上 shàng

1. shàng 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).
2. shang 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)
3. shàng 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)
4. shàng foreign shang
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
   Notes: Used for the sound in mantras and Sanskrit names
5. shàng 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)
6. shàng adjective high; higher
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 2; Ho 2002, '上' 1)
7. shàng adjective advanced
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
   Notes: Synonymous with 上级 in this sense (NCCED '上' shàng 4)
8. shàng 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)
9. shàng noun time
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: Synonymous with 时间 in this sense
10. shàng 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)
11. shàng adjective far
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 远 in this sense
12. shàng verb big; as big as
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 12)
13. shàng adjective abundant; plentiful
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 丰足 in this sense
14. shàng verb to report
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 上报 or 呈报 in this sense (NCCED '上' shàng 9)
15. shàng verb to offer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 进献 or 送上 in this sense
16. shàng verb to go on stage
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Drama
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 13)
17. shàng verb to take office; to assume a post
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous with 就职 in this sense
18. shàng verb to install; to erect
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous with 安装 in this sense
19. shàng verb to suffer; to sustain
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous with 陷入 or 遭受 in this sense
20. shàng verb to burn
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous with 上火 in this sense
21. shàng verb to remember
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous with 上心 in this sense
22. shang preposition on; in
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (Ho 2002, '上' 3)
23. shàng adverb upward
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 10)
24. shàng verb to add
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 14)
25. shàng verb to fix; to install; to apply (powder, makeup, etc)
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 16)
26. shàng verb to meet
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 16)
27. shàng noun falling then rising (4th) tone
    Domain: Linguistics 语言学
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 26)
28. shang 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)
29. shàng noun a musical note
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 26)

Contained in

• 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
• 上根 a person of superior capacity
• 无上正真道(無上正真道) unexcelled complete enlightenment
• 上乘 first-class; best quality; first rate ; four horses and a carriage ; Mahāyāna; Great Vehicle ; superior vehicle
• 孤峯顶上草裏坐(孤峯頂上草裏坐) on the peak of a solitary mountain, sitting in the weeds
• 海上清风来 山间明月照(海上清風來 山間明月照) On ocean waves flow soothing breezes, Between the mountains shines the moon.
• 不上关系(不上關係) irrelevant
• 最上秘密那拏天经(最上祕密那拏天經) Śravanasyaputranadagupilāyakalparāja; Zuishang Mimi Na Na Tian Jing
• 上明寺 Shangming Temple
• 阿吒婆𤘽鬼神大将上佛陀罗尼经(阿吒婆𤘽鬼神大將上佛陀羅尼經) Spirit Commander Atavaka makes an Offering to the Buddha Dharani Sutra; A Zha Po Niu Ju Guishen Da Jiang Shang Fotuo Luo Ni Jing
• 古佛堂前风扫地 高山顶上月为灯(古佛堂前風掃地 高山頂上月為燈) The winds will sweep the floor of an ancient Buddha shrine; The moon will illuminate the peace of the most noble mountain.
• 上首 the presiding elders
• 改过才会进步 认错才能增上 助人才能结缘 内敛才能养德(改過才會進步 認錯才能增上 助人才能結緣 內斂才能養德) The way to be better is by correcting our mistakes. The way to improve is by admitting our faults. The way to create affinity is by helping people. The way to be virtuous is by remaining self-contained.
• 上堂 ascend to the [Dharma] hall ; to eat a communinal meal in a temple hall ; superior rooms
• 锦上添花天下有 雪中送炭世间少(錦上添花天下有 雪中送炭世間少) To gild refined gold is perpetual attrition; To deliver coal in the snow is a kind deed uncommon.
• 慧上菩萨问大善权经(慧上菩薩問大善權經) Jñānottarabodhisattvaparipṛcchā; Hui Shang Pusa Wen Da Shan Quan Jing
• 上供 to offer; to make an offering
• 逆增上缘(逆增上緣) reverse contributive factors

Also contained in

上犹县 、 上林赋 、 上海合作组织 、 上合 、 岸上 、 派上用场 、 顶上 、 基本上 、 上等 、 上西天 、 上门 、 背后骂皇上 、 上古 、 上载 、 成千上万 、 追上 、 陆军上校 、 上新世 、 上行 、 登上甲 、 上半夜 、 太上 、 上游 、 上有老下有小 、 上工 、 包子有肉不在褶上 、 奉上 、 上覆 、 引鬼上门 、 插上 、 上林县 、 佔上风 、 淮上

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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: 686
• 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 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: 257
• Scroll 62 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 253
• Scroll 7 Dhāraṇīsamuccaya (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: 8
• 殿上 (殿上) 昇高殿上 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — 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
• 上坐 (上坐) 往堂上坐 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — 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