粵

上soeng6菜coi3

soeng6 coi3soeng5 coi3shàng cài

English

  1. to serve food
  2. top dish; the best dishes; high quality food
  3. good-looking or attractive young woman; high-class girl; literally: top vegetable
  4. to serve dishes

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 上等菜;質素高嘅菜式
  2. 外貌吸引嘅後生女仔(參見「菜」)(量詞:條)
  3. 將煮好嘅餸菜送到餐桌上面

Examples

  • 下欄扮上菜

    for people or things of lesser quality to pretend to be top-quality

  • 而家可以上菜嘞。

    The dishes can be served now.

  • 名廚教路,令剩食變上菜。

    Tips from the chef: turn leftovers into gourmet dishes.

  • 上菜上得好慢,不過嘢食搭救。

    The service was pretty slow, but the food made up for that.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 請先為他上菜。

    Please serve him his meal first.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

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

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