在……上

Chinese

		(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing		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
simp. and trad. (在……上)		在	……	上

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zài ... shàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ... ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi⁶...soeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zài ... shàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ... ㄕㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zài ... shàng
    • Wade–Giles: tsai⁴ ... shang⁴
    • Yale: dzài ... shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzay ... shanq
    • Palladius: цзай ... шан (czaj ... šan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi⁶...soeng⁶
    • Yale: joih...seuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi⁶...soeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi⁶...sêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯²² sœːŋ²²/

Verb

在……上

1. to be on

   乒乓球兒在桌兒上。 [MSC, trad.]
   乒乓球儿在桌儿上。 [MSC, simp.]

   Pīngpāngqiúr zài zhuōr shang. [Pinyin]

   The ping pong ball is on the table.

Circumposition

在……上

1. on

   乒乓球兒我擱在桌兒上了。 [MSC, trad.]
   乒乓球儿我搁在桌儿上了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Pīngpāngqiúr wǒ gē zài zhuōr shang le. [Pinyin]

   I put the ping pong ball on the table.