| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 上 | 上 | shǎng | - see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] |
| 上 | 上 | shàng | - on top - upon - above - upper - previous - first (of multiple parts) - to climb - to get onto - to go up - to attend (class or university) |
| 上下 | 上下 | shàngxià | - up and down - top and bottom - old and new - length - about |
| 上乘 | 上乘 | shàngchéng | - first-class - best quality - also pr. [shang4 sheng4] |
| 上交 | 上交 | shàngjiāo | - to hand over to - to give to higher authority - to seek connections in high places |
| 上代 | 上代 | shàngdài | - previous generation |
| 上任 | 上任 | shàngrèn | - to take office - previous (incumbent) - predecessor |
| 上位 | 上位 | shàngwèi | - top seat - person occupying leading position |
| 上来 | 上來 | shànglái | - to come up - to approach - (verb complement indicating success) |
| 上供 | 上供 | shànggòng | - to make offerings (to gods or ancestors) - to offer gifts to superiors in order to win their favor |
| 上个 | 上個 | shàngge | - first (of two parts) - last (week etc) - previous - the above |
| 上传 | 上傳 | shàngchuán | - to upload |
| 上前 | 上前 | shàngqián | - to advance - to step forward |
| 上午 | 上午 | shàngwǔ | - morning - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 上半 | 上半 | shàngbàn | - first half |
| 上去 | 上去 | shàngqù | - to go up |
| 上口 | 上口 | shàngkǒu | - to be able to read aloud fluently - to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud |
| 上古 | 上古 | shànggǔ | - the distant past - ancient times - antiquity - early historical times |
| 上台 | 上台 | shàngtái | - to rise to power (in politics) - to go on stage (in the theater) |
| 上司 | 上司 | shàngsi | - boss - superior |
| 上合 | 上合 | ShàngHé | - SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) - abbr. for 上海合作組織|上海合作组织[Shang4 hai3 He2 zuo4 Zu3 zhi1] |
| 上吊 | 上吊 | shàngdiào | - to hang oneself |
| 上周 | 上周 | shàngzhōu | - last week |
| 上唇 | 上唇 | shàngchún | - upper lip |
| 上回 | 上回 | shànghuí | - last time - the previous time |
| 上坡 | 上坡 | shàngpō | - uphill - upslope - to move upwards - to climb a slope |
| 上域 | 上域 | shàngyù | - codomain of a function (math.) |
| 上报 | 上報 | shàngbào | - to report to one's superiors - to appear in the news - to reply to a letter |
| 上场 | 上場 | shàngchǎng | - on stage - to go on stage - to take the field |
| 上坟 | 上墳 | shàngfén | - to sweep the tombs (of one's ancestors) - the Qingming festival |
| 上外 | 上外 | ShàngWài | - abbr. for 上海外國語大學|上海外国语大学[Shang4 hai3 Wai4 guo2 yu3 Da4 xue2] |
| 上夜 | 上夜 | shàngyè | - to be on night duty |
| 上天 | 上天 | shàngtiān | - Heaven - Providence - God - the day before - the sky above - to fly to the sky - to take off and fly into space - to die - to pass away |
| 上好 | 上好 | shànghǎo | - first-rate - top-notch |
| 上学 | 上學 | shàngxué | - to go to school - to attend school |
| 上官 | 上官 | Shàngguān | - two-character surname Shangguan |
| 上官 | 上官 | shàngguān | - high-ranking official - superior |
| 上家 | 上家 | shàngjiā | - preceding player (in a game) |
| 上将 | 上將 | shàngjiàng | - general - admiral - air chief marshal |
| 上尉 | 上尉 | shàngwèi | - captain (military rank) |
| 上层 | 上層 | shàngcéng | - upper layer |
| 上山 | 上山 | shàngshān | - to go uphill - to spin cocoon (silkworms) - to pass away |
| 上岸 | 上岸 | shàngàn | - to land - to disembark - to abandon a boat and go ashore - fig. to give up evil ways and return to virtue |
| 上岗 | 上崗 | shànggǎng | - to take up one's post - to be given a job |
| 上工 | 上工 | shànggōng | - to go to work - to start work |
| 上市 | 上市 | shàngshì | - to hit the market (of a new product) - to float (a company on the stock market) |
| 上帝 | 上帝 | Shàngdì | - God |
| 上年 | 上年 | shàngnián | - last year |
| 上床 | 上床 | shàngchuáng | - to go to bed - (coll.) to have sex |
| 上座 | 上座 | shàngzuò | - seat of honor |
| 上弦 | 上弦 | shàngxián | - to wind - to tighten - crescent moon - first quarter or waxing moon |
| 上心 | 上心 | shàngxīn | - carefully - meticulously - to set one's heart on sth |
| 上思 | 上思 | Shàngsī | - Shangxi county in Fangchenggang 防城港[Fang2 cheng2 gang3], Guangxi |
| 上房 | 上房 | shàngfáng | - see 正房[zheng4 fang2] |
| 上手 | 上手 | shàngshǒu | - to obtain - to master - overhand (serve etc) - seat of honor |
| 上扬 | 上揚 | shàngyáng | - to rise (i.e. number increases) - a price rise - to raise |
| 上文 | 上文 | shàngwén | - preceding part of the text |
| 上旬 | 上旬 | shàngxún | - first third of a month |
| 上升 | 上昇 | shàngshēng | - to rise - to go up - to ascend |
| 上星 | 上星 | shàngxīng | - to broadcast through satellite - satellite (TV etc) - shangxing acupoint (DU23) |
| 上映 | 上映 | shàngyìng | - to show (a movie) - to screen |
| 上书 | 上書 | shàngshū | - to write a letter (to the authorities) - to present a petition |
| 上月 | 上月 | shàngyuè | - last month |
| 上杭 | 上杭 | Shàngháng | - Shanghang county level city in Longyan 龍岩|龙岩, Fujian |
| 上林 | 上林 | Shànglín | - Shanglin county in Nanning 南寧|南宁[Nan2 ning2], Guangxi |
| 上栗 | 上栗 | Shànglì | - Shangli county in Pingxiang 萍鄉|萍乡, Jiangxi |
| 上校 | 上校 | shàngxiào | - high ranking officer in Chinese army - colonel |
| 上杆 | 上桿 | shànggān | - backswing (golf) |
| 上榜 | 上榜 | shàngbǎng | - to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam) - to make the list - (of a song) to hit the charts |
| 上楼 | 上樓 | shànglóu | - to go upstairs |
| 上标 | 上標 | shàngbiāo | - superscript |
| 上次 | 上次 | shàngcì | - last time |
| 上款 | 上款 | shàngkuǎn | - addressee - name of recipient on painting or scroll |
| 上水 | 上水 | Shàngshuǐ | - Sheung Shui (area in Hong Kong) |
| 上汽 | 上汽 | ShàngQì | - abbr. for 上海汽車工業集團|上海汽车工业集团, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC) |
