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Pinyin shàng、 shǎng

Radical

一

Strokes

Definition

on / on top / upon / first (of two parts) / previous or last (week, etc.) / upper / higher / above / previous / to climb / to go into / above / to go up

Usage

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承上启下 chéng shàng qǐ xià

a connecting link between the preceding and the following

吾将上下而求索 wú jiāng shàng xià ér qiú suǒ

I will search up and down

上周 shàng zhōu

last week

台上 tái shàng

on stage

上台 shàng tái

to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater)

上半叶 shàng bàn yè

the first half (of a period)

上司 shàng si

boss / superior

上吊 shàng diào

to hang oneself

向上 xiàng shàng

upward / up / to advance / to try to improve oneself / to make progress

看上去 kàn shang qu

it would appear / it seems (that)

一哄而上 yì hōng ér shàng

Rush up

上唇 shàng chún

upper lip / (entomology) labrum

甚嚣尘上 shèn xiāo chén shàng

clamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor / to raise a tremendous stink

圣上 shèng shàng

courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor

场上 chǎng shàng

at the field / on the court

上坟 shàng fén

to sweep the tombs (of one's ancestors) / the Qingming festival

上坡 shàng pō

uphill / upslope / to move upwards / to climb a slope

基本上 jī běn shang

basically / on the whole

堂上 táng shàng

parents / a form of address for magistrates or judges

堤上 dī shàng

On the embankment

墙上 qiáng shàng

wall

壁上 bì shàng

On the wall

上妆 shàng zhuāng

make up

上卷 shàng juǎn

scroller / volume 1

蓬勃向上 péng bó xiàng shàng

Flourish

成千上万 chéng qiān shàng wàn

lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands

一上午 yī shàng wǔ

One morning

上半场 shàng bàn chǎng

first half (of a game)

上半年 shàng bàn nián

first half (of a year)

上将 shàng jiàng

general / admiral / air chief marshal

上尉 shàng wèi

captain (military rank)

上层 shàng céng

upper layer

山上 Shān shàng

Shanshang township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan

上岗 shàng gǎng

to take up one's post / to be given a job

岗上 gǎng shàng

Post

岛上 dǎo shàng

On the Island（书名）

上甘岭 Shàng gān lǐng

Shanganling district of Yichun city 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang

岸上 àn shàng

ashore / on the riverbank

上岸 shàng àn

to go ashore / to climb ashore

上峰 shàng fēng

peak / summit / (old) higher authorities / superiors

上海市 Shàng hǎi shì

Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 滬|沪

上帝 Shàng dì

God

带上 dài shàng

to take along with one

庄上 zhuāng shàng

Zhuang Shang

床上 chuáng shàng

on the bed

上床 shàng chuáng

to go to bed / (coll.) to have sex

府上 fǔ shàng

(polite) your home / residence

箭在弦上 jiàn zài xián shàng

The arrow is fitted to the string. / a point of no return / like an arrow on the bowstring / There can be no turning back.

原则上 yuán zé shang

in principle / generally

患上 huàn shàng

suffer from / be infected with

手上 shǒu shàng

On hand

上扬 shàng yáng

to rise (i.e. number increases) / a price rise / to raise

扶摇直上 fú yáo zhí shàng

to skyrocket / to get quick promotion in one's career

找上门 zhǎo shàng mén

to come to sb's door / to call on sb

报上 bào shàng

in the newspaper

披上 pī shàng

don / toss / address

披挂上阵 pī guà shàng zhèn

buckle on one's armour and go into battle / go into action

一拥而上 yī yōng ér shàng

to swarm around / flocking (to see)

拾级而上 shè jí ér shàng

to walk slowly up a flight of steps (idiom)

换上 huàn shàng

change into / replace / put on

掌上 zhǎng shàng

on someone's hand

冰上 bīng shàng

Hikami / on ice

早上 zǎo shang

early morning / CL:個|个[ge4]

上旬 shàng xún

first third of a month

上中旬 shàng zhōng xún

Early to mid

上映 shàng yìng

to show (a movie) / to screen

桌上 zhuō shàng

on the table

上晃 shàng huǎng

上杭 Shàng háng

Shanghang county level city in Longyan 龍岩|龙岩, Fujian

上杭县 Shàng háng xiàn

Shanghang county in Longyan 龍岩|龙岩, Fujian

枕上 zhěn shàng

Pillow

架上 jià shàng

Shelf

染上 rǎn shàng

to catch (a disease) / to get (a bad habit)

树上 shù shàng

in the tree / on the tree

逼上梁山 bī shàng liáng shān

driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels / to drive to revolt / to force sb to desperate action

上党梆子 shàng dǎng bāng zi

Shangdang Clapper

喜上眉梢 xǐ shàng méi shāo

look very happy / Happiness appears on the eyebrows. / Happiness appears in one's face.

楼上 lóu shàng

upstairs

上楼 shàng lóu

to go upstairs

榜上有名 bǎng shàng yǒu míng

One's name is on the list of successful candidates.

上榜 shàng bǎng

to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam) / to make the list / (of a song) to hit the charts

上梁不正下梁歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi

lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices

比不上 bǐ bù shàng

can't compare with

上涨 shàng zhǎng

to rise / to go up

汶上县 Wèn shàng Xiàn

Wenshang County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Ji3 ning2], Shandong

汶上 Wèn shàng

Wenshang County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Ji3 ning2], Shandong / classically, upper reaches of Wen River in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2]

上吐下泻 shàng tù xià xiè

to vomit and have diarrhea

火上浇油 huǒ shàng jiāo yóu

to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse

上海浦东 shàng hǎi pǔ dōng

Pudong New Area / Pudong district of Shanghai

上浮 shàng fú

to float up

上涌 shàng yǒng

upwelling

锦上添花 jǐn shàng tiān huā

lit. on brocade, add flowers (idiom); to decorate sth already perfect / gilding the lily

上游 shàng yóu

upper reaches (of a river) / upper level / upper echelon / upstream

上溯 shàng sù

sail upstream

上海滩 shàng hǎi tān

Shanghai Beach / Shanghai Bund

上演 shàng yǎn

to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) / a screening / a staging

上佳 shàng jiā

excellent / outstanding / great

会上 huì shàng

at the meeting

上爬 shàng pá

swash / run-up uprush / mount / climb up

上犹 Shàng yóu

Shangyou county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi

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