Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "上" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "上" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
shàng、 shǎng
Definition
on / on top / upon / first (of two parts) / previous or last (week, etc.) / upper / higher / above / previous / to climb / to go into / above / to go up
a connecting link between the preceding and the following
吾将上下而求索 wú jiāng shàng xià ér qiú suǒ
I will search up and down
to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater)
the first half (of a period)
upward / up / to advance / to try to improve oneself / to make progress
it would appear / it seems (that)
upper lip / (entomology) labrum
甚嚣尘上 shèn xiāo chén shàng
clamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor / to raise a tremendous stink
courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor
at the field / on the court
to sweep the tombs (of one's ancestors) / the Qingming festival
uphill / upslope / to move upwards / to climb a slope
parents / a form of address for magistrates or judges
成千上万 chéng qiān shàng wàn
lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
general / admiral / air chief marshal