shàng

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Definitions

  1. 1. on top
  2. 2. upon
  3. 3. above
  4. 4. upper
  5. 5. previous
  6. 6. first (of multiple parts)
  7. 7. to climb
  8. 8. to get onto
  9. 9. to go up
  10. 10. to attend (class or university)

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Words Containing 上

一路上
yī lù shàng

along the way

上下
shàng xià

up and down

上任
shàng rèn

to take office

上来
shàng lái

to come up

上个月
shàng gè yuè

last month

上升
shàng shēng

to rise

上午
shàng wǔ

morning

上去
shàng qù

to go up

上台
shàng tái

to rise to power (in politics)

上司
shàng si

boss

上周
shàng zhōu

last week

上报
shàng bào

to report to one's superiors

上场
shàng chǎng

on stage

上学
shàng xué

to go to school

上岗
shàng gǎng

to take up one's post; to go on duty

上市
shàng shì

to hit the market (of a new product)

上帝
shàng dì

God

上方
shàng fāng

place above (it)

上旬
shàng xún

first third of a month

上映
shàng yìng

to screen; to show (a movie)

上期
shàng qī

previous period (week, month or quarter etc)

上楼
shàng lóu

to go upstairs

上次
shàng cì

last time

上流
shàng liú

upper class

上游
shàng yóu

upper reaches (of a river)

上演
shàng yǎn

to screen (a movie)

上涨
shàng zhǎng

to rise

上火
shàng huǒ

to get angry

上班
shàng bān

to go to work

上当
shàng dàng

taken in (by sb's deceit)

上瘾
shàng yǐn

to get into a habit

上空
shàng kōng

overhead

上级
shàng jí

higher authorities

上网
shàng wǎng

to go online

上衣
shàng yī

jacket

上诉
shàng sù

to appeal (a judicial case)

上课
shàng kè

to go to class

上调
shàng tiáo

to raise (prices)

上车
shàng chē

to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)

上述
shàng shù

aforementioned

上进心
shàng jìn xīn

motivation

上边
shàng bian

the top

上门
shàng mén

to drop in

上限
shàng xiàn

upper bound

上面
shàng miàn

on top of

上头
shàng tóu

(of alcohol) to go to one's head

上头
shàng tou

above

不相上下
bù xiāng shàng xià

equally matched

事实上
shì shí shàng

in fact

以上
yǐ shàng

that level or higher

加上
jiā shàng

plus

吃不上
chī bu shàng

unable to get anything to eat

向上
xiàng shàng

upward

地上
dì shang

on the ground

基本上
jī běn shang

basically

大体上
dà tǐ shàng

overall

天上
tiān shàng

celestial

实际上
shí jì shàng

in fact

岸上
àn shàng

ashore

成千上万
chéng qiān shàng wàn

innumerable

早上
zǎo shang

early morning

晚上
wǎn shang

evening

楼上
lóu shàng

upstairs

比不上
bǐ bù shàng

can't compare with

皇上
huáng shang

the emperor

看上去
kàn shang qu

it would appear

碰上
pèng shàng

to run into

穿上
chuān shang

to put on (clothes etc)

综上所述
zōng shàng suǒ shù

to summarize

网上
wǎng shàng

online

台上
tái shàng

on stage

表面上
biǎo miàn shang

outwardly; superficially; on the face of it

说不上
shuō bu shàng

to be unable to say or tell

谈不上
tán bu shàng

to be out of the question

赶上
gǎn shàng

to keep up with

赶不上
gǎn bù shàng

can't keep up with

跟上
gēn shàng

to catch up with

跟不上
gēn bu shàng

not able to keep up with

路上
lù shang

on the road

踏上
tà shàng

to set foot on

身上
shēn shang

on the body

遇上
yù shàng

to come across (sb)

关上
guān shàng

to close (a door)

雪上加霜
xuě shàng jiā shuāng

(idiom) to make matters even worse

顾不上
gù bu shàng

cannot attend to or manage

马上
mǎ shàng

at once

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào

to make a terrible scene (idiom)

一拥而上
yī yōng ér shàng

to swarm around

一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha

lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)

一根绳上的蚂蚱
yī gēn shéng shàng de mà zha

see 一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱[yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha]

七上八落
qī shàng bā luò

see 七上八下[qī shàng bā xià]

七上八下
qī shàng bā xià

at sixes and sevens

三十六计,走为上策
sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng cè

of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom)

三十六计,走为上计
sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng jì

see 三十六計,走為上策|三十六计,走为上策[sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng cè]

三天不打,上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ

three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)

上一页
shàng yī yè

preceding page

上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu

to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint

上下班
shàng xià bān

to start and finish work

上下班时间
shàng xià bān shí jiān

rush hour

上下文菜单
shàng xià wén cài dān

context menu (computing)

上下五千年
shàng xià wǔ qiān nián

Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章[cáo yú zhāng]

上一个
shàng yī ge

previous one

上乘
shàng chéng

first-class

上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn

better kept under the table (idiom)

