粵

上soeng5街gaai1

soeng5 gaai1shàng jiē

English

  1. to go onto the streets
  2. to demonstrate on the streets; to take part in a rally
  3. to go shopping

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺街上面遊行示威

Examples

  • 我哋上街,係為咗向政府表達訴求。

    We take to the streets in order to express our demands to the government.

  • 因為今天我沒法上街購物,只好做點三明治將就將就。

    As I didn't have time to go shopping today, I had to make do with a sandwich for dinner.

    Tatoeba · tsayng CC BY

  • 夜晚大雪纷飞。第二天早上,祖母和孙子一起坐着雪橇上街。在放学后的下午,公园里的雪仗开始了。

    Plenty of snow had fallen overnight. The following morning, grandmothers and their grandchildren on sledges appeared in the streets, and in the afternoon, after school, snowball fights broke out in the park.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

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

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