上 shàng

1. 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).
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. shàng foreign shang
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
   Notes: Used for the sound in mantras and Sanskrit names
5. 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)
6. shàng adjective high; higher
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 2; Ho 2002, '上' 1)
7. shàng adjective advanced
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
   Notes: Synonymous with 上级 in this sense (NCCED '上' shàng 4)
8. 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)
9. shàng noun time
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: Synonymous with 时间 in this sense
10. 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)
11. shàng adjective far
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 远 in this sense
12. shàng verb big; as big as
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 12)
13. shàng adjective abundant; plentiful
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 丰足 in this sense
14. 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)
15. shàng verb to offer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 进献 or 送上 in this sense
16. shàng verb to go on stage
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Drama
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 13)
17. shàng verb to take office; to assume a post
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous with 就职 in this sense
18. shàng verb to install; to erect
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous with 安装 in this sense
19. shàng verb to suffer; to sustain
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous with 陷入 or 遭受 in this sense
20. shàng verb to burn
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous with 上火 in this sense
21. shàng verb to remember
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous with 上心 in this sense
22. shang preposition on; in
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (Ho 2002, '上' 3)
23. shàng adverb upward
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 10)
24. shàng verb to add
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 14)
25. shàng verb to fix; to install; to apply (powder, makeup, etc)
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 16)
26. shàng verb to meet
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 16)
27. shàng noun falling then rising (4th) tone
    Domain: Linguistics 语言学
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 26)
28. 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)
29. shàng noun a musical note
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 26)

Contained in

• 上扬(上揚) to rise (i.e. number increases); a price rise; to raise
• 上游(上遊) upper reaches ; forward position
• 上半叶(上半葉) the first half
• 拔宅上昇 to raise out of [your] home
• 缠上(纏上) to wrap around
• 上菜秀 dinner show; dinner and floor show
• 皇冠上的明珠 the brightest jewel in the crown
• 见难而上(見難而上) to take the bull by the horns
• 上端 summit; peak; top
• 上界 upper bound ; Heaven
• 上浣 first ten days of a lunar month
• 上钩(上鈎) to take the bait ; to take the bait
• 向上 upwards; uplifting
• 荐食上国(荐食上國) encroach on our territory
• 上乘 first-class; best quality; first rate ; four horses and a carriage
• 青云直上(青雲直上) rising straight up in a clear sky; rapid promotion to a high post; meteoric career
• 上部 the top
• 肾上腺(腎上腺) adrenal glands
• 火上加油 to add oil to the fire; to aggravate a situation; to enrage people and make matters worse
• 挂在嘴上(掛在嘴上) to pay lip service to; to keep mentioning (without doing anything); to blather on about sth
• 自上而下 top-down
• 成上 on top of the city wall
• 数不上(數不上) not to deserve to be mentioned; not to qualify; below par
• 顾不上(顧不上) cannot attend to or manage
• 上升趋势(上升趨勢) an upturn; an upward trend
• 井上 Inoue
• 羲皇上人 a person before the legendary emperor Fuxi; person from ages immemorial; untroubled person
• 考上 to pass a university entrance exam
• 半数以上(半數以上) more than half
• 上半晌 forenoon; morning; a.m.
• 上风(上風) on the up; currently winning; rising (in popularity etc)
• 不分上下 not to know one's place
• 河上公 He Shang Gong
• 上身 upper body
• 上方 top
• 直上云霄(直上雲霄) to soar into the sky
• 顶头上司(頂頭上司) one's immediate superior
• 色字头上一把刀(色字頭上一把刀) there is a knife above the character for lust
• 上月 last month
• 叫花子上坟(叫花子上墳) a beggar sweeping tombs
• 上告 to present a petition
• 降肾上腺素(降腎上腺素) noradrenalin

Also contained in

上栗 、 上虞 、 上海大学 、 掌上电脑 、 上艾瑟尔 、 水上乡 、 上甘岭 、 春风深醉的晚上 、 上清派

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: 220
• 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: 156
• 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: 128
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 上句 (上句) 是重复上句的意思 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 3
• 城上 (城上) 城上有烏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — 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