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- (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
- first (of multiple parts)
- to climb; to get onto; to go up
- to attend (class or university)
- (directional complement) up
- (noun suffix) on; above
Trad. 上證
- Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), abbr. for 上海證券交易所|上海证券交易所[Shang4 hai3 Zheng4 quan4 Jiao1 yi4 suo3]
- the top and bottom of sth
- the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom
- to go up and down
- before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context")
- (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so
- (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
- all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation")
- relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
- upper part of the body
- to put on (clothes on the upper body)
- (of a spirit, disease, misfortune etc) to afflict one; to possess one
Trad. 上農
- a rich farmer
- to stress the importance of agriculture (in ancient philosophy)
Trad. 上進
- to make progress
- to do better
- fig. ambitious to improve oneself
- to move forwards
- to hand over to
- to give to higher authority
- to seek connections in high places
Trad. 上邊
- the top
- above
- overhead
- upwards
- the top margin
- above-mentioned
- those higher up
- seat of honor
- person in a high-ranking position
- to be promoted to a more senior role
- (genetics) epistatic
- Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
- (slang) father; dad (playful honorific, orthographic borrowing from Japanese "chichi-ue")
- to make offerings (to gods or ancestors)
- to offer gifts to superiors in order to win their favor
Trad. 上門
- to drop in
- to visit
- to lock a door
- (of a shop) to close
- to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
Trad. 趕上
- to keep up with
- to catch up with
- to overtake
- to chance upon
- in time for
Trad. 上頭
- (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one's head; (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head; to capture one's attention
- (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait)
Trad. 上頭
- the top; the upper part; (its) surface
- the authorities; those in charge; the higher-ups
- to be able to read aloud fluently
- to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud
Trad. 滬上
- alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3]
- at (or in) Shanghai
- SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) (abbr. for 上海合作組織|上海合作组织[Shang4 hai3 He2 zuo4 Zu3 zhi1])
Trad. 馬上
- at once
- right away
- immediately
- on horseback (i.e. by military force)
Trad. 上報
- to report to one's superiors
- to appear in the news
- to reply to a letter
- to connect (a cable etc)
- to hook up (a device)
- to resume (a conversation)
- to set (a bone)
- Heaven; Providence; God
- the sky above
- to fly skywards
- (euphemism) to die; to pass away
- the previous day (or days)
Trad. 關上
- to close (a door)
- to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
- Chihshang or Chihshang township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
- to climb a hill
- to go to the mountains
- (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons)
- to pass away
- (of the sun or moon) to rise
- to go ashore; to climb ashore
- (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)
- to hit the market (of a new product)
- to float (a company on the stock market)
- seat of honor (at a banquet, meeting etc)
- (Buddhism) senior monk's seat or title
- to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc
- to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc
- first quarter (phase of the moon)
Trad. 賠上
- to pay for sth with the loss of (one's health etc)
- to have sth come at the cost of (one's reputation etc)
- to broadcast via satellite; satellite (channel etc)
- shangxing acupoint (DU23)
- 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
Trad. 上樑
- to lay an upper beam
- (a building's) upper beam
- (a bicycle's) top tube
- upper reaches (of a river)
- to go upstream
- to add some water
- to water (a crop etc)
- 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]
- (TCM) upper burner, the part of the body within the thoracic cavity (above the diaphragm, including the heart and lungs)