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 地盘 地盤 dì pán domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth 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 甲壳 甲殼 jiǎ qiào carapace / crust / outer shell / also pr. [jia3 ke2] syn 上层 上層 shàng céng upper layer 上流 shàng liú upper class syn 上游 shàng yóu upper reaches (of a river) / upper level / upper echelon / upstream 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 地壳 地殼 dì qiào the Earth's crust 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 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 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 硬壳 硬殼 yìng ké crust / hard shell syn 上颌 上頜 shàng hé maxilla (upper jaw) 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 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) 上半身 shàng bàn shēn the upper body syn 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 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 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 硬皮 yìng pí crust (of a solidified liquid etc) 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 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 小褂 xiǎo guà close-fitting (Chinese-style) upper garment 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) 岩石圈 yán shí quān lithosphere (in geology, the rigid crust of the earth) 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 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 富钴铁锰壳 富鈷鐵錳殼 cobalt-rich ferromanganese crust / cobalt-rich iron-manganese crust / cobalt crust 铁锰壳 鐵錳殼 ferromanganese crust / iron manganese crust 新地壳 新地殼 new crust / newly created crust 地壳边界 地殼邊界 continent / ocean boundary / oceanic / continental crust boundary / crust boundary 过渡性地壳 過渡性地殼 gradational crust / transition crust 芝心 zhī xīn stuffed crust (pizza) / cheesy crust 海洋上层 海洋上層 upper layer of the oceans / upper ocean 面包皮 麵包皮 miàn bāo pí crust 大洋型地壳 大洋型地殼 dà yáng xíng dì qiào oceanic crust (geology) 构造运动 構造運動 gòu zào yùn dòng tectonic movement / movement of earth's crust 壳儿 殼兒 ké r shell / crust 壳幔 殼幔 ké màn crust-mantle (geology) 洋底地壳 洋底地殼 yáng dǐ dì qiào oceanic crust (geology) 洋壳 洋殼 yáng qiào oceanic crust (geology) 矽镁层 矽鎂層 xī měi céng sima (geology) / silicon and magnesium layer in earth's crust 结壳 結殼 jiē ké crust / crusting / incrustation 蝴蝶酥 hú dié sū crispy short-crust pastry / mille-feuilles 富钴壳 crust pavement 大陆性地壳 continental crust 地壳裂片 crust sliver / continental strap 大陆地壳和海洋地壳过渡区 大陸地殼和海洋地殼過渡區 continent / ocean crust transition / continent-ocean transition 下落地壳 下落地殼 downthrown crust 海洋性地壳 海洋性地殼 oceanic crust 矿壳开采 礦殼開采 crust mining 下地壳 下地殼 lower crust 结壳 結殼 jié ké crust / crusting / incrustation 菠萝包 菠蘿包 bō luó bāo pineapple bun, a sweet bun popular esp. in Hong Kong (typically does not contain pineapple – the name comes from the rough top crust which resembles pineapple skin) 贵族化 貴族化 guì zú huà gentrification / aristocratic / upper-class 上齿 上齒 shàng chǐ upper teeth 中气层 中氣層 zhōng qì céng mesosphere / upper atmosphere 金沙江 jīn shā jiāng Jinsha river, upper reaches of Yangtze river or Changjiang 長江|长江 in Sichuan and Yunnan 