粵

上soeng5鏈lin6

simp上链
soeng5 lin6soeng5 lin2shàng liàn

English

  1. to wind up the chain
  2. to wind (a clock, a watch)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 為鐘錶等機械嘢上弦,上發條

Examples

  • 如果你在洋娃娃腹部的側面上鏈的話,它就會扭動手臂,翻著筋斗向前前進。

    If you wind up the doll with the key on the side of its torso it will swing its arms round and go forward doing somersaults.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我將呢個鐘上埋鏈就搞掂啦。

    The clock will be fixed after I wind it up.

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

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