上活

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 live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
simp. and trad. (上活)		上	活

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shànghuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ wut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shànghuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shànghuó
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-huo²
    • Yale: shàng-hwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqhwo
    • Palladius: шанхо (šanxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ wut⁶
    • Yale: séuhng wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ wud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ wuːt̚²/

Verb

上活

1. to start work (used by maids and servants)