up; above (n.)
HSK 1
Traditional
上 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Examples
请上车。 qǐng shàng chē. - Please get in the car.
他在桌子上。 tā zài zhuōzi shàng. - He is on the table.
我们上个月见过面。 wǒmen shàng gè yuè jiànguòmiàn. - We met last month.
请上楼去。 qǐng shàng lóu qù. - Please go upstairs.
他要上大学了。 tā yào shàng dàxuéle. - He is going to college.
Phrases
上午 shàng wǔ - morning (n.) | HSK 1
上班 shàng bān - start work (v.) | HSK 2
晚上 wǎn shang - evening (n.) | HSK 2
早上 zǎo shang - early morning (n.) | HSK 2
马上 mǎ shàng - immediately (adv.) | HSK 3
上网 shàng wǎng - get on the internet (v.) | HSK 3
上当 shàng dàng - be taken in; be fooled; be duped (v.) | HSK 5
不相上下 bù xiāng shàng xià - be roughly the same; about equal () | HSK 6
锦上添花 jǐn shàng tiān huā - [lit.] onto brocade, add flowers; to add to something that is already perfect [idiom] () | HSK 6
上级 shàng jí - high level; higher-ups (n.) | HSK 6
上进 shàng jìn - [fig.] be ambitious to improve oneself (adj.) | HSK 6
上任 shàng rèn - take up an official post; assume office (v.) | HSK 6
上瘾 shàng yǐn - to be addicted (to something) (v.) | HSK 6
上游 shàng yóu - head waters; upper reaches (of a river); advanced position (n.) | HSK 6
雪上加霜 xuě shàng jiā shuāng - snow plus frost; one disaster after another () | HSK 6