shàng

top; superior, highest; go up, send up

DEFINITIONS

上 shàng
  • on top
  • upon
  • above
  • upper
  • previous
  • first (of multiple parts)
  • to climb
  • to get onto
  • to go up
  • to attend (class or university)
上 shǎng
  • see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]

STROKES

WORDS

野 shàng yě Ueno, district in Taitō Ward, Tokyo; Ueno (Japanese surname)
wú shàng supreme
fù shàng attached; included herewith
回 shàng huí last time; the previous time
行 shàng xíng (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital); (of river boats) to go against the current; to submit (a document) to higher authorities
lù shàng land-based; on land
班族 shàng bān zú office workers (as social group)
装 shàng zhuāng upper garment
蒸蒸日 zhēng zhēng rì shàng becoming more prosperous with each passing day
口 shàng kǒu to be able to read aloud fluently; to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud
辈子 shàng bèi zi one's ancestors; past generations; a former incarnation
顶头司 dǐng tóu shàng si one's immediate superior
佳 shàng jiā excellent; outstanding; great
坡 shàng pō uphill; upslope; to move upwards; to climb a slope
谈不 tán bu shàng to be out of the question
乘 shàng chéng first-class; best quality; also pr. [shang4 sheng4]
相 shàng xiàng photogenic; (old) high official
部 shàng bù upper section
谈兵 zhǐ shàng tán bīng lit. military tactics on paper (idiom); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice; armchair strategist; idle theorizing; cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
缴 shàng jiǎo to transfer (income, profits etc) to higher authorities
朗朗口 lǎng lǎng shàng kǒu to flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry); to recite with ease; catchy (of a song)
下文 shàng xià wén (textual) context
火 shàng huǒ to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
肢 shàng zhī upper limb
迎头赶 yíng tóu gǎn shàng to try hard to catch up