粵

樓lau4上soeng6

simp楼上
lau4 soeng6lóu shàng

English

  1. upstairs
  2. the floor above
  3. upstairs
  4. used after numerals (and quantifiers) to mean "above / more than / higher than a certain numerical value"
  5. (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺你身處樓層以上、或者地面以上嘅層數
  2. 喺表示數量嘅短語後面,表示多於、大過、高過某個數值

Examples

  • 三萬蚊樓上

    more than thirty thousand dollars

  • 一千點樓上

    higher than 1000 points

  • 百分之五樓上

    above 5%

  • 返上樓上,我拎罐汽水你飲。

    Go upstairs, I'll bring you a can of coke.

  • 我要去楼上。

    I'm going upstairs.

    Tatoeba · j0rd4nkzf CC BY

  • 臥室在樓上。

    The bedrooms are upstairs.

    Tatoeba · xjjAstrus CC BY

  • 她們在樓上。

    They're upstairs.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 阁楼上积了灰。

    Dust had accumulated in the attic.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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