上 shàng

1. shàng noun top; a high position
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 上 is the 14th most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist (Ho 2002, '上' 2; NCCED '上' shàng 1).
2. shang noun top; the position on or above something
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense, 上 usually follows a noun to indicate the position on top of or attached to the object referred to by the noun (Ho 2002, '上' 2; NCCED '上' shang noun). For example, 树枝上 'on tree branches ...' (Lao She, 2003, p. 236)
3. shàng verb to go up; to go forward
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Direction 方向
   Notes: For example, 猫上了树 'a cat climbed up a tree.' (XHN 2015-11-02) (NCCED '上' shàng 7, 8; Ho 2002, '上' 5)
4. shàng foreign shang
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
   Notes: Used for the sound in mantras and Sanskrit names
5. shàng adjective previous; last
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 5; Ho 2002, '上' 8) For example, 上个月 'last month' (VOA, 2015-12-23) and 上周五 'last Friday.' (VOA 2015-07-25)
6. shàng adjective high; higher
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 2; Ho 2002, '上' 1)
7. shàng adjective advanced
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
   Notes: Synonymous with 上级 in this sense (NCCED '上' shàng 4)
8. shàng adjective a monarch; a sovereign
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
   Notes: Synonymous with 君主 in this sense (NCCED '上' shàng 3)
9. shàng noun time
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: Synonymous with 时间 in this sense
10. shàng verb to do something; to do something at a set time; to go to
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
    Notes: For example, 上班 'go to work' or 上学 'go to school' (NCCED '上' shàng 11; Ho 2002, '上' 7)
11. shàng adjective far
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 远 in this sense
12. shàng verb big; as big as
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 12)
13. shàng adjective abundant; plentiful
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 丰足 in this sense
14. shàng verb to report
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 上报 or 呈报 in this sense (NCCED '上' shàng 9)
15. shàng verb to offer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 进献 or 送上 in this sense
16. shàng verb to go on stage
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Drama
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 13)
17. shàng verb to take office; to assume a post
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous with 就职 in this sense
18. shàng verb to install; to erect
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous with 安装 in this sense
19. shàng verb to suffer; to sustain
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous with 陷入 or 遭受 in this sense
20. shàng verb to burn
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous with 上火 in this sense
21. shàng verb to remember
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous with 上心 in this sense
22. shang preposition on; in
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (Ho 2002, '上' 3)
23. shàng adverb upward
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 10)
24. shàng verb to add
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 14)
25. shàng verb to fix; to install; to apply (powder, makeup, etc)
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 16)
26. shàng verb to meet
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 16)
27. shàng noun falling then rising (4th) tone
    Domain: Linguistics 语言学
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 26)
28. shang verb used after a verb indicating a result
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shang verb) For example, 一切的路都封上了 'all the roads were closed' (Lao She, 2003, p. 175) and 加上 'to add on.' (VOA, 2015-07-25)
29. shàng noun a musical note
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
    Notes: (NCCED '上' shàng 26)
30. shàng adjective higher, superior; uttara
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: uttara, or: śreṣṭha, Japanese: jou, or: shou, Tibetan: bla ma (BCSD '上', p. 7; Dhammajoti 2013, p. 9; Mahāvyutpatti 'uttaraḥ'; MW 'uttara'; SH '上', p. 55; Unihan '上')

Contained in

• 无上瑜伽(無上瑜伽) anuttarayoga
• 佛说最上意陀罗尼经(佛說最上意陀羅尼經) Viśeṣavatīnamadhāraṇīsūtra; Fo Shuo Zuishang Yi Tuoluoni Jing
• 上辈观(上輩觀) contemplation of the upper level
• 诸法最上王经(諸法最上王經) Zhu Fa Zuishang Wang Jing
• 无上正觉(無上正覺) anuttara bodhi; unexcelled enlightenment
• 上堂 ascend to the [Dharma] hall ; to eat a communinal meal in a temple hall ; superior rooms
• 上大供 great offering
• 无上尊(無上尊) without superior; peerless; exalted one
• 嘴上没毛，办事不牢(嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢) a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon ; seven places
• 九参上堂(九參上堂) nine visits to the hall [for worship]
• 在积极上(在積極上) from a proactive perspective
• 十不要 不要把情绪挂在脸上 不要被苦恼佔据内心 不要让才华埋没土中 不要将烦忧带到床上 不要令误会影响友谊 不要任理想随意放弃 不要给是非增加困扰 不要将责任推给别人 不要让遗憾带进棺材 不要把仇恨记到明天(十不要 不要把情緒掛在臉上 不要被苦惱佔據內心 不要讓才華埋沒土中 不要將煩憂帶到床上 不要令誤會影响友誼 不要任理想隨意放棄 不要給是非增加困擾 不要將責任推給別人 不要讓遺憾帶進棺材 不要把仇恨記到明天) Ten Nevers Never show your feelings on your face. Never let troubles occupy your mind. Never let your talents be buried in the ground. Never take your worries to bed. Never let misunderstanding jeopardize friendships. Never give up on your dreams just like that. Never let gossip add to your troubles. Never shirk your responsibilities. Never take your regrets into the coffin. Never hold grudges till the next day.
• 慧上菩萨经(慧上菩薩經) Jñānottara Bodhisattva sūtra
• 增上缘(增上緣) Positive Conditions ; contributory factor ; predominant condition; adhipatipratyaya

Also contained in

路上 、 府上 、 上杭 、 上天入地 、 上苍 、 上海合作组织 、 杠上 、 箭在弦上 、 节上生枝 、 上供 、 自上而下 、 上身 、 上野 、 座上客 、 山上 、 晚上 、 上街区 、 上火 、 上万 、 上杭县 、 上山下乡 、 陆上 、 上午 、 火上加油 、 不相上下 、 上文 、 上域 、 上党 、 上班 、 上片 、 烂泥扶不上墙 、 上钩儿 、 骑上 、 上升趋势 、 姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 、 上位 、 水上运动

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 759
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 685
• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 461
• Scroll 1 Miscellaneous Mantras Sutra (Zhongzhong Za Zhou Jing) 種種雜呪經 — count: 326
• Scroll 20 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 開元釋教錄 — count: 292
• Scroll 4 Kuśalamūlasamparigraha (Fo Shuo Hua Shou Jing) 佛說華手經 — count: 262
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 256
• Scroll 62 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 252
• Scroll 7 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 234 , has English translation
• Scroll 39 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 226

Collocations

• 上中 (上中) 上中下善 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 18
• 座上 (座上) 即於座上成阿耨多羅三藐三菩提 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
• 讲堂上 (講堂上) 忉利諸天所以集法講堂上者 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 8
• 上虚空 (上虛空) 金輪寶在宮門上虛空中住 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 8
• 上坐 (上坐) 往堂上坐 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
• 殿上 (殿上) 昇高殿上 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 7
• 梵天上 (梵天上) 生梵天上 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 7
• 忉利天上 (忉利天上) 梵童子於忉利天上說此正法 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 7
• 上漏 (上漏) 上漏為患 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 上远尘离垢 (上遠塵離垢) 八萬四千人即於座上遠塵離垢 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 6