上
Simplified/traditional character
上 English definition
shàng
- upon
- on top
- above
- upper
- previous
- first (of multiple parts)
- to climb
- to get onto
- to go up
- to attend (class or university)
shàng
- upon
- on top
- above
- upper
- previous
- first (of multiple parts)
- to climb
- to get onto
- to go up
- to attend (class or university)
HSK levels
Characters with the same pronunciation
Sentences examples with 上
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昨天上午商店开了。
Zuótiān shàngwǔ shāngdiàn kāile. -
老师看见我在桌子上写东西。
Lǎoshī kànjiàn wǒ zài zhuōzi shàng xiě dōngxī. -
上午冷，下午热。
Shàngwǔ lěng, xiàwǔ rè. -
桌子上有一本书。
Zhuōzi shàng yǒuyī běn shū. -
你看，那本书在桌子上呢。
Nǐ kàn, nà běn shū zài zhuōzi shàng ne.
Words containing 上, by HSK level
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HSK 1 vocabulary list
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上 (shàng): on
- 上午 (shàng wǔ) : morning; CL:个[ge4]
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HSK 2 vocabulary list
- 上班 (shàng bān) : to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office
- 晚上 (wǎn shang) : in the evening; CL:个
- 早上 (zǎo shang) : early morning; Good morning!; CL:个
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HSK 3 vocabulary list
- 马上 (mǎ shàng) : right away; at once; immediately; lit. on horseback
- 上网 (shàng wǎng) : to be on the internet; to stretch a net (in a sports game or for covering sth); to be netted (of fish)
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HSK 5 vocabulary list
- 上当 (shàng dàng) : taken in (by sb's deceit); to be fooled; to be duped
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HSK 6 vocabulary list
- 不相上下 (bù xiāng shàng xià) : equally matched; about the same
- 锦上添花 (jǐn shàng tiān huā ) : lit. on brocade, add flowers (idiom); to decorate sth already perfect; gilding the lily;
- 上级 (shàng jí) : higher authorities; superiors; CL:个
- 上进 (shàng jìn ) : to make progress; to do better; fig. ambitious to improve oneself; to move forwards
- 上任 (shàng rèn) : take office
- 上瘾 (shàng yǐn) : to get into a habit; to become addicted
- 上游 (shàng yóu) : upper reaches; advanced position
- 雪上加霜 (xuě shàng jiā shuāng) : to add hail to snow (idiom); one disaster on top of another; to make things worse in a bad situation