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English

1. (preposition
2. above; over; on top of; on the surface of
3. noun
4. the management; the boss; someone high up in a company or organisation
5. adverb) upper; on; above; top; (noun) superior; above; an expression used by people in Hong Kong to refer to the Mainland (China)
6. sometimes refers to Mainland China

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 位置高啲嘅地方；物件嘅表面
2. 上頭；公司或者組織入面嘅高層
3. 有時指中國大陸

Examples

• 枱上便有本書。

  There is a book on the table.

• 牀上面嘅衫係邊個㗎？

  Whose clothes are on the bed?

• 我放咗本書喺張枱上面。

  I've put a book on the table.

• 我老細張枱上面有個信封。

  There is an envelope on the desk of my boss. ----

• 上面每日放緊一百五十個人嚟香港。

  Mainland China permits 150 people to settle in Hong Kong daily.

• 合約上面寫得清清楚楚，辭職要提早一個月通知。

  It is written clearly on the contract that one-month notice is needed for resignation.

• 上面話要cut cost，每個部門要炒一個人喎。

  Someone high up says (the company) needs to cut cost, so every department needs to make one person redundant. ----