北bak1上soeng5

English

1. to go up north
2. to go up north ----
3. (of Hong Kong people) to go to mainland China, since geographically Hong Kong is at the south of China

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 向北方進發
2. 從香港嘅角度而言嘅去大陸，因為中國大陸喺香港嘅北面

Examples

• 北上創業

  to start up business in the mainland

• 北上尋歡

  to seek out sexual pleasure in China