上上之策
shàng shàng zhī cè

the best policy

上一号
shàng yī hào

(coll.) to go pee

上一次当,学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi

to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)

上下铺
shàng xià pù

bunk bed

上下文
shàng xià wén

(textual) context

上下床
shàng xià chuáng

bunk bed

上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán

(idiom) lacking in social grace and unfit to be a representative

上吊
shàng diào

to hang oneself

上个
shàng ge

first (of two parts)

上位概念
shàng wèi gài niàn

superordinate concept

上位
shàng wèi

seat of honor

上坡
shàng pō

uphill

上半年
shàng bàn nián

first half (of a year)

上刀山,下油锅
shàng dāo shān , xià yóu guō

lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom)

上分
shàng fēn

(coll.) (gaming) to progress to the next level

上刑
shàng xíng

severe punishment

上传
shàng chuán

to upload

上个星期
shàng gè xīng qī

last week

上口齿
shàng kǒu chǐ

supraoral tooth

上代
shàng dài

previous generation

上域
shàng yù

codomain of a function (math.)

上佳
shàng jiā

excellent

上升空间
shàng shēng kōng jiān

upside

上升趋势
shàng shēng qū shì

an upturn

上交
shàng jiāo

to hand over to

上前
shàng qián

to advance; to step forward

上合组织
shàng hé zǔ zhī

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

上半身
shàng bàn shēn

the upper body

上善若水
shàng shàn ruò shuǐ

the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the \Book of Dao\ 道德經|道德经[dào dé jīng])

上唇
shàng chún

upper lip

上半部分
shàng bàn bù fèn

upper part

上刀山,下火海
shàng dāo shān , xià huǒ hǎi

lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom)

上半夜
shàng bàn yè

first half of the night

上坡路
shàng pō lù

uphill road

上回
shàng huí

last time

上古
shàng gǔ

the distant past

上吐下泻
shàng tù xià xiè

to vomit and have diarrhea

上半叶
shàng bàn yè

the first half (of a period)

上了年纪
shàng le nián jì

to be getting on in years

上口
shàng kǒu

to be able to read aloud fluently

上半
shàng bàn

first half

上品
shàng pǐn

top-quality

上半晌
shàng bàn shǎng

forenoon

上供
shàng gòng

to make offerings (to gods or ancestors)

上呼吸道感染
shàng hū xī dào gǎn rǎn

upper respiratory tract infection

上城区
shàng chéng qū

Shangcheng district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang

上坡段
shàng pō duàn

uphill section (of a race)

上半天
shàng bàn tiān

morning

上夸克
shàng kuā kè

up quark (particle physics)

上天无路,入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén

lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)

上弦
shàng xián

to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc

上书
shàng shū

to write a letter (to the authorities)

上尉
shàng wèi

captain (military rank)

上扬
shàng yáng

(of prices etc) to rise

上坟
shàng fén

to visit a grave

上家
shàng jiā

preceding player (in a game)

上弦月
shàng xián yuè

first quarter moon

上将军
shàng jiàng jūn

top general

上手
shàng shǒu

to obtain

上床
shàng chuáng

to go to bed

上年
shàng nián

last year

上好
shàng hǎo

first-rate

上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì

lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)

上天
shàng tiān

Heaven; Providence; God

上座部
shàng zuò bù

Theravada school of Buddhism

上思县
shàng sī xiàn

Shangsi County in Fangchenggang 防城港[fáng chéng gǎng], Guangxi

上层
shàng céng

upper layer

上星剧
shàng xīng jù

satellite television show

上厕所
shàng cè suǒ

to go to the bathroom

上房
shàng fáng

see 正房[zhèng fáng]

上心
shàng xīn

carefully

上文
shàng wén

preceding part of the text

上岸
shàng àn

to go ashore; to climb ashore

上扬趋势
shàng yáng qū shì

upward trend; tendency to increase

上思
shàng sī

Shangsi County in Fangchenggang 防城港[fáng chéng gǎng], Guangxi

上新世
shàng xīn shì

Pliocene (geological epoch from 5m-2m years ago)

上方宝剑
shàng fāng bǎo jiàn

imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers)

上官
shàng guān

high-ranking official

上工
shàng gōng

to go to work

上星期
shàng xīng qī

last week

上星
shàng xīng

to broadcast through satellite

上山
shàng shān

to climb a hill

上峰
shàng fēng

peak

上夜
shàng yè

to be on night duty

上将
shàng jiàng

general

上座
shàng zuò

seat of honor

上山下乡
shàng shān xià xiāng

to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers)

上层建筑
shàng céng jiàn zhù

superstructure

上市公司
shàng shì gōng sī

listed company

上架
shàng jià

to put goods on shelves

上林
shàng lín

Shanglin county in Nanning 南寧|南宁[nán níng], Guangxi

上海白菜
shàng hǎi bái cài

baby bok choy

上杭县
shàng háng xiàn

Shanghang county in Longyan 龍岩|龙岩, Fujian

上有政策,下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè

The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)

上浮
shàng fú

to float up

上有天堂,下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu sū háng

lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[sū háng] below (idiom)