| 上流 | 上流 | shàngliú | - upper class |
| 上浣 | 上浣 | shànghuàn | - first ten days of a lunar month |
| 上浮 | 上浮 | shàngfú | - to float up |
| 上海 | 上海 | Shànghǎi | - Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hu4] |
| 上游 | 上游 | shàngyóu | - upper reaches (of a river) - upper level - upper echelon - upstream |
| 上演 | 上演 | shàngyǎn | - to screen (a movie) - to stage (a play) - a screening - a staging |
| 上涨 | 上漲 | shàngzhǎng | - to rise - to go up |
| 上火 | 上火 | shànghuǒ | - to get angry - to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) |
| 上牌 | 上牌 | shàngpái | - to obtain a license plate |
| 上犹 | 上猶 | Shàngyóu | - Shangyou county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi |
| 上班 | 上班 | shàngbān | - to go to work - to be on duty - to start work - to go to the office |
| 上环 | 上環 | shànghuán | - (coll.) to wear an intrauterine device (IUD) |
| 上界 | 上界 | shàngjiè | - upper bound |
| 上当 | 上當 | shàngdàng | - taken in (by sb's deceit) - to be fooled - to be duped |
| 上疏 | 上疏 | shàngshū | - (of a court official) to present a memorial to the emperor (old) |
| 上瘾 | 上癮 | shàngyǐn | - to get into a habit - to become addicted |
| 上皮 | 上皮 | shàngpí | - epithelium |
| 上相 | 上相 | shàngxiàng | - photogenic - (old) high official |
| 上睑 | 上瞼 | shàngjiǎn | - upper eyelid |
| 上空 | 上空 | shàngkōng | - overhead - in the sky |
| 上第 | 上第 | shàngdì | - top notch - highest quality |
| 上等 | 上等 | shàngděng | - highest quality - top-notch |
| 上级 | 上級 | shàngjí | - higher authorities - superiors - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 上网 | 上網 | shàngwǎng | - to be on the Internet - to stretch a net (in a sports game or for covering sth) - to be netted (of fish) |
| 上线 | 上線 | shàngxiàn | - to go online - to put sth online |
| 上缴 | 上繳 | shàngjiǎo | - to transfer (income, profits etc) to higher authorities |
| 上声 | 上聲 | shǎngshēng | - falling and rising tone - third tone in modern Mandarin |
| 上肢 | 上肢 | shàngzhī | - upper limb |
| 上膛 | 上膛 | shàngtáng | - roof of the mouth - to load (a gun) |
| 上船 | 上船 | shàngchuán | - to get on the boat |
| 上色 | 上色 | shàngsè | - top-quality - top-grade |
| 上色 | 上色 | shàngshǎi | - to color (a picture etc) - to dye (fabric etc) - to stain (furniture etc) |
| 上菜 | 上菜 | shàngcài | - to serve, also to put on plate |
| 上万 | 上萬 | shàngwàn | - over ten thousand - fig. untold numbers - innumerable - thousands upon thousands |
| 上苍 | 上蒼 | shàngcāng | - heaven |
| 上蔡 | 上蔡 | Shàngcài | - Shangcai county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店[Zhu4 ma3 dian4], Henan |
| 上虞 | 上虞 | Shàngyú | - Shangyu county level city in Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[Shao4 xing1], Zhejiang |
| 上行 | 上行 | shàngxíng | - (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital) - (of river boats) to go against the current - to submit (a document) to higher authorities |
| 上街 | 上街 | shàngjiē | - to go onto the streets - to go shopping |
| 上衣 | 上衣 | shàngyī | - jacket - upper outer garment - CL:件[jian4] |
| 上衫 | 上衫 | shàngshān | - blouse |
| 上装 | 上裝 | shàngzhuāng | - upper garment |
| 上覆 | 上覆 | shàngfù | - to inform |
| 上访 | 上訪 | shàngfǎng | - to seek an audience with higher-ups (esp. government officials) to petition for sth |
| 上诉 | 上訴 | shàngsù | - to appeal (a judicial case) - appeal |
| 上课 | 上課 | shàngkè | - to go to class - to attend class - to go to teach a class |
| 上调 | 上調 | shàngtiáo | - to raise (prices) - to adjust upwards |
| 上谕 | 上諭 | shàngyù | - imperial edict - see also 聖諭|圣谕[sheng4 yu4] |
| 上证 | 上證 | ShàngZhèng | - Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), abbr. for 上海證券交易所|上海证券交易所[Shang4 hai3 Zheng4 quan4 Jiao1 yi4 suo3] |
| 上路 | 上路 | shànglù | - to start on a journey - to be on one's way |
| 上身 | 上身 | shàngshēn | - upper part of the body |
| 上车 | 上車 | shàngchē | - to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 上载 | 上載 | shàngzài | - to upload |
| 上辈 | 上輩 | shàngbèi | - ancestors - one's elders |
| 上农 | 上農 | shàngnóng | - a rich farmer - to stress the importance of agriculture (in ancient philosophy) |
| 上述 | 上述 | shàngshù | - aforementioned - above-mentioned |
| 上进 | 上進 | shàngjìn | - to make progress - to do better - fig. ambitious to improve oneself - to move forwards |
| 上边 | 上邊 | shàngbian | - the top - above - overhead - upwards - the top margin - above-mentioned - those higher up |
| 上部 | 上部 | shàngbù | - upper section |
| 上都 | 上都 | Shàngdū | - Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) |
| 上野 | 上野 | Shàngyě | - Ueno, Tokyo |
| 上钩 | 上鉤 | shànggōu | - to take the bait |
| 上镜 | 上鏡 | shàngjìng | - photogenic - to appear on film or in the media |
| 上门 | 上門 | shàngmén | - to drop in - to visit - to lock a door - (of a shop) to close |
| 上限 | 上限 | shàngxiàn | - upper bound |
| 上阵 | 上陣 | shàngzhèn | - to go into battle |
| 上面 | 上面 | shàngmian | - on top of - above-mentioned |
| 上鞋 | 上鞋 | shàngxié | - to sole a shoe |
| 上页 | 上頁 | shàngyè | - previous page |
| 上颌 | 上頜 | shànghé | - maxilla (upper jaw) |
| 上头 | 上頭 | shàngtóu | - (of alcohol) to go to one's head - (old) (of a married-to-be girl) to bind one's hair into a bun - (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time |
| 上头 | 上頭 | shàngtou | - above - on top of - on the surface of |
| 上颔 | 上頷 | shànghàn | - mandible |
| 上风 | 上風 | shàngfēng | - on the up - currently winning - rising (in popularity etc) |
| 上饶 | 上饒 | Shàngráo | - Shangrao prefecture level city and county in Jiangxi |
| 上首 | 上首 | shàngshǒu | - seat of honor - first place |
| 上马 | 上馬 | shàngmǎ | - to get on a horse - to mount |
| 上高 | 上高 | Shànggāo | - Shanggao county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi |
