上 shàng shang
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noun
top / a high position
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Position 位
Notes: 上 is the 14th most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist (Ho 2002, '上' 2; NCCED '上' shàng 1). -
noun
top / the position on or above something
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Position 位
Notes: In this sense, 上 usually follows a noun to indicate the position on top of or attached to the object referred to by the noun (Ho 2002, '上' 2; NCCED '上' shang noun). For example, 树枝上 'on tree branches ...' (Lao She, 2003, p. 236) -
verb
to go up / to go forward
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Motion 运动 , Concept: Direction 方向
Notes: For example, 猫上了树 'a cat climbed up a tree.' (XHN 2015-11-02) (NCCED '上' shàng 7, 8; Ho 2002, '上' 5) -
foreign
shang
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language 外语
Notes: Used for the sound in mantras and Sanskrit names -
adjective
previous / last
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time 时间
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 5; Ho 2002, '上' 8) For example, 上个月 'last month' (VOA, 2015-12-23) and 上周五 'last Friday.' (VOA 2015-07-25) -
adjective
high / higher
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Frequently Used Words 常用词汇
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 2; Ho 2002, '上' 1) -
adjective
advanced
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison 比较
Notes: Synonymous with 上级 in this sense (NCCED '上' shàng 4) -
adjective
a monarch / a sovereign
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison 比较
Notes: Synonymous with 君主 in this sense (NCCED '上' shàng 3) -
noun
time
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time 时间
Notes: Synonymous with 时间 in this sense -
verb
to do something / to do something at a set time / to go to
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time 时间
Notes: For example, 上班 'go to work' or 上学 'go to school' (NCCED '上' shàng 11; Ho 2002, '上' 7) -
adjective
far
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 远 in this sense -
verb
big / as big as
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 12) -
adjective
abundant / plentiful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 丰足 in this sense -
verb
to report
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 上报 or 呈报 in this sense (NCCED '上' shàng 9) -
verb
to offer
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 进献 or 送上 in this sense -
verb
to go on stage
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Drama 戏剧
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 13) -
verb
to take office / to assume a post
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Motion 运动
Notes: Synonymous with 就职 in this sense -
verb
to install / to erect
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Synonymous with 安装 in this sense -
verb
to suffer / to sustain
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Synonymous with 陷入 or 遭受 in this sense -
verb
to burn
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Synonymous with 上火 in this sense -
verb
to remember
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Synonymous with 上心 in this sense -
preposition
on / in
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: (Ho 2002, '上' 3) -
adverb
upward
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 10) -
verb
to add
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 14) -
verb
to fix / to install / to apply (powder, makeup, etc)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Frequently Used Words 常用词汇
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 16) -
verb
to meet
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Frequently Used Words 常用词汇
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 16) -
noun
falling then rising (4th) tone
Domain: Linguistics 语言学
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 26) -
verb
used after a verb indicating a result
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: (NCCED '上' shang verb) For example, 一切的路都封上了 'all the roads were closed' (Lao She, 2003, p. 175) and 加上 'to add on.' (VOA, 2015-07-25) -
noun
a musical note
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music 音乐
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 26)
Contained in
- 地上 above the ground
Also contained in
早上 、 以上 、 晚上 、 实际上 、 上升 、 上海 、 上市 、 向上 、 上网 、 上载 、 上述 、 上门 、 上传 、 加上 、 上海浦东发展银行 、 上午 、 上报 、 网上 、 上涨 、 事实上 、 马上 、 上司 、 上市公司 、 不相上下 、 上班 、 海上 、 上学 、 上肢 、 上面 、 上边 、 上下 、 路上 、 上衣 、 上下文 、 上课 、 上来 、 上去 、 上当 、 上级 、 之上 、 成千上万 、 赶上 、 上帝 、 上头 、 上旬 、 上游 、 掌上电脑 、 天上 、 膝上型计算机 、 网上漫游
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 《四分律行事鈔資持記》 — count: 770
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 《四分律行事鈔資持記》 — count: 704
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 《四分律行事鈔資持記》 — count: 475
- Scroll 1 Zhongzhong Za Zhou Jing 《種種雜呪經》 — count: 326
- Scroll 20 Kaiyuan Shijiao Lu 《開元釋教錄》 — count: 294
- Scroll 4 Kuśalamūlasamparigraha (Fo Shuo Hua Shou Jing) 《佛說華手經》 — count: 267
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 《四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔》 — count: 262
- Scroll 62 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 《一切經音義》 — count: 256
- Scroll 7 Dhāraṇīsamuccaya (Tuoluoni Ji Jing) 《陀羅尼集經》 — count: 238
- Scroll 39 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 《一切經音義》 — count: 230
Collocations
- 上中 (上中) 上中下善 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 2 — count: 18
- 座上 (座上) 即於座上成阿耨多羅三藐三菩提 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 1 — count: 10
- 讲堂上 (講堂上) 忉利諸天所以集法講堂上者 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 5 — count: 8
- 上虚空 (上虛空) 金輪寶在宮門上虛空中住 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 3 — count: 8
- 梵天上 (梵天上) 生梵天上 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 15 — count: 8
- 殿上 (殿上) 昇高殿上 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 3 — count: 7
- 上坐 (上坐) 往堂上坐 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 2 — count: 7
- 忉利天上 (忉利天上) 梵童子於忉利天上說此正法 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 5 — count: 7
- 上漏 (上漏) 上漏為患 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 1 — count: 6
- 上远尘离垢 (上遠塵離垢) 八萬四千人即於座上遠塵離垢 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 1 — count: 6