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HSK
to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net
HSK 1
to go to class / to attend class / to go to teach a class
HSK 1
to go to school / to attend school
HSK 1
to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
HSK 1
to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office
HSK 1
morning / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
the top / above / overhead / upwards / the top margin / above-mentioned / those higher up
HSK 1
last time
HSK 1
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  *上* | 上* | *上
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above
HSK 1
last week
HSK 2
jacket / upper outer garment / CL:
HSK 3
to rise / to go up / to ascend
HSK 3
on top of / above-mentioned / also pr. [shang4 mian5]
HSK 3
to go up
HSK 3
to come up / to approach / (verb complement indicating success)
HSK 3
to go upstairs
HSK 4
to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
HSK 4
last month
HSK 4
the top and bottom of sth / the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom / to go up and down / before and after (as in 上下文 "context") / (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so / (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 "harmony between superiors and subordinates") / all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下 "the entire nation") / relative superiority (as in 不相上下 "evenly matched")
HSK 5
to rise / to go up
HSK 5
higher authorities / superiors / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
God
HSK 6
to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater)
HSK 6
to hit the market (of a new product) / to float (a company on the stock market)
HSK 6
taken in (by sb's deceit) / to be fooled / to be duped
HSK 6
to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) / a screening / a staging
HSK 6
upper reaches (of a river) / upper level / upper echelon / upstream
HSK 7-9
place above (it) / upper part (of it)
HSK 7-9
to appeal (a judicial case) / appeal
HSK 7-9
to take office / previous (incumbent) / predecessor
HSK 7-9
to get into a habit / to become addicted
HSK 7-9
upper class
HSK 7-9
the top; the upper part; (its) surface / the authorities; those in charge; the higher-ups
HSK 7-9
to report to one's superiors / to appear in the news / to reply to a letter
HSK 7-9
to screen; to show (a movie)
HSK 7-9
on stage / to go on stage / to take the field
HSK 7-9
to raise (prices) / to adjust upwards
HSK 7-9
upper bound
HSK 7-9
first third of a month
HSK 7-9
aforementioned / above-mentioned
HSK 7-9
the skies above a certain place; (aviation) airspace / (Tw) topless
HSK 7-9
previous period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
to take up one's post; to go on duty / to take up a job
HSK 7-9
boss / superior
HSK 7-9
to get angry / to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
HSK 7-9
to go into battle
Shanglin, a county in Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市, Guangxi
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
(of a court official) to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
topless car wash
to upload
seat occupancy rate; percentage of available seats that are filled (in a theater, cinema, restaurant etc)
general / admiral / air chief marshal
Shangyou county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
working hours; office hours
to go online; to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc)
(of prices etc) to rise
to float up
Shangcheng district of Hangzhou city 杭州市, Zhejiang
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC)
upper bound
(TCM) upper burner, the part of the body within the thoracic cavity (above the diaphragm, including the heart and lungs)
palate (roof of the mouth)
top-quality / top-grade
to color (a picture etc) / to dye (fabric etc) / to stain (furniture etc)
last year
(of a movie) to start screening (Tw)
top-quality
to obtain / to master / overhand (serve etc) / seat of honor
upper section
to lock; to be locked
(of alcohol, love etc) to go to one's head; (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head; to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait)
Shanghai municipality (abbr. to 滬|沪)
appeals court
upper part of the body
office workers (as social group)
Shanghang, a county in Longyan City 龍巖市|龙岩市, Fujian
Sheung Shui (area in Hong Kong)
upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc)
top notch; highest quality
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
highest quality / top-notch
to hand over to / to give to higher authority / to seek connections in high places
to be able to read aloud fluently / to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud
upper layer
(of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital) / (of river boats) to go against the current / to submit (a document) to higher authorities
to go onto the streets / to go shopping
seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic
to get on a horse / to mount
to make progress / to do better / fig. ambitious to improve oneself / to move forwards
last month
superordinate concept
previous page
to advance; to step forward
first half of a game or contest
to serve food
upper garment
two-character surname Shangguan

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