| 上齿 | 上齒 | shàngchǐ | - upper teeth |
| 上龙 | 上龍 | shànglóng | - pliosaurus |
| 世上 | 世上 | shìshàng | - on earth |
| 之上 | 之上 | zhīshàng | - above |
| 以上 | 以上 | yǐshàng | - that level or higher - that amount or more - the above-mentioned |
| 加上 | 加上 | jiāshàng | - plus - to put in - to add - to add on - to add into - in addition - on top of that |
| 北上 | 北上 | běishàng | - to go up north |
| 史上 | 史上 | shǐshàng | - in history |
| 右上 | 右上 | yòushàng | - upper right |
| 合上 | 合上 | héshàng | - to close (box, book, mouth etc) |
| 同上 | 同上 | tóngshàng | - as above - ditto - idem |
| 向上 | 向上 | xiàngshàng | - upward - up - to advance - to try to improve oneself - to make progress |
| 地上 | 地上 | dìshang | - on the ground - on the floor |
| 报上 | 報上 | bàoshàng | - in the newspaper |
| 垫上 | 墊上 | diànshàng | - to pay for sb |
| 天上 | 天上 | tiānshàng | - celestial - heavenly |
| 太上 | 太上 | tàishàng | - title of respect for taoists |
| 奉上 | 奉上 | fèngshàng | - to offer |
| 对上 | 對上 | duìshàng | - to fit one into the other - to bring two things into contact |
| 山上 | 山上 | Shānshàng | - Shanshang township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan |
| 岸上 | 岸上 | ànshàng | - ashore |
| 左上 | 左上 | zuǒshàng | - upper left |
| 府上 | 府上 | fǔshàng | - (polite) your home - residence |
| 形上 | 形上 | xíngshàng | - metaphysics |
| 爱上 | 愛上 | àishàng | - to fall in love with - to be in love with |
| 戴上 | 戴上 | dàishang | - to put on (hat etc) |
| 扣上 | 扣上 | kòushàng | - to buckle up - to fasten |
| 插上 | 插上 | chāshang | - to plug into - to insert - to stick in |
| 敬上 | 敬上 | jìngshàng | - yours truly - yours sincerely (at the end of a letter) |
| 早上 | 早上 | zǎoshang | - early morning - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 晚上 | 晚上 | wǎnshang | - evening - night - CL:個|个[ge4] - in the evening |
| 染上 | 染上 | rǎnshàng | - to catch (a disease) - to get (a bad habit) |
| 楼上 | 樓上 | lóushàng | - upstairs |
| 水上 | 水上 | Shuǐshàng | - Shuishang township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan |
| 水上 | 水上 | shuǐshàng | - on water - aquatic |
| 池上 | 池上 | Chíshàng | - Chihshang or Chihshang township in Taitung county 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 xian4], southeast Taiwan |
| 汶上 | 汶上 | Wènshàng | - Wenshang County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Ji3 ning2], Shandong - classically, upper reaches of Wen River in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2] |
| 浮上 | 浮上 | fúshàng | - to float up - to rise to the surface - fig. to rise in the world |
| 海上 | 海上 | hǎishàng | - maritime |
| 淮上 | 淮上 | Huáishàng | - Huaishang district of Bengbu city 蚌埠市[Beng4 bu4 shi4], Anhui |
| 沪上 | 滬上 | Hùshàng | - alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] - at (or in) Shanghai |
| 颍上 | 潁上 | Yǐngshàng | - Yingshan county in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳[Fu4 yang2], Anhui |
| 无上 | 無上 | wúshàng | - supreme |
| 爬上 | 爬上 | páshàng | - to climb up |
| 犯上 | 犯上 | fànshàng | - to offend one's superiors |
| 献上 | 獻上 | xiànshàng | - to offer to God |
| 班上 | 班上 | bānshàng | - (in the) class |
| 甩上 | 甩上 | shuǎishàng | - to throw off - to fling sth up (in anger) - refers to dramatic sale prices |
| 当上 | 當上 | dāngshang | - to take up duty as - to assume a position - to assume - to take on (an office) |
| 登上 | 登上 | dēngshàng | - to climb over - to ascend onto - to mount |
| 皇上 | 皇上 | huángshang | - the emperor - Your majesty the emperor - His imperial majesty |
| 看上 | 看上 | kànshàng | - to look upon - to take a fancy to - to fall for |
| 碰上 | 碰上 | pèngshàng | - to run into - to come upon - to meet |
| 穿上 | 穿上 | chuānshang | - to put on (clothes etc) |
| 端上 | 端上 | duānshàng | - to serve (food, tea etc) |
| 筵上 | 筵上 | yánshǎng | - feast |
| 网上 | 網上 | wǎngshàng | - online |
| 线上 | 線上 | xiànshàng | - online |
| 系上 | 繫上 | jìshang | - to tie on - to buckle up - to fasten |
| 考上 | 考上 | kǎoshàng | - to pass a university entrance exam |
| 圣上 | 聖上 | shèngshàng | - courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor |
| 至上 | 至上 | zhìshàng | - supreme - paramount - above all else |
| 台上 | 臺上 | táishàng | - on stage |
| 盖上 | 蓋上 | gàishang | - to cover |
| 街上 | 街上 | jiēshang | - on the street - in town |
| 说上 | 說上 | shuōshàng | - to say - to speak - to talk |
| 谨上 | 謹上 | jǐnshàng | - respectfully yours (in closing a letter) |
| 赶上 | 趕上 | gǎnshàng | - to keep up with - to catch up with - to overtake - to chance upon - in time for |
| 跟上 | 跟上 | gēnshàng | - to catch up with - to keep pace with |
| 路上 | 路上 | lùshang | - on the road - on a journey - road surface |
| 踏上 | 踏上 | tàshàng | - to set foot on - to step on or into |
| 身上 | 身上 | shēnshang | - on the body - at hand - among |
| 迷上 | 迷上 | míshàng | - to become excited with - to be enchanted by |
| 追上 | 追上 | zhuīshàng | - to overtake |
| 锁上 | 鎖上 | suǒshàng | - to lock - to lock up |
| 闭上 | 閉上 | bìshang | - to close - to shut up |
| 关上 | 關上 | guānshàng | - to close (a door) - to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) |
| 附上 | 附上 | fùshàng | - attached - included herewith |
| 陆上 | 陸上 | lùshàng | - land based - on land |
| 顶上 | 頂上 | dǐngshàng | - on top of - at the summit |
| 头上 | 頭上 | tóushàng | - overhead - above |
| 马上 | 馬上 | mǎshàng | - at once - right away - immediately - on horseback (i.e. by military force) |
| 上一个 | 上一個 | shàngyīge | - previous one |
| 上一号 | 上一號 | shàngyīhào | - (coll.) to go pee - to go to the bathroom |
| 上一页 | 上一頁 | shàngyīyè | - preceding page |
| 上下床 | 上下床 | shàngxiàchuáng | - bunk bed |
| 上下文 | 上下文 | shàngxiàwén | - (textual) context |
