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, Tibetan: bla ma (BCSD '上', p. 7; Mahāvyutpatti 'uttaraḥ'; MW 'uttara'; SH '上', p. 55)

Contained in

• 无上正等觉(無上正等覺) anuttara-samyak-sambodhi; unexcelled complete enlightenment
• 中品上生 The Top of the Intermediary Grade
• 修上品十善 cultivating the ten good deeds to the utmost degree
• 村上专精(村上專精) Senshō Murakami
• 鹊巢顶上(鵲巢頂上) bird that had built a nest on top of his head
• 清明上河图(清明上河圖) Along the River During the Qingming Festival ; Along the River During the Qingming Festival
• 五参上堂(五參上堂) ascent to the hall on every-fifth day
• 无上瑜伽(無上瑜伽) anuttarayoga
• 增上意学(增上意學) training on meditative concentration
• 五上堂 address the assembly on every-fifth day
• 佛说无二平等最上瑜伽大教王经(佛說無二平等最上瑜伽大教王經) Advayasamatāvijayakalparāja; Fo Shuo Wu Er Pingdeng Zuishang Yujia Da Jiao Wang Jing

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• India 印度 Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》 — count: 95
• Humanistic Buddhism: A Blueprint for Life 人間佛教的藍圖 Humanistic Buddhism Series 5 - The Human World and Practice 《人間佛教系列5－人間與實踐》 — count: 87
• Monasteries in the Mountains and Monasteries in the in the Cities - Monastics Living in Seclusion and Monastics Living in Society 山林寺院和都市寺院-----兼論蘭若比丘和人間比丘 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 68
• Thailand 泰國 Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》 — count: 65
• Hsing Yun Diary 20 - Discussing Emptiness and Existence: The Vertical is Exhausted by the Three Time Periods 星雲日記20～談空說有 豎窮三際(1992/11/16～1992/11/30) Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》 — count: 64
• Humanistic Buddhism and Training in Wisdom 人間佛教的慧學 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 59
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• Hsing Yun Diary 18 - Find Your Heart Again: Develop Broad and Good Affinity With Others 星雲日記18～把心找回來 廣結善緣(1992/8/16～1992/8/31) Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》 — count: 52
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Collocations

• 世间上 (世間上) 世間上只要多一個人發 — Ten Lectures on the Eight Realizations of a Bodhisattva Sutra 《八大人覺經十講》, Lecture 1: An Overview of the Sutra on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings 第一講　八大人覺經的概述 — count: 12
• 上说 (上說) 上說 — Ten Lectures on the Eight Realizations of a Bodhisattva Sutra 《八大人覺經十講》, Lecture 2: Buddhism's World View 第二講　佛教的世間觀 — count: 9
• 社会上 (社會上) 在社會上有是非鬥爭 — Ten Lectures on the Eight Realizations of a Bodhisattva Sutra 《八大人覺經十講》, Lecture 2: Buddhism's World View 第二講　佛教的世間觀 — count: 6
• 会上 (會上) 最後法華會上 — The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》, Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna 大乘與小乘 — count: 5
• 思想上 (思想上) 有思想上的愚痴 — Ten Lectures on the Eight Realizations of a Bodhisattva Sutra 《八大人覺經十講》, Lecture 6: Study Widely, Listen More 第六講　智慧為化愚的根本 — count: 5
• 上求 (上求) 上求佛道 — Ten Lectures on the Eight Realizations of a Bodhisattva Sutra 《八大人覺經十講》, Lecture 1: An Overview of the Sutra on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings 第一講　八大人覺經的概述 — count: 4
• 床上 (床上) 他的十七歲的女兒正病在床上 — The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》, 2: The Thirty Three Manifestations of Avalokiteśvara (heavenly body and human body) 二．三十三身（天身、人身） — count: 3
• 见解上 (見解上) 有見解上的愚痴 — Ten Lectures on the Eight Realizations of a Bodhisattva Sutra 《八大人覺經十講》, Lecture 6: Study Widely, Listen More 第六講　智慧為化愚的根本 — count: 3
• 卷上 (卷上) 第八卷上把 — The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》, The Lotus Sūtra 妙法蓮華經 — count: 3
• 道德上 (道德上) 這從道德上看 — The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》, Difficulties and Benefits 1: Seven Difficulties 冥　益 一．七難 — count: 3