向上

xiàng shàng

HSK 3.0 Level 5 Verb Uncommon

Definitions

1. upward
2. up
3. to advance
4. to try to improve oneself
5. to make progress

Word relationships

Antonyms

1 item

• 后退 hòu tuì 后退 hòu tuì to recoil 后退而不是向上; to regress instead of advancing: to recoil

Related words

2 items

• 提高 tí gāo 提高 tí gāo to raise 提高自己; to improve oneself: to raise
• 前进 qián jìn 前进 qián jìn to go forward 向前发展; to advance, to go forward: to go forward

Synonyms

1 item

• 进步 jìn bù 进步 jìn bù progress; improvement 取得进步; to make progress, to advance: progress; improvement

Usage notes

Collocations

Commonly used in phrases like 天天向上 (make progress every day) and 向上看 (look upward).

Common mistakes

When meaning 'to improve oneself', 向上 is typically used intransitively, not followed by an object. E.g., say 努力向上, not 向上自己.

Example Sentences

4 shown

我们应该努力 向上 。

We should strive to make progress.

向上 ！

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13112124)

向上 去。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13112383)

不斷前進，不斷 向上 。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13244329)

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Words Containing 向上

• 好好学习，天天向上 好好学习，天天向上 hǎo hǎo xué xí , tiān tiān xiàng shàng: study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)
• 引体向上 引体向上 yǐn tǐ xiàng shàng: chin-up (physical exercise)
• 自底向上 自底向上 zì dǐ xiàng shàng: bottom-up

Child Words of 向上

• 上 上 shàng: on top
• 向 向 xiàng: towards