| 上下班 | 上下班 | shàngxiàbān | - to start and finish work |
| 上个月 | 上個月 | shànggèyuè | - last month |
| 上半夜 | 上半夜 | shàngbànyè | - first half of the night - time before midnight |
| 上半天 | 上半天 | shàngbàntiān | - morning |
| 上半年 | 上半年 | shàngbànnián | - first half (of a year) |
| 上半晌 | 上半晌 | shàngbànshǎng | - forenoon - morning - a.m. |
| 上半叶 | 上半葉 | shàngbànyè | - the first half (of a period) |
| 上半身 | 上半身 | shàngbànshēn | - the upper body |
| 上口齿 | 上口齒 | shàngkǒuchǐ | - supraoral tooth |
| 上同调 | 上同調 | shàngtóngdiào | - cohomology (invariant of a topological space in math.) |
| 上坡段 | 上坡段 | shàngpōduàn | - uphill section (of a race) |
| 上坡路 | 上坡路 | shàngpōlù | - uphill road - slope up - fig. upward trend - progress |
| 上城区 | 上城區 | Shàngchéngqū | - Shangcheng district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang |
| 上夸克 | 上夸克 | shàngkuākè | - up quark (particle physics) |
| 上将军 | 上將軍 | shàngjiàngjūn | - top general - commander-in-chief |
| 上座部 | 上座部 | Shàngzuòbù | - Theravada school of Buddhism |
| 上弦月 | 上弦月 | shàngxiányuè | - first quarter moon |
| 上思县 | 上思縣 | Shàngsīxiàn | - Shangxi county in Fangchenggang 防城港[Fang2 cheng2 gang3], Guangxi |
| 上新世 | 上新世 | Shàngxīnshì | - Pliocene (geological epoch from 5m-2m years ago) |
| 上星期 | 上星期 | shàngxīngqī | - last week - previous week |
| 上杭县 | 上杭縣 | Shànghángxiàn | - Shanghang county in Longyan 龍岩|龙岩, Fujian |
| 上林县 | 上林縣 | Shànglínxiàn | - Shanglin county in Nanning 南寧|南宁[Nan2 ning2], Guangxi |
| 上栗县 | 上栗縣 | Shànglìxiàn | - Shangli county in Pingxiang 萍鄉|萍乡, Jiangxi |
| 上海市 | 上海市 | Shànghǎishì | - Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 滬|沪 |
| 上海话 | 上海話 | Shànghǎihuà | - Shanghainese - Shanghai dialect |
| 上溜油 | 上溜油 | shàngliūyóu | - basted (of meat etc) |
| 上犹县 | 上猶縣 | Shàngyóuxiàn | - Shangyou county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi |
| 上班族 | 上班族 | shàngbānzú | - office workers (as social group) |
| 上甘岭 | 上甘嶺 | Shànggānlǐng | - Shanganling district of Yichun city 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 上眼睑 | 上眼瞼 | shàngyǎnjiǎn | - upper eyelid |
| 上确界 | 上確界 | shàngquèjiè | - supremum (math.) - least upper bound |
| 上等兵 | 上等兵 | shàngděngbīng | - private first class (army rank) |
| 上箭头 | 上箭頭 | shàngjiàntóu | - up-pointing arrow |
| 上网本 | 上網本 | shàngwǎngběn | - netbook |
| 上蔡县 | 上蔡縣 | Shàngcàixiàn | - Shangcai county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店[Zhu4 ma3 dian4], Henan |
| 上虞市 | 上虞市 | Shàngyúshì | - Shangyu county level city in Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[Shao4 xing1], Zhejiang |
| 上街区 | 上街區 | ShàngjiēQū | - Shangjie District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan |
| 上西天 | 上西天 | shàngxītiān | - to enter heaven - to rise to the Western Paradise |
| 上议院 | 上議院 | Shàngyìyuàn | - Upper Chamber - Upper House - Senate |
| 上轨道 | 上軌道 | shàngguǐdào | - to stay on track - to proceed smoothly |
| 上辈子 | 上輩子 | shàngbèizi | - one's ancestors - past generations - a former incarnation |
| 上进心 | 上進心 | shàngjìnxīn | - motivation - ambition |
| 上边儿 | 上邊兒 | shàngbianr | - erhua variant of 上邊|上边[shang4 bian5] |
| 上钩儿 | 上鉤兒 | shànggōur | - erhua variant of 上鉤|上钩[shang4 gou1] |
| 上门费 | 上門費 | shàngménfèi | - house call fee - callout fee |
| 上颌骨 | 上頜骨 | shànghégǔ | - maxilla (upper jaw) |
| 上馆子 | 上館子 | shàngguǎnzi | - to eat out - to eat at a restaurant |
| 上饶市 | 上饒市 | Shàngráoshì | - Shangrao prefecture level city in Jiangxi |
| 上饶县 | 上饒縣 | Shàngráoxiàn | - Shangrao county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi |
| 上高县 | 上高縣 | Shànggāoxiàn | - Shanggao county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi |
| 上齿龈 | 上齒齦 | shàngchǐyín | - upper alveolar ridge |
| 下而上 | 下而上 | xiàérshàng | - bottom to top (of listing) |
| 下至上 | 下至上 | xiàzhìshàng | - bottom to top |
| 事实上 | 事實上 | shìshíshàng | - in fact - in reality - actually - as a matter of fact - de facto - ipso facto |
| 占上风 | 佔上風 | zhànshàngfēng | - to take the lead - to gain the upper hand |
| 北上广 | 北上廣 | BěiShàngGuǎng | - abbr. for Beijing 北京[Bei1 jing1], Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] and Guangzhou 廣州|广州[Guang3 zhou1] |
| 半以上 | 半以上 | bànyǐshàng | - more than half |
| 原则上 | 原則上 | yuánzéshang | - in principle - generally |
| 吃不上 | 吃不上 | chībushàng | - unable to get anything to eat - to miss a meal |
| 名义上 | 名義上 | míngyìshàng | - nominally |
| 基本上 | 基本上 | jīběnshang | - basically - on the whole |
| 堵床上 | 堵床上 | dǔchuángshàng | - (coll.) to catch an adulterous couple in the act |
| 大体上 | 大體上 | dàtǐshàng | - overall - in general terms |
| 太上皇 | 太上皇 | Tàishànghuáng | - Taishang Huang - Retired Emperor - father of the reigning emperor - fig. puppet master |
| 实质上 | 實質上 | shízhìshàng | - virtually - essentially |
| 实际上 | 實際上 | shíjìshàng | - in fact - in reality - as a matter of fact - in practice |
| 对不上 | 對不上 | duìbùshàng | - to disagree - I can't agree with that. |
| 山上乡 | 山上鄉 | Shānshàngxiāng | - Shanshang township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan |
| 冈上肌 | 岡上肌 | gāngshàngjī | - supraspinatus muscle |
| 座上客 | 座上客 | zuòshàngkè | - guest of honor |
| 心上人 | 心上人 | xīnshàngrén | - sweetheart - one's beloved |
| 心灵上 | 心靈上 | xīnlíngshàng | - spiritual |
| 找上门 | 找上門 | zhǎoshàngmén | - to come to sb's door - to call on sb |
| 挨不上 | 挨不上 | āibùshàng | - to be irrelevant - to be superfluous |
| 捧上天 | 捧上天 | pěngshàngtiān | - to praise to the skies |
| 挤上去 | 擠上去 | jǐshàngqu | - to squeeze oneself up into (a crowded vehicle etc) |
| 数不上 | 數不上 | shǔbùshàng | - does not count - is not important |
| 数得上 | 數得上 | shǔdeshàng | - to be considered as outstanding or special - to be reckoned with - notable |
