上水

上水

1. to add water (to a kettle, field, etc.)
2. to sail against the current
3. to feed water to a steam engine or radiator (of a car, ship, etc.)
4. to sprinkle water on vegetables or fruit
5. (Cantonese) to come out of the water

   你游咗成十個塘喇喎，捨得上水未呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你游咗成十个塘喇㖞，舍得上水未呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ jau⁴ zo² seng⁴ sap⁶ go³ tong⁴ laa³ wo³, se² dak¹ soeng⁵ seoi² mei⁶ aa³? [Jyutping]

   You've already swum like ten laps. Are you going to get out of the water yet?

6. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) to reappear after disappearing for a long period of time
7. (Southern Min) to unload a ship
8. (Hakka) to be submerged in floodwater

• (to unload a ship): (Hokkien) 起水

上水

1. upstream; upper reaches of a river

上水

1. Sheung Shui (an area in Hong Kong)

上水

1. (Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka) haslet

上水

1. (Min) to draw water from a well

上水

1. (Southern Min) edema; dropsy

• 水腫／水肿 (shuǐzhǒng)