Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "尚" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "尚" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
shàng
Definition
still / yet / to value / to esteem
fashion / fad / fashionable
to hold up (as an model) / to hold in esteem / to revere / to advocate
noble / lofty / refined / exquisite
current custom / current way of doing things
too early / time is not yet ripe
lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness
丈二和尚摸不着头脑 zhàng èr hé shàng mō bù zháo tóu nǎo
puzzled / be all at sea / be completely at a loss
alive / as long as one lives
high official / government minister
I beg you to partake of this sacrifice (used at the end of an elegiac address)