| 早上好 | 早上好 | zǎoshanghǎo | - Good morning! |
| 晚上好 | 晚上好 | wǎnshànghǎo | - Good evening! |
| 本质上 | 本質上 | běnzhìshàng | - essentially - inherent |
| 村上隆 | 村上隆 | CūnshàngLōng | - Murakami Takashi (1963-), Japanese artist |
| 桌上型 | 桌上型 | zhuōshàngxíng | - desktop |
| 历史上 | 歷史上 | lìshǐshàng | - historical - in history |
| 比不上 | 比不上 | bǐbùshàng | - can't compare with |
| 气头上 | 氣頭上 | qìtóushàng | - in a fit of anger (idiom); in a temper |
| 水上乡 | 水上鄉 | Shuǐshàngxiāng | - Shuishang township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan |
| 池上乡 | 池上鄉 | Chíshàngxiāng | - Chishang or Chihshang township in Taitung county 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 xian4], southeast Taiwan |
| 汶上县 | 汶上縣 | WènshàngXiàn | - Wenshang County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Ji3 ning2], Shandong |
| 淮上区 | 淮上區 | Huáishàngqū | - Huaishang district of Bengbu city 蚌埠市[Beng4 bu4 shi4], Anhui |
| 颍上县 | 潁上縣 | Yǐngshàngxiàn | - Yingshan County in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳[Fu4 yang2], Anhui |
| 犯不上 | 犯不上 | fànbushàng | - see 犯不著|犯不着[fan4 bu5 zhao2] |
| 犯得上 | 犯得上 | fàndeshàng | - worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile) |
| 用得上 | 用得上 | yòngdeshàng | - needed - to come in useful |
| 看上去 | 看上去 | kànshangqu | - it would appear - it seems (that) |
| 颖上县 | 穎上縣 | Yǐngshàngxiàn | - Yingshang county in Anhui |
| 闻上去 | 聞上去 | wénshàngqù | - to smell of sth - to smell like sth |
| 肾上腺 | 腎上腺 | shènshàngxiàn | - adrenal glands |
| 膝上型 | 膝上型 | xīshàngxíng | - laptop (computer) |
| 膝上舞 | 膝上舞 | xīshàngwǔ | - lap dance |
| 说不上 | 說不上 | shuōbushàng | - to be unable to say or tell - to not be worth mentioning |
| 说得上 | 說得上 | shuōdeshàng | - can be counted or regarded as - to be able to tell or answer - to deserve mention |
| 谈不上 | 談不上 | tánbushàng | - to be out of the question |
| 走为上 | 走為上 | zǒuwéishàng | - If everything else fails, retreat. (idiom) - see also 三十六計，走為上策|三十六计，走为上策[san1 shi2 liu4 ji4 , zou3 wei2 shang4 ce4] |
| 赶不上 | 趕不上 | gǎnbùshàng | - can't keep up with - can't catch up with - cannot overtake |
| 跟不上 | 跟不上 | gēnbushàng | - not able to keep up with |
| 顾不上 | 顧不上 | gùbushàng | - cannot attend to or manage |
| 高大上 | 高大上 | gāodàshàng | - (slang) high-end, elegant, and classy - abbr. for 高端大氣上檔次|高端大气上档次 |
| 一拥而上 | 一擁而上 | yīyōngérshàng | - to swarm around - flocking (to see) |
| 七上八下 | 七上八下 | qīshàngbāxià | - at sixes and sevens - perturbed state of mind - in a mess |
| 上上之策 | 上上之策 | shàngshàngzhīcè | - the best policy - the best thing one can do in the circumstances |
| 上下其手 | 上下其手 | shàngxiàqíshǒu | - to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint - fig. conspiring to defraud |
| 上位概念 | 上位概念 | shàngwèigàiniàn | - superordinate concept |
| 上个星期 | 上個星期 | shànggèxīngqī | - last week |
| 上升空间 | 上升空間 | shàngshēngkōngjiān | - upside - potential to rise |
| 上升趋势 | 上升趨勢 | shàngshēngqūshì | - an upturn - an upward trend |
| 上半部分 | 上半部分 | shàngbànbùfèn | - upper part - top half |
| 上古汉语 | 上古漢語 | shànggǔHànyǔ | - Old Chinese (linguistics) |
| 上合组织 | 上合組織 | ShàngHéZǔzhī | - Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) |
| 上吐下泻 | 上吐下瀉 | shàngtùxiàxiè | - to vomit and have diarrhea |
| 上天入地 | 上天入地 | shàngtiānrùdì | - lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades; fig. whichever way, I don't care - to decide to go ahead without foreboding |
| 上层建筑 | 上層建築 | shàngcéngjiànzhù | - superstructure |
| 上山下乡 | 上山下鄉 | shàngshānxiàxiāng | - to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers) - forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals |
| 上市公司 | 上市公司 | shàngshìgōngsī | - listed company |
| 上扬趋势 | 上揚趨勢 | shàngyángqūshì | - upward trend - rising tendency |
| 上方宝剑 | 上方寶劍 | shàngfāngbǎojiàn | - imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers) - imperial Chinese version of 007 licensed to kill |
| 上流社会 | 上流社會 | shàngliúshèhuì | - upper class - high society |
| 上海大学 | 上海大學 | ShànghǎiDàxué | - Shanghai University |
| 上海白菜 | 上海白菜 | Shànghǎibáicài | - baby bok choy - Shanghai bok choy |
| 上班时间 | 上班時間 | shàngbānshíjiān | - time of going to work - the morning rush hour |
| 上甘岭区 | 上甘嶺區 | Shànggānlǐngqū | - Shanganling district of Yichun city 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 上空洗车 | 上空洗車 | shàngkōngxǐchē | - topless car wash |
| 上箭头键 | 上箭頭鍵 | shàngjiàntóujiàn | - up arrow key (on keyboard) |
| 上级领导 | 上級領導 | shàngjílǐngdǎo | - high level leadership - top brass |
| 上纲上线 | 上綱上線 | shànggāngshàngxiàn | - to criticize (as a matter of principle) |
| 上艾瑟尔 | 上艾瑟爾 | Shàngàisèěr | - Overijssel |
| 上行下效 | 上行下傚 | shàngxíngxiàxiào | - subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom) |
| 上诉法院 | 上訴法院 | shàngsùfǎyuàn | - appeals court |
| 上阵杀敌 | 上陣殺敵 | shàngzhènshādí | - to go into battle and kill the enemy - to fight |
| 上饶地区 | 上饒地區 | Shàngráodìqū | - Shangrao prefecture in Jiangxi |
| 不相上下 | 不相上下 | bùxiāngshàngxià | - equally matched - about the same |
| 冉冉上升 | 冉冉上昇 | rǎnrǎnshàngshēng | - to ascend slowly |
| 冰上运动 | 冰上運動 | bīngshàngyùndòng | - ice-sports |
| 列王纪上 | 列王紀上 | Lièwángjìshàng | - First book of Kings |
| 列王记上 | 列王記上 | Lièwángjìshàng | - First book of Kings |
| 力争上游 | 力爭上游 | lìzhēngshàngyóu | - to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result - to have high ambitions |
| 半数以上 | 半數以上 | bànshùyǐshàng | - more than half |
| 吃亏上当 | 吃虧上當 | chīkuīshàngdàng | - to be taken advantage of |
| 巴高望上 | 巴高望上 | bāgāowàngshàng | - to wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion |
| 引体向上 | 引體向上 | yǐntǐxiàngshàng | - chin-up (physical exercise) |
