上 shàng (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 syn 空气 空氣 kōng qì air / atmosphere syn 严肃 嚴肅 yán sù (of an atmosphere etc) solemn / grave / serious / (of a manner etc) earnest / severe / exacting / to strictly enforce syn 气氛 氣氛 qì fēn atmosphere / mood syn 上衣 shàng yī jacket / upper outer garment / CL:件[jian4] syn 参议院 參議院 cān yì yuàn senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly) 上身 shàng shēn upper part of the body syn 上方 shàng fāng place above (it) / upper part (of it) syn 气象 氣象 qì xiàng meteorological condition / weather / meteorology / atmosphere / ambience / scene syn 上层 上層 shàng céng upper layer 大气 大氣 dà qì atmosphere (surrounding the earth) / imposing / impressive / stylish syn 上流 shàng liú upper class syn 氛围 氛圍 fēn wéi ambience / atmosphere syn 大气层 大氣層 dà qì céng atmosphere 上游 shàng yóu upper reaches (of a river) / upper level / upper echelon / upstream syn 死气沉沉 死氣沉沉 sǐ qì chén chén dead atmosphere / lifeless / spiritless syn 上限 shàng xiàn upper bound 马背 馬背 mǎ bèi horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges 膀子 bǎng zi upper arm / arm / wing syn 占上风 佔上風 zhàn shàng fēng to take the lead / to gain the upper hand syn 贵妇 貴婦 guì fù upper-class woman / lady (old) syn 限额 限額 xiàn é quota / limit (upper or lower) / to set a quota / to set a limit 乌烟瘴气 烏煙瘴氣 wū yān zhàng qì billowing smoke (idiom) / foul atmosphere / (fig.) murky atmosphere / in a turmoil syn 帮子 幫子 bāng zi outer (of cabbage etc) / upper (of a shoe) / (coll.) group / gang syn 上装 上裝 shàng zhuāng upper garment syn 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 风气 風氣 fēng qì general mood / atmosphere / common practice syn 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 上部 shàng bù upper section 上肢 shàng zhī upper limb syn 至多 zhì duō up to the maximum / upper limit / at most syn 左上 zuǒ shàng upper left 上颌 上頜 shàng hé maxilla (upper jaw) syn 高亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) syn 正气 正氣 zhèng qì healthy atmosphere / moral spirit / unyielding integrity / probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases) 凝重 níng zhòng dignified / grave (expression) / imposing (attitude) / heavy (atmosphere) / (music etc) deep and resounding syn 栈道 棧道 zhàn dào plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff / (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers 先声夺人 先聲奪人 xiān shēng duó rén to gain the upper hand by a show of strength syn 上臂 shàng bì upper arm syn 上水 shàng shuǐ upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc) syn 脚背 腳背 jiǎo bèi instep (upper surface of the foot) syn 喜气 喜氣 xǐ qì hilarity / cheerful atmosphere syn 参院 參院 cān yuàn abbr. for 參議院|参议院[can1 yi4 yuan4], senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly) 脚面 腳面 jiǎo miàn instep (upper surface of the foot) syn 褂子 guà zi unlined upper garment syn 华西 華西 huá xī West China (region in the upper reaches of Yangtze River and Sichuan Province) 横空 橫空 héng kōng filling the atmosphere / covering the sky 上半身 shàng bàn shēn the upper body syn 学风 學風 xué fēng style of study / academic atmosphere / school discipline / school traditions 契丹 qì dān Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2] 上流社会 上流社會 shàng liú shè huì upper class / high society 涨停板 漲停板 zhǎng tíng bǎn daily upper limit on the price of a stock 校风 校風 xiào fēng the tone of a school / campus atmosphere 右上 yòu shàng upper right 澜沧江 瀾滄江 lán cāng jiāng Lancang River of Qinghai and Yunnan, the upper reaches of Mekong River 湄公河[Mei2 gong1 He2] of Southeast Asia 气场 氣場 qì cháng qi field (qigong) / aura / atmosphere 上唇 shàng chún upper lip / (entomology) labrum 五花大绑 五花大綁 wǔ huā dà bǎng to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up syn 元老院 yuán lǎo yuàn upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly 大气候 大氣候 dà qì hòu atmosphere 瞿塘峡 瞿塘峽 qū táng xiá Qutang Gorge, 8 km long gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4], the upper of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2] 上梁 上樑 shàng liáng to lay an upper beam / (a building's) upper beam / (a bicycle's) top tube 帮 幫 bāng to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society syn 派 pài (literary) tributary / branch of a river / clique / school / group / faction / (bound form) style / manner / to send (a person or resource) / to dispatch / to allocate (a resource or task) / to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by 一[yi]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Ππ) / the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie syn 片 piàn thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91 syn 趴 pā to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent syn 眉 méi eyebrow / upper margin syn 先下手为强 先下手為強 xiān xià shǒu wéi qiáng (idiom) strike first to gain the upper hand syn 上议院 上議院 shàng yì yuàn Upper Chamber / Upper House / Senate 肱 gōng upper arm / arm syn 膊 bó shoulder / upper arm syn 膀臂 bǎng bì upper arm / arm / reliable helper / right-hand man syn 对流层 對流層 duì liú céng troposphere / lower atmosphere 小褂 xiǎo guà close-fitting (Chinese-style) upper garment syn 万马齐喑 萬馬齊喑 wàn mǎ qí yīn thousands of horses, all mute (idiom) / no-one dares to speak out / an atmosphere of political oppression syn 老虎凳 lǎo hǔ dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse) 龙羊峡 龍羊峽 lóng yáng xiá Longyangxia canyon on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Gonghe county 共和縣|共和县[Gong4 he2 xian4] in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai 裉 kèn side seam in an upper garment 裼 xī to bare the upper body 上梁不正下梁歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom) / fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices syn 上院 shàng yuàn upper house 活气 活氣 huó qì spirited atmosphere 皮面 pí miàn outer skin / surface / leather cover (of a book) / drum skin / leather upper (of a shoe) syn 阘 闒 tà door or window in an upper story 腄 chuí callus on the hand or foot / upper leg bone of horse or bird / buttocks 闒 tà door or window in an upper story 低层大气 dī céng dài qì low atmosphere / lower atmosphere 洁净大气 潔凈大氣 clean atmosphere / natural atmosphere 空间和高层大气研究委员会 空間和高層大氣研究委員會 Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission 高层大气的电中性和离子化学 高層大氣的電中性和離子化學 neutral and ion chemistry of the upper atmosphere 海洋上层 海洋上層 upper layer of the oceans / upper ocean 变温层 變溫層 biàn wēn céng troposphere / lower atmosphere 大气圈 大氣圈 dà qì quān atmosphere 地球大气 地球大氣 dì qiú dà qì earth's atmosphere 浓灪 濃灪 nóng yù variant of 濃鬱|浓郁, dense (e.g. forest) / rich (color, fragrance, atmosphere) 浅草 淺草 qiǎn cǎo Asakusa, district of Tokyo with an atmosphere of old Japan, famous for the 7th century Buddhist temple, Sensō-ji 大气化学 大氣化學 dà qì huà xué air chemistry / atmospheric chemistry, chemistry of the atmosphere 大气组成相关分光光度计 Atmosphere Composition Correlation Spectrophotometer 不稳定大气 bù wěn dìng dài qì unstable atmosphere 