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

• 大体上(大體上) overall; in general terms
• 上界 upper bound ; Heaven
• 天上 the sky
• 心上人 sweetheart; one's beloved
• 上坟(上墳) to sweep the tombs (of one's ancestors); the Qingming festival
• 加上 to put in; to add; to increase
• 上坡 uphill; upslope; to move upwards; to climb a slope
• 上升空间(上升空間) upside; potential to rise
• 上来(上來) to come up; to approach ; to start; to begin ; to pick up speed; to increase momentum
• 上去 to go up ; compound complement of direction to indicate a trend
• 海军上将(海軍上將) admiral
• 举国上下(舉國上下) the entire nation; the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file
• 上当(上當) to be fooled; to be duped
• 上行下效(上行下傚) subordinates follow the example of their superiors
• 巴高望上 to wish for higher status; to curry favor in the hope of promotion
• 上个(上個) first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above
• 上船 to get on the boat
• 基本上 basically; on the whole
• 朝上 to face upwards
• 犯得上 worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile)
• 上床 to go to bed
• 掌上明珠 a pearl in the hand; a beloved person
• 上流 upper class; higher grade
• 新官上任三把火 (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office
• 陆上(陸上) land based; on land
• 碰上 to meet
• 梁上君子 lit. the gentleman on the roof beam; a thief
• 毛出在羊身上 wool comes from the sheep's back; One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.
• 上古 the distant past; ancient times; antiquity; early historical times
• 项上人头(項上人頭) head; neck (as in to save one's neck, i.e. one's life)
• 包子有肉不在褶上 a book is not judged by its cover
• 走马上任(走馬上任) to ride to take up an official appointment; to take on a job with alacrity; to undertake a task
• 嘴上没毛，办事不牢(嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢) a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon
• 上心 carefully; meticulously; to set one's heart on sth
• 上文 preceding part of the text
• 心灵上(心靈上) spiritual
• 赶得上(趕得上) to be able to catch; to be in time for
• 掌上珠 a pearl in the palm of the hand
• 上西天 to enter heaven; to rise to the Western Paradise
• 三天不打，上房揭瓦 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles
• 水上芭蕾 synchronized swimming
• 火上浇油(火上澆油) to aggravate a situation
• 逼上梁山 driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels; to drive to revolt; to force sb to desperate action

Also contained in

上海市 、 上艾瑟尔 、 上饶地区 、 上林苑 、 沪上 、 颍上 、 皇天上帝 、 太上皇

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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