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向上

xiàng shàng
HSK 3.0 Level 5 Verb Uncommon

Definitions

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

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Word relationships

Antonyms

1 item
后退
hòu tuì

to recoil

后退而不是向上; to regress instead of advancing

Related words

2 items
提高
tí gāo

to raise

提高自己; to improve oneself
前进
qián jìn

to go forward

向前发展; to advance, to go forward

Synonyms

1 item
进步
jìn bù

progress; improvement

取得进步; to make progress, to advance

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)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org. AI-generated examples are marked with this icon.

Words Containing 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
yǐn tǐ xiàng shàng

chin-up (physical exercise)

自底向上
zì dǐ xiàng shàng

bottom-up

Child Words of 向上

上
shàng

on top

向
xiàng

towards