上 (shàng) in Mandarin: up, above, on; to go up; to attend

Translation

up, above, on; to go up; to attend

Word origin

上 (shàng) is a simple indicative character: a long base line with a mark above it to point 'up' or 'above'. It contrasts with 下 (xià), 'below'. It means 'up', 'on' or 'to go up'.

Origin: ideograph
Root: 上 (shàng), a mark above a baseline indicating 'up'

Stroke order

上

Examples

。

The book is on the table.

铁tiě。

I take the subway to work every day.

。

Please go upstairs and wait a moment.

。

He boarded the train home.

。

The children have gone to school.

Related words

到

to arrive; to (destination); result complement

来

to come

去

to go

这里

here, this place

现在

now, at present

Appears in 23 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 上.

上帝shàng dìGod, the Lord 马上mǎ shàngimmediately, right away, at once 晚上wǎn shàngevening, night 身上shēn shàngon the body, on one's person 上面shàng miànabove, on top, on the surface 早上zǎo shàngmorning (early)事实上shì shí shàngin fact, as a matter of fact 看上去kàn shàng qùto look, to seem, to appear 上去shàng qùto go up 早上好zǎo shàng hǎogood morning 上次shàng cìlast time 路上lù shangon the way, on the road 实际上shí jì shangin fact, actually, in reality 上班shàng bānto go to work, to be at work 上校shàng xiàocolonel 上床shàng chuángto go to bed, to get into bed 上车shàng chēto get on, to board a vehicle 上来shàng láito come up, to come up to 地上dì shàngon the ground, on the floor 世上shì shàngin the world, on earth 上尉shàng wèicaptain (military rank)楼上lóu shàngupstairs, the floor above 加上jiā shàngto add, to add on, plus, in addition to

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上(shàng) - up, above, on; to go up; to attend in Mandarin