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上 shàng

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

上海佛教协会(上海佛教協會) Shanghai Buddhist Association
圣最上灯明如来陀罗尼经(聖最上燈明如來陀羅尼經) Agrapradīpadhāraṇīvidyārājasūtra; Sheng Zuishang Deng Ming Rulai Tuoluoni Jing
佛说月上女经(佛說月上女經) Candrottarādārikāparipṛcchāsūtra; Fo Shuo Yue Shang Nu Jing
最上秘密那拏天经(最上祕密那拏天經) Śravanasyaputranadagupilāyakalparāja; Zuishang Mimi Na Na Tian Jing
观弥勒上生兜率天经贊(觀彌勒上生兜率天經贊) Guan Mile Shang Sheng Doushuaitian Jing Zan
佛说无上依经(佛說無上依經) Fo Shuo Wushang Yi Jing

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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: 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: 262
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: 252
Scroll 7 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 234 , has English translation
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 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 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 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
忉利天上 (忉利天上) 梵童子於忉利天上說此正法 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 7
梵天上 (梵天上) 生梵天上 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 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 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — 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 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
上漏 (上漏) 上漏為患 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
讲堂上 (講堂上) 忉利諸天所以集法講堂上者 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 6
殿上 (殿上) 昇高殿上 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
上伏 (上伏) 見究羅帝尼乾子在糞堆上伏舐糠糟 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 5