上 shàng
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noun
top; a high position
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
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
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 , 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
Notes: Used for the sound in mantras and Sanskrit names -
adjective
previous; last
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
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
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 2; Ho 2002, '上' 1) -
adjective
advanced
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
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
Notes: Synonymous with 君主 in this sense (NCCED '上' shàng 3) -
noun
time
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
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
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
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 13) -
verb
to take office; to assume a post
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
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
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
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 16) -
verb
to meet
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
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
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
Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 26) -
adjective
higher, superior; uttara
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: uttara, Tibetan: bla ma (BCSD '上', p. 7; Mahāvyutpatti 'uttaraḥ'; MW 'uttara'; SH '上', p. 55)
Contained in
- 佛说月上女经(佛說月上女經) Candrottarādārikāparipṛcchāsūtra; Fo Shuo Yue Shang Nu Jing
- 增上戒学(增上戒學) training on morality
- 上明寺 Shangming Temple
- 贫僧有话要说系列 – 我怎样走上国际的道路(貧僧有話要說系列 – 我怎樣走上國際的道路) Buddhism in Every Step: Hear Me Out – Paving My Way to International Status
- 最胜妙吉祥根本智最上秘密一切名义三摩地分(最勝妙吉祥根本智最上祕密一切名義三摩地分) Nāmasaṅgīti; Zui Shengmiao Jixiang Genben Zhi Zuishang Mimi Yiqie Mingyi Sanmodi Fen
- 增上果 adhipatiphala; predominant fruition
- 福慧增上 Gain in Merit and Wisdom
- 勤求无上觉(勤求無上覺) strive for supreme enlightenment
- 最上意陀罗尼经(最上意陀羅尼經) Viśeṣavatīnamadhāraṇīsūtra; Zuishang Yi Tuoluoni Jing
- 一切如来大秘密王未曾有最上微妙大曼拏罗经(一切如來大祕密王未曾有最上微妙大曼拏羅經) Great Secret Wonderous Abdhutadharma Mandala of All Tathagatas Sutra; Yiqie Rulai Da Mimi Wang Wei Ceng You Zuishang Weimiao Da Man Na Luo Jing
- 无上上(無上上) above the uppermost; the supreme of the supreme
Also contained in
上网本 、 考上 、 上口 、 气头上 、 上睑 、 上层建筑 、 上不了台面 、 网上浏览 、 综上所述 、 高大上 、 宅上 、 彻上彻下 、 事实上 、 力争上游 、 半以上 、 上个 、 太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 、 跃然纸上 、 上肢 、 界上 、 上文 、 引鬼上门 、 纸上争论 、 上覆 、 见难而上 、 上界 、 承上起下 、 上次 、 姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 、 名义上 、 上相 、 吃不上 、 上虞市 、 奉上 、 下至上 、 派上用场 、 桌上型电脑 、 上茶 、 世上 、 蚂蚁上树
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: 759
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 685
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 461
- Scroll 1 Miscellaneous Mantras Sutra (Zhongzhong Za Zhou Jing) 種種雜呪經 — count: 326
- Scroll 20 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 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: 256
- Scroll 62 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 253
- Scroll 7 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 234
- Scroll 39 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 226
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
- 梵天上 (梵天上) 生梵天上 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 7
- 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: 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
- 殿上 (殿上) 昇高殿上 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
- 上漏 (上漏) 上漏為患 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
- 牀上 (牀上) 以佛舍利置於牀上 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 5