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(shàng qù) - to go up in Mandarin

shàng

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

Stroke order for 上

Stroke order for 去

Examples

Let's go up and have a look.

He climbed up.

Please go up to the third floor.

Why not go up and have a look.

fēngjǐng

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.