| 引鬼上门 | 引鬼上門 | yǐnguǐshàngmén | - to lead the devil to the door (idiom); to invite the attention of criminals - to leave oneself open to attack |
| 形而上学 | 形而上學 | xíngérshàngxué | - metaphysics |
| 后来居上 | 後來居上 | hòuláijūshàng | - lit. late-comer lives above (idiom); the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation - the pupil surpasses the master |
| 忽上忽下 | 忽上忽下 | hūshànghūxià | - to fluctuate sharply |
| 成千上万 | 成千上萬 | chéngqiānshàngwàn | - lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers - innumerable - thousands upon thousands |
| 成百上千 | 成百上千 | chéngbǎishàngqiān | - hundreds - a large number - lit. by the hundreds and thousands |
| 扶摇直上 | 扶搖直上 | fúyáozhíshàng | - to skyrocket - to get quick promotion in one's career |
| 承上起下 | 承上起下 | chéngshàngqǐxià | - to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition - forming a bridge between earlier and later stages |
| 拾级而上 | 拾級而上 | shèjíérshàng | - to walk slowly up a flight of steps (idiom) |
| 捧到天上 | 捧到天上 | pěngdàotiānshàng | - lit. to hold up to the skies - fig. to praise lavishly |
| 掌上明珠 | 掌上明珠 | zhǎngshàngmíngzhū | - lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) - fig. beloved person (esp. daughter) |
| 掌上电脑 | 掌上電腦 | zhǎngshàngdiànnǎo | - handheld computer - PDA (personal digital assistant) - Pocket PC |
| 挂在嘴上 | 掛在嘴上 | guàzaizuǐshang | - to pay lip service to - to keep mentioning (without doing anything) - to blather on about sth |
| 插不上手 | 插不上手 | chābushàngshǒu | - to be unable to intervene |
| 放在心上 | 放在心上 | fàngzàixīnshàng | - to care about - to take seriously - to take to heart |
| 朗朗上口 | 朗朗上口 | lǎnglǎngshàngkǒu | - to flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry) - to recite with ease - catchy (of a song) |
| 村上春树 | 村上春樹 | CūnshàngChūnshù | - MURAKAMI Haruki (1949-), Japanese novelist and translator |
| 板上钉钉 | 板上釘釘 | bǎnshàngdìngdīng | - that clinches it - that's final - no two ways about it |
| 架上绘画 | 架上繪畫 | jiàshànghuìhuà | - easel painting |
| 桌面儿上 | 桌面兒上 | zhuōmiànrshàng | - on the table - fig. everything open and above board |
| 桑间濮上 | 桑間濮上 | SāngjiānPúshàng | - Sangjian by the Pu River, a place in the ancient state of Wei known for wanton behavior - lovers' rendezvous |
| 梁上君子 | 梁上君子 | liángshàngjūnzǐ | - lit. the gentleman on the roof beam - fig. a thief |
| 树上开花 | 樹上開花 | shùshàngkāihuā | - to deck the tree with false blossoms - to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom) |
| 历代志上 | 歷代志上 | Lìdàizhìshàng | - First book of Chronicles |
| 水上摩托 | 水上摩托 | shuǐshàngmótuō | - jet-ski |
| 水上芭蕾 | 水上芭蕾 | shuǐshàngbālěi | - synchronized swimming |
| 水上运动 | 水上運動 | shuǐshàngyùndòng | - water sports - aquatic motion - movement over water |
| 水上飞机 | 水上飛機 | shuǐshàngfēijī | - seaplane |
| 没上没下 | 沒上沒下 | méishàngméixià | - no respect for seniors - lacking in manners |
| 派上用场 | 派上用場 | pàishàngyòngchǎng | - to put to good use - to come in handy |
| 海上奇书 | 海上奇書 | hǎishàngqíshū | - literary journal published in 1892-93 by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆 featuring serialized novels in classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular |
| 海上运动 | 海上運動 | hǎishàngyùndòng | - water sports (sailing, windsurfing etc) |
| 海军上校 | 海軍上校 | hǎijūnshàngxiào | - captain (= UK and US Navy equivalent) |
| 浑身上下 | 渾身上下 | húnshēnshàngxià | - all over - from head to toe |
| 火上加油 | 火上加油 | huǒshàngjiāyóu | - to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation - to enrage people and make matters worse |
| 火上浇油 | 火上澆油 | huǒshàngjiāoyóu | - to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation - to enrage people and make matters worse |
| 犯上作乱 | 犯上作亂 | fànshàngzuòluàn | - to rebel against the emperor (idiom) |
| 甚嚣尘上 | 甚囂塵上 | shènxiāochénshàng | - clamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor - to raise a tremendous stink |
| 直上云霄 | 直上雲霄 | zhíshàngyúnxiāo | - to soar into the sky |
| 瞒上欺下 | 瞞上欺下 | mánshàngqīxià | - to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom) |
| 节上生枝 | 節上生枝 | jiéshàngshēngzhī | - a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising |
| 纸上谈兵 | 紙上談兵 | zhǐshàngtánbīng | - lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) - fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice - armchair strategist - idle theorizing - cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC |
| 综上所述 | 綜上所述 | zōngshàngsuǒshù | - to summarize - a round-up - in summary ... |
| 网上广播 | 網上廣播 | wǎngshàngguǎngbō | - online broadcast - webcast |
| 线上查询 | 線上查詢 | xiànshàngcháxún | - online search |
| 总体上说 | 總體上說 | zǒngtǐshàngshuō | - looking at the big picture - all in all - all things considered |
| 羲皇上人 | 羲皇上人 | xīhuángshàngrén | - lit. a person before the legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1] - person from ages immemorial - fig. untroubled person |
| 能上能下 | 能上能下 | néngshàngnéngxià | - ready to take any job, high or low |
| 肾上腺素 | 腎上腺素 | shènshàngxiànsù | - adrenaline |
| 自上而下 | 自上而下 | zìshàngérxià | - top-down |
| 自下而上 | 自下而上 | zìxiàérshàng | - bottom-up |
| 自底向上 | 自底向上 | zìdǐxiàngshàng | - bottom-up |
| 至高无上 | 至高無上 | zhìgāowúshàng | - supreme - paramount - unsurpassed |
| 举国上下 | 舉國上下 | jǔguóshàngxià | - the entire nation - the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file |
| 船上交货 | 船上交貨 | chuánshàngjiāohuò | - Free On Board (FOB) (transportation) |
| 华灯初上 | 華燈初上 | huádēngchūshàng | - early evening when lanterns are first lit |
| 蒸蒸日上 | 蒸蒸日上 | zhēngzhēngrìshàng | - becoming more prosperous with each passing day |
| 被上诉人 | 被上訴人 | bèishàngsùrén | - appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side) |
