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)
Contained in
- 逆增上缘(逆增上緣) reverse contributive factors
- 不上关系(不上關係) irrelevant
- 佛说最上秘密那拏天经(佛說最上祕密那拏天經) Śravanasyaputranadagupilāyakalparāja / Fo Shuo Zuishang Mimi Na Na Tian Jing
- 师父上人(師父上人) Venerable Master
- 语言上赞美无诤(語言上讚美無諍) loving and kind speech
- 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
- 五上堂 address the assembly on every-fifth day
- 上堂 ascend to the [Dharma] hall ; to eat a communinal meal in a temple hall ; superior rooms
- 上胜(上勝) Superior; Majestic; Pratāpana?
- 香上佛 Gamdhottama Buddha; Superior Fragrance Buddha
- 增上果 adhipatiphala; predominant fruition
Also contained in
上海 、 上海浦东发展银行 、 上边儿 、 上龙 、 海上花列传 、 纸上谈兵 、 天上下刀子 、 上台 、 上好 、 太上皇 、 不分上下 、 朝上 、 釉上彩 、 历代志上 、 水上运动 、 上涨 、 桌上型 、 上房 、 上元 、 世上无难事，只怕有心人 、 世界上 、 带上门 、 犯上 、 上膛 、 水上之军 、 上菜 、 上等 、 上确界 、 上汽 、 上饶市 、 村上 、 上田 、 上访 、 马上 、 上睑 、 筵上 、 上思县 、 成上 、 上下班时间 、 端上
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: 686
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 461
- 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: 258
- Scroll 62 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 253
- 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: 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
- 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
- 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
- 梵天上 (梵天上) 生梵天上 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 7
- 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
- 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