ loɪ¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: son³ lai²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /sɒ̃⁴⁵ lai⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxlaai
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ lai²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixlaai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ lai¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-lâi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ²² lai²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxnglaai
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxnglaai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ lai¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zion⁶ lai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiŏⁿ lâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ lai⁵⁵/

Note: Shantou.

Verb

上來

to go from a lower elevation to a higher elevation
to start; to begin
used after a verb to indicate success in doing something

Synonyms

(to go from a lower elevation to a higher elevation): (Cantonese) 上嚟
(to start): 開頭／开头 (kāitóu)