上蓋

Chinese

Etymology 1

		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	cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build
trad. (上蓋)		上	蓋
simp. (上盖)		上	盖

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-kài / siāng-kài

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-kài
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngkaix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kai¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-kài
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngkaix
    • IPA (Taipei): /siaŋ³³⁻¹¹ kai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ³³⁻²¹ kai²¹/

Adverb

上蓋

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) most; extremely

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 上 (siōng)

References

• “Entry #510”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Etymology 2

		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	cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build
trad. (上蓋)		上	蓋
simp. (上盖)		上	盖

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ goi³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ goi³
    • Yale: seuhng goi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ goi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ goi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² kɔːi̯³³/

Noun

上蓋

1. (chiefly Hong Kong) topside development
2. (chiefly Hong Kong) bus shelter