[-]

Jyutping soeng6 cang4
Pinyin shàng céng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. upper layer
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    建築​、​船艙​、​機艙​入面​,​最高​嗰​層​,​或者​高​啲​嗰​幾​層
    upper level(s); upper deck
    • 上層可以睇得再遠啲,不過要另外收費。
      上层可以睇得再远啲,不过要另外收费。
      soeng6 cang4 ho2 ji5 tai2 dak1 zoi3 jyun5 di1, bat1 gwo3 jiu3 ling6 ngoi6 sau1 fai3.
      You can see further from the upper level, but there is additional charge.
    • 上層好危險,細路仔唔可以自己上去㗎!
      上层好危险,细路仔唔可以自己上去㗎!
      soeng6 cang4 hou2 ngai4 him2, sai3 lou6 zai2 m4 ho2 ji5 zi6 gei2 soeng5 heoi3 gaa3!
      The upper deck is dangerous. Children are not allowed to go up by themselves!
  2. 名詞
    上級​;​高層​;​同一​個​機構​、​群體​入面​職位​、​地位​比較​高​嘅​人
    people at the top (of an institution or a group)
    • 上層唔鍾意呢個做法。
      上层唔钟意呢个做法。
      soeng6 cang4 m4 zung1 ji3 ni1 go3 zou6 faat3.
      People at the top don't like how this is done.
  3. 反義詞
    下層
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, figuratively, literally
    upper strata; upper levels
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    强盗似乎是在上层破窗而入的。
    強盗似乎是在上層破窗而入的。
    qiáng dào sì hū shì zài shàng céng pò chuāng ér rù de 。
    • It seems that the burglar broke in through an upstairs window.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    上层可以睇得再远啲,不过要另外收费。
    上層可以睇得再遠啲,不過要另外收費。
    soeng6 cang4 ho2 ji5 tai2 dak1 zoi3 jyun5 di1, bat1 gwo3 jiu3 ling6 ngoi6 sau1 fai3.
    • You can see further from the upper level, but there is additional charge.
  2. Cantonese
    上层好危险,细路仔唔可以自己上去㗎!
    上層好危險,細路仔唔可以自己上去㗎!
    soeng6 cang4 hou2 ngai4 him2, sai3 lou6 zai2 m4 ho2 ji5 zi6 gei2 soeng5 heoi3 gaa3!
    • The upper deck is dangerous. Children are not allowed to go up by themselves!
  3. Cantonese
    上层唔钟意呢个做法。
    上層唔鍾意呢個做法。
    soeng6 cang4 m4 zung1 ji3 ni1 go3 zou6 faat3.
    • People at the top don't like how this is done.
  4. Cantonese
    上层地库
    上層地庫
    soeng6 cang4 dei6 fu3
    • upper basement
  5. Cantonese
    巴士上层唔可以企。
    巴士上層唔可以企。
    baa1 si2 soeng6 cang4 m4 ho2 ji5 kei5.
    • 巴士上層不准站立。
    • No standing on upper deck.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    苏联和一切资本主义国家的上层成分之唯利是图者根本相反,它是以援助一切弱小民族和革命战争为其职志的。
    蘇聯和一切資本主義國家的上層成分之唯利是圖者根本相反,它是以援助一切弱小民族和革命戰爭為其職志的。
    sū lián hé yī qiè zī běn zhǔ yì guó jiā de shàng céng chéng fèn zhī wéi lì shì tú zhě gēn běn xiāng fǎn , tā shì yǐ yuán zhù yī qiè ruò xiǎo mín zú hé gé mìng zhàn zhēng wéi qí zhí zhì de .
    • In direct contrast to all the members of the upper strata in the capitalist countries who seek nothing but profits, the Soviet Union considers it its duty to help all weak nations and all revolutionary wars.
  2. Mandarin
    上层建筑
    上層建築
    shàng céng jiàn zhù
    • superstructure
  3. Mandarin
    马克思主义告诉我们,民主属于上层建筑,属于政治这个范畴。这就是说,归根结蒂,它是为经济基础服务的。
    馬克思主義告訴我們,民主屬於上層建築,屬於政治這個範疇。這就是説,歸根結蒂,它是為經濟基礎服務的。
    mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì gào su wǒ men , mín zhǔ shǔ yú shàng céng jiàn zhù , shǔ yú zhèng zhì zhè ge fàn chóu . zhè jiù shì shuō , guī gēn jié dì , tā shì wèi jīng jì jī chǔ fú wù de .
    • Marxism teaches us that democracy is part of the superstructure and belongs to the realm of politics. That is to say, in the last analysis, it serves the economic base.