上 shàng
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shàng
noun
top; a high position
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 上 is the 14th most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist (Ho 2002, '上' 2; NCCED '上' shàng 1). -
shang
noun
top; the position on or above something
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense, 上 usually follows a noun to indicate the position on top of or attached to the object referred to by the noun (Ho 2002, '上' 2; NCCED '上' shang noun). For example, 树枝上 'on tree branches ...' (Lao She, 2003, p. 236) -
shàng
verb
to go up; to go forward
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Direction 方向
Notes: For example, 猫上了树 'a cat climbed up a tree.' (XHN 2015-11-02) (NCCED '上' shàng 7, 8; Ho 2002, '上' 5) -
shàng
foreign
shang
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
Notes: Used for the sound in mantras and Sanskrit names -
shàng
adjective
previous; last
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 5; Ho 2002, '上' 8) For example, 上个月 'last month' (VOA, 2015-12-23) and 上周五 'last Friday.' (VOA 2015-07-25) -
shàng
adjective
high; higher
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 2; Ho 2002, '上' 1) -
shàng
adjective
advanced
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
Notes: Synonymous with 上级 in this sense (NCCED '上' shàng 4) -
shàng
adjective
a monarch; a sovereign
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
Notes: Synonymous with 君主 in this sense (NCCED '上' shàng 3) -
shàng
noun
time
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: Synonymous with 时间 in this sense -
shàng
verb
to do something; to do something at a set time; to go to
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: For example, 上班 'go to work' or 上学 'go to school' (NCCED '上' shàng 11; Ho 2002, '上' 7) -
shàng
adjective
far
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 远 in this sense -
shàng
verb
big; as big as
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 12) -
shàng
adjective
abundant; plentiful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 丰足 in this sense -
shàng
verb
to report
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 上报 or 呈报 in this sense (NCCED '上' shàng 9) -
shàng
verb
to offer
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 进献 or 送上 in this sense -
shàng
verb
to go on stage
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Drama
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 13) -
shàng
verb
to take office; to assume a post
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Synonymous with 就职 in this sense -
shàng
verb
to install; to erect
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Synonymous with 安装 in this sense -
shàng
verb
to suffer; to sustain
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Synonymous with 陷入 or 遭受 in this sense -
shàng
verb
to burn
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Synonymous with 上火 in this sense -
shàng
verb
to remember
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Synonymous with 上心 in this sense -
shang
preposition
on; in
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Ho 2002, '上' 3) -
shàng
adverb
upward
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 10) -
shàng
verb
to add
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 14) -
shàng
verb
to fix; to install; to apply (powder, makeup, etc)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 16) -
shàng
verb
to meet
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 16) -
shàng
noun
falling then rising (4th) tone
Domain: Linguistics 语言学
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 26) -
shang
verb
used after a verb indicating a result
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (NCCED '上' shang verb) For example, 一切的路都封上了 'all the roads were closed' (Lao She, 2003, p. 175) and 加上 'to add on.' (VOA, 2015-07-25) -
shàng
noun
a musical note
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 26)
Contained in
- 上和下睦 harmony between upper and lower
- 上覆 to inform
- 筵上 feast
- 肾上腺皮质(腎上腺皮質) adrenal cortex
- 翱翔于激水之上(翱翔於激水之上) it lingers over the fretted face of the pond
- 上西天 to enter heaven; to rise to the Western Paradise
- 欺君罔上 to dupe one's sovereign
- 太公钓鱼,愿者上钩(太公釣魚,願者上鉤) Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook
- 基本上 basically; on the whole
- 无上(無上) supreme ; unexcelled
- 蚂蚁上树(螞蟻上樹) ants climbing a tree
- 马上风(馬上風) death during sexual intercourse
- 冈上肌(岡上肌) supraspinatus muscle
- 上一号(上一號) to go pee; to go to the bathroom
- 右上 upper right
- 形而上学(形而上學) metaphysics
- 看上去 it would appear; it seems (that)
- 放在心上 to care about; to take seriously; to take to heart
- 纸上争论(紙上爭論) paper warfare
- 走为上策(走為上策) a plan if all else fails; a plan for retreat
- 上弦月 first quarter moon
- 上台 to take up an official post
- 骑鹤上扬州(騎鶴上揚州) to ride a crane to Yangzhou; impossible ambition
- 新官上任三把火 (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office
- 成千上万(成千上萬) untold numbers; innumerable
- 上页(上頁) previous page
- 头上(頭上) overhead; above
- 上学(上學) to go to school ; to study at the highest levels
- 上田 Ueda
- 上扬(上揚) to rise (i.e. number increases); a price rise; to raise
- 上场(上場) on stage; to go on stage; to take the field
- 壁上红旗飘落照(壁上紅旗飄落照) on streaming banners red, departing sunbeams fall
- 上阵杀敌(上陣殺敵) to go into battle; to strike at the enemy
- 上师(上師) a guru
- 走上 to walk up
- 顶头上司(頂頭上司) one's immediate superior
- 带上门(帶上門) to close the door
- 上游(上遊) upper reaches ; forward position
- 上来(上來) to come up; to approach ; to start; to begin ; to pick up speed; to increase momentum
- 上马(上馬) to get on a horse; to mount
- 上手 to obtain; to master; overhand (serve etc); seat of honor
- 犯上 to offend one's superiors
- 树上开花(樹上開花) to deck the tree with false blossoms; to make something of no value appear valuable
Also contained in
上海文广新闻传媒集团 、 上艾瑟尔 、 上虞市 、 上海宝钢集团公司 、 上街区 、 颍上 、 拜上帝会 、 上杭县
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷四十四 志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 265
- 卷四十二 志第二十二: 職官一 Volume 42 Treatises 22: Government Service 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 216
- 卷四十三 志第二十三: 職官二 Volume 43 Treatises 23: Government Service 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 183
- 卷四十一 志第三十一 地理五 Volume 41 Treatises 35: Gepgraphy 5 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 155
- 卷十 本紀第十: 肅宗 Volume 10 Annals 10: Suzong Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 128
- 卷三十九 志第二十九 地理三 Volume 39 Treatises 33: Gepgraphy 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 127
- 卷28 志第23 百官下 Volume 28 Treatises 23: Government Offices 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 120
- 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 113
- 《封禪書》 Religious sacrificial ceremonies Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 111
- 卷112下 靈徵志八下 Volume 112b Treatise 8: The Spiritual World 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 109
Collocations
- 上军 (上軍) 公將上軍 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 19
- 在上 (在上) 文王在上 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧文王 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Wen Wang — count: 11
- 子上 (子上) 楚令尹子上侵陳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 9
- 河上 (河上) 作新臺于河上而要之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧新臺 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Xin Tai — count: 9
- 上曰 (上曰) 使謂子上曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
- 佐上 (佐上) 荀林父佐上軍 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
- 上上 (上上) 厥賦惟上上錯 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 4
- 上大夫 (上大夫) 則上大夫送之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
- 上慎 (上慎) 上慎旃哉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧魏‧陟岵 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Ahi Hu — count: 3
- 上宫 (上宮) 要我乎上宮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧桑中 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Sang Zhong — count: 3