| 见难而上 | 見難而上 | jiànnánérshàng | - to take the bull by the horns (idiom) |
| 误上贼船 | 誤上賊船 | wùshàngzéichuán | - lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship - to embark on a hopeless adventure |
| 赤膊上阵 | 赤膊上陣 | chìbóshàngzhèn | - lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom) - fig. to go all out - to come out in the open |
| 走为上计 | 走為上計 | zǒuwéishàngjì | - see 三十六計，走為上策|三十六计，走为上策[san1 shi2 liu4 ji4 , zou3 wei2 shang4 ce4] |
| 走马上任 | 走馬上任 | zǒumǎshàngrèn | - to ride to take up an official appointment (idiom); to take on a job with alacrity - to undertake a task |
| 跃然纸上 | 躍然紙上 | yuèránzhǐshàng | - to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc) - to stand out markedly |
| 迎头赶上 | 迎頭趕上 | yíngtóugǎnshàng | - to try hard to catch up |
| 送上太空 | 送上太空 | sòngshàngtàikōng | - to launch into space |
| 送上轨道 | 送上軌道 | sòngshàngguǐdào | - to send into orbit |
| 逼上梁山 | 逼上梁山 | bīshàngliángshān | - driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels - to drive to revolt - to force sb to desperate action |
| 锦上添花 | 錦上添花 | jǐnshàngtiānhuā | - lit. on brocade, add flowers (idiom); to decorate sth already perfect - gilding the lily |
| 闭上嘴巴 | 閉上嘴巴 | bìshangzuǐbā | - Shut up! |
| 陆军上校 | 陸軍上校 | lùjūnshàngxiào | - colonel |
| 随信附上 | 隨信附上 | suíxìnfùshàng | - enclosed with (this) letter |
| 雪上加霜 | 雪上加霜 | xuěshàngjiāshuāng | - to add hail to snow (idiom); one disaster on top of another - to make things worse in a bad situation |
| 青云直上 | 青雲直上 | qīngyúnzhíshàng | - rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post - meteoric career |
| 顶头上司 | 頂頭上司 | dǐngtóushàngsi | - one's immediate superior |
| 项上人头 | 項上人頭 | xiàngshàngréntóu | - head - neck (as in "to save one's neck", i.e. one's life) |
| 顾客至上 | 顧客至上 | gùkèzhìshàng | - the customer reigns supreme (idiom) |
| 马上比武 | 馬上比武 | mǎshàngbǐwǔ | - tournament (contest in Western chivalry) - jousting |
| 高攀不上 | 高攀不上 | gāopānbùshàng | - can't climb socially - unable to claim higher class connections |
| 高高在上 | 高高在上 | gāogāozàishàng | - set up on high (idiom); not in touch with reality - aloof and remote |
| 上下五千年 | 上下五千年 | shàngxiàwǔqiānnián | - popular history of China in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹余章 |
| 上下文菜单 | 上下文菜單 | shàngxiàwéncàidān | - context menu (computing) |
| 上下班时间 | 上下班時間 | shàngxiàbānshíjiān | - rush hour |
| 上海大剧院 | 上海大劇院 | ShànghǎiDàjùyuàn | - Shanghai Grand Theater |
| 上海体育场 | 上海體育場 | ShànghǎiTǐyùchǎng | - Shanghai Stadium |
| 上颚正门齿 | 上顎正門齒 | shàngèzhèngménchǐ | - maxillary central incisor |
| 创业板上市 | 創業板上市 | chuàngyèbǎnshàngshì | - Growth Enterprise Markets (GEM) |
| 包在我身上 | 包在我身上 | bāozàiwǒshēnshang | - leave it to me (idiom) - I'll take care of it |
| 天上下刀子 | 天上下刀子 | tiānshàngxiàdāozi | - lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom) - fig. (even if) the sky crumbles |
| 往脸上抹黑 | 往臉上抹黑 | wǎngliǎnshàngmǒhēi | - to bring shame to - to smear - to disgrace |
| 撒母耳纪上 | 撒母耳紀上 | Sāmǔěrjìshàng | - First book of Samuel |
| 撒母耳记上 | 撒母耳記上 | Sāmǔěrjìshàng | - First book of Samuel |
| 更上一层楼 | 更上一層樓 | gèngshàngyīcénglóu | - to take it up a notch - to bring it up a level |
| 桌上型电脑 | 桌上型電腦 | zhuōshàngxíngdiànnǎo | - desktop computer |
| 海上花列传 | 海上花列傳 | HǎishàngHuāLièzhuàn | - The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆[Han2 Bang1 qing4], long novel of lower life in classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular - translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang |
| 肾上腺皮质 | 腎上腺皮質 | shènshàngxiànpízhì | - adrenal cortex |
| 肾上腺髓质 | 腎上腺髓質 | shènshàngxiànsuǐzhì | - adrenal medulla |
| 膝上型电脑 | 膝上型電腦 | xīshàngxíngdiànnǎo | - laptop (computer) |
| 赶鸭子上架 | 趕鴨子上架 | gǎnyāzishàngjià | - lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom) - fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability |
| 蹬鼻子上脸 | 蹬鼻子上臉 | dēngbízishàngliǎn | - lit. to climb all over sb - fig. to take advantage of sb's weakness |
| 降肾上腺素 | 降腎上腺素 | jiàngshènshàngxiànsù | - noradrenalin |
| 霸王硬上弓 | 霸王硬上弓 | bàwángyìngshànggōng | - to force oneself upon sb (idiom) - to rape |
| 骑鹤上扬州 | 騎鶴上揚州 | qíhèshàngYángzhōu | - lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position |
| 上呼吸道感染 | 上呼吸道感染 | shànghūxīdàogǎnrǎn | - upper respiratory tract infection |
| 上有老下有小 | 上有老下有小 | shàngyǒulǎoxiàyǒuxiǎo | - lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom) - fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children - sandwich generation |
| 上气不接下气 | 上氣不接下氣 | shàngqìbùjiēxiàqì | - not enough breath (idiom); to gasp for breath |
| 上海交通大学 | 上海交通大學 | ShànghǎiJiāotōngDàxué | - Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| 上海合作组织 | 上海合作組織 | ShànghǎiHézuòZǔzhī | - Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) |
| 上海戏剧学院 | 上海戲劇學院 | ShànghǎiXìjùXuéyuàn | - Shanghai Theatrical Institute |
| 上海汽车工业 | 上海汽車工業 | Shànghǎiqìchēgōngyè | - Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC) |
| 上海财经大学 | 上海財經大學 | ShànghǎiCáijīngDàxué | - Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE) |
| 上海医科大学 | 上海醫科大學 | ShànghǎiYīkēDàxué | - Shanghai Medical University |
| 上海音乐学院 | 上海音樂學院 | ShànghǎiYīnyuèXuéyuàn | - Shanghai Conservatory of Music |
| 上证综合指数 | 上證綜合指數 | Shàngzhèngzōnghézhǐshù | - SSE (Shanghai Stock Exchange) Composite Index |
| 毛出在羊身上 | 毛出在羊身上 | máochūzàiyángshēnshàng | - lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. - Nothing comes for free. |
| 热锅上的蚂蚁 | 熱鍋上的螞蟻 | règuōshangdemǎyǐ | - (like) a cat on a hot tin roof - anxious - agitated |
| 烂泥扶不上墙 | 爛泥扶不上牆 | lànnífúbùshàngqiáng | - useless (idiom) - worthless - inept |
