(shàng qù) - to go up in Mandarin

shàngqù

Traditional: 上去

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Translation

to go up

Word origin

上去 (shàng qù) combines 上 (shàng), 'up', with the directional verb 去 (qù), 'to go away'. As a directional complement it means 'to go up', away from the speaker.

Origin: compound
Root: 上 (shàng, up) + 去 (qù, go)

Stroke order

上

去

Examples

。

Let's go up and have a look.

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He climbed up.

。

Please go up to the third floor.

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Why not go up and have a look.

风fēng景jǐng。

She climbed up to look at the view.

上去 (shàng qù) means to go up.

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This word is part of lesson 19.