Chinese Character Dictionary

上口齿

shàng kŏu chĭ

supraoral tooth

上古

shàng gŭ

the distant past

上古汉语

shàng gŭ Hàn yŭ

Old Chinese (linguistics)

上台

shàng tái

to rise to power (in politics)

上司

shàng si

boss

上合

Shàng Hé

SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation)

上合组织

Shàng Hé Zŭ zhī

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

上吊

shàng diào

to hang oneself

上同调

shàng tóng diào

cohomology (invariant of a topological space in math.)

上吐下泻

shàng tù xià xiè

to vomit and have diarrhea

上周

shàng zhōu

last week

上唇

shàng chún

upper lip

上回

shàng huí

last time

上坡

shàng pō

uphill

上坡段

shàng pō duàn

uphill section (of a race)

上坡路

shàng pō lù

uphill road

上城区

Shàng chéng qū

Shangcheng district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang

上域

shàng yù

codomain of a function (math.)

上报

shàng bào

to report to one's superiors

上场

shàng chăng

on stage

上坟

shàng fén

to sweep the tombs (of one's ancestors)

上外

Shàng Wài

abbr. for 上海外國語大學|上海外国语大学[Shàng hăi Wài guó yŭ Dà xué]

上夜

shàng yè

to be on night duty

上天

shàng tiān

Heaven

上天入地

shàng tiān rù dì

lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades; fig. whichever way, I don't care

上天无路，入地无门

shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén

lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)

上夸克

shàng kuā kè

up quark (particle physics)

上好

shàng hăo

first-rate

上学

shàng xué

to go to school

上家

shàng jiā

preceding player (in a game)

上将

shàng jiàng

general

上将军

shàng jiàng jūn

top general

上尉

shàng wèi

captain (military rank)

上层

shàng céng

upper layer

上层建筑

shàng céng jiàn zhù

superstructure

上山

shàng shān

to go uphill

上山下乡

shàng shān xià xiāng

to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers)

上岸

shàng àn

to land

上岗

shàng găng

to take up one's post

上工

shàng gōng

to go to work

上市

shàng shì

to hit the market (of a new product)

上市公司

shàng shì gōng sī

listed company

上帝

Shàng dì

God

上床

shàng chuáng

to go to bed

上座部

shàng zuò bù

Theravada, the primary Buddhism, as spread to Sri Lanka and South-East Asia

上弦

shàng xián

to wind

上弦月

shàng xián yuè

first quarter moon

上心

shàng xīn

carefully

上思

Shàng sī

Shangxi county in Fangchenggang 防城港[Fáng chéng găng], Guangxi

上思县

Shàng sī xiàn

Shangxi county in Fangchenggang 防城港[Fáng chéng găng], Guangxi

上房

shàng fáng

see 正房[zhèng fáng]

上手

shàng shŏu

to obtain

上扬

shàng yáng

to rise (i.e. number increases)

上扬趋势

shàng yáng qū shì

upward trend

上文

shàng wén

preceding part of the text

上新世

Shàng xīn shì

Pliocene (geological epoch from m-2m years ago)

上方宝剑

shàng fāng băo jiàn

imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers)

上旬

shàng xún

first third of a month

上升

shàng shēng

to rise

上星期

shàng xīng qī

last week