| 烂泥糊不上墙 | 爛泥糊不上牆 | lànníhúbùshàngqiáng | - see 爛泥扶不上牆|烂泥扶不上墙[lan4 ni2 fu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2] |
| 皇冠上的明珠 | 皇冠上的明珠 | huángguānshàngdemíngzhū | - the brightest jewel in the crown |
| 一哭二闹三上吊 | 一哭二鬧三上吊 | yīkūèrnàosānshàngdiào | - to make a terrible scene (idiom) - to throw a tantrum |
| 一根绳上的蚂蚱 | 一根繩上的螞蚱 | yīgēnshéngshàngdemàzha | - see 一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱[yi1 tiao2 sheng2 shang4 de5 ma4 zha5] |
| 一条绳上的蚂蚱 | 一條繩上的螞蚱 | yītiáoshéngshàngdemàzha | - lit. like locusts tied to one rope (idiom) - fig. in the same boat - in it together for better or worse - to sink or swim together |
| 上梁不正下梁歪 | 上梁不正下梁歪 | shàngliángbùzhèngxiàliángwāi | - lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices |
| 上海商务印书馆 | 上海商務印書館 | ShànghǎiShāngwùyìnshūguǎn | - Commercial Press, Shanghai (from 1897) |
| 上海外国语大学 | 上海外國語大學 | ShànghǎiWàiguóyǔDàxué | - Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) |
| 上海证券交易所 | 上海證券交易所 | ShànghǎiZhèngquànJiāoyìsuǒ | - Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) |
| 懒驴上磨屎尿多 | 懶驢上磨屎尿多 | lǎnlǘshàngmòshǐniàoduō | - (proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working - lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing |
| 新官上任三把火 | 新官上任三把火 | xīnguānshàngrènsānbǎhuǒ | - the new boss cracks the whip three times - a new broom sweeps clean - fig. vigorous new policies |
| 春风深醉的晚上 | 春風深醉的晚上 | ChūnfēngShēnzuìdeWǎnshang | - Intoxicating Spring Nights, 1924 short story by Yu Dafu 郁達夫|郁达夫[Yu4 Da2 fu1] |
| 羊毛出在羊身上 | 羊毛出在羊身上 | yángmáochūzàiyángshēnshàng | - lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. - Nothing comes for free. |
| 色字头上一把刀 | 色字頭上一把刀 | sèzìtóushàngyībǎdāo | - lit. there is a knife above the character for lust - fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences |
| 风中烛，瓦上霜 | 風中燭，瓦上霜 | fēngzhōngzhú,wǎshàngshuāng | - lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) - fig. (of sb's life) feeble - hanging on a thread |
| 上海宝钢集团公司 | 上海寶鋼集團公司 | ShànghǎiBǎogāngJítuánGōngsī | - Baosteel |
| 上海振华港口机械 | 上海振華港口機械 | ShànghǎiZhènhuáGǎngkǒuJīxiè | - Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Company |
| 上海汽车工业集团 | 上海汽車工業集團 | ShànghǎiQìchēGōngyèJítuán | - Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC) |
| 上海浦东发展银行 | 上海浦東發展銀行 | ShànghǎiPǔdōngFāzhǎnYínháng | - Shanghai Pudong Development Bank |
| 上海环球金融中心 | 上海環球金融中心 | ShànghǎiHuánqiúJīnróngZhōngxīn | - Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), skyscraper |
| 上海第二医科大学 | 上海第二醫科大學 | ShànghǎiDìèrYīkēDàxué | - Shanghai Second Medical University |
| 包子有肉不在褶上 | 包子有肉不在褶上 | bāoziyǒuròubùzàizhěshàng | - a book is not judged by its cover (idiom) |
| 太阳照在桑干河上 | 太陽照在桑乾河上 | TàiyángZhàoZàiSānggānHéShàng | - The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize |
| 比上不足比下有余 | 比上不足比下有餘 | bǐshàngbùzúbǐxiàyǒuyú | - to fall short of the best but be better than the worst - can pass muster |
| 三十六计，走为上策 | 三十六計，走為上策 | sānshíliùjì,zǒuwéishàngcè | - Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, fleeing is best. - see also 三十六計|三十六计[san1 shi2 liu4 ji4] |
| 三天不打，上房揭瓦 | 三天不打，上房揭瓦 | sāntiānbùdǎ,shàngfángjiēwǎ | - three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) - spare the rod, spoil the child |
| 上天无路，入地无门 | 上天無路，入地無門 | shàngtiānwúlù,rùdìwúmén | - lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom) - fig. to be at the end of one's rope - to be trapped in a hopeless situation |
| 上有天堂，下有苏杭 | 上有天堂，下有蘇杭 | shàngyǒutiāntáng,xiàyǒuSūHáng | - lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Su1 Hang2] below (idiom) - fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven |
| 上有政策，下有对策 | 上有政策，下有對策 | shàngyǒuzhèngcè,xiàyǒuduìcè | - The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom) |
| 嘴上没毛，办事不牢 | 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢 | zuǐshàngméimáo,bànshìbùláo | - a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb) |
| 嘴上无毛，办事不牢 | 嘴上無毛，辦事不牢 | zuǐshàngwúmáo,bànshìbùláo | - see 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢|嘴上没毛，办事不牢[zui3 shang4 mei2 mao2 , ban4 shi4 bu4 lao2] |
| 太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 | 太公釣魚，願者上鉤 | tàigōngdiàoyú,yuànzhěshànggōu | - Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 薑子牙|姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose |
| 好好学习，天天向上 | 好好學習，天天向上 | hǎohǎoxuéxí,tiāntiānxiàngshàng | - study hard and every day you will improve (idiom) |
| 路上比终点更有意义 | 路上比終點更有意義 | lùshangbǐzhōngdiǎngèngyǒuyìyì | - The road means more than the destination. - It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. |
| 上海文广新闻传媒集团 | 上海文廣新聞傳媒集團 | ShànghǎiWénguǎngXīnwénChuánméiJítuán | - Shanghai Media Group |
| 姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 | 薑太公釣魚，願者上鉤 | Jiāngtàigōngdiàoyú,yuànzhěshànggōu | - Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 薑子牙|姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose |
| 吃得苦中苦，方为人上人 | 吃得苦中苦，方為人上人 | chīdékǔzhōngkǔ,fāngwéirénshàngrén | - one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb) - no pain, no gain |
| 台上一分钟，台下十年功 | 臺上一分鐘，臺下十年功 | táishàngyīfēnzhōng,táixiàshíniángōng | - ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom) |
| 上海证券交易所综合股价指 | 上海證券交易所綜合股價指 | ShànghǎiZhèngquànJiāoyìsuǒZōnghéGǔjiàZhǐ | - Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) Composite Index |
| 各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 | 各人自掃門前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 | gèrénzìsǎoménqiánxuě,mòguǎntājiāwǎshàngshuāng | - sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom) |
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