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 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 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 挨家挨户 挨家挨戶 āi jiā āi hù to go from house to house syn 上限 shàng xiàn upper bound 众议院 眾議院 zhòng yì yuàn lower house of bicameral assembly / House of Representatives (USA) / Chamber of Deputies 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 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 下议院 下議院 xià yì yuàn lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons 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 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 宅院 zhái yuàn house / house with a courtyard 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 人家 rén jiā household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1] syn 二手房 èr shǒu fáng second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man 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 金屋藏娇 金屋藏嬌 jīn wū cáng jiāo a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom) / a magnificent house built for a beloved woman 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 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) 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 门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 房子 fáng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1] syn 酒店 jiǔ diàn wine shop / pub (public house) / hotel / restaurant / (Tw) hostess club syn 奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) / (respectful) mistress of the house / CL:位[wei4] / (coll.) boobies / breasts syn 屋子 wū zi house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 宠物 寵物 chǒng wù house pet 白宫 白宮 bái gōng White House 搬家 bān jiā to move house / to relocate / to remove (sth) syn 房租 fáng zū rent for a room or house 房屋 fáng wū house / building / CL:所[suo3],套[tao4] syn 主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn 家门 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan syn 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn 庇护所 庇護所 bì hù suǒ safe house syn 急诊 急診 jí zhěn to give or receive urgent medical treatment / emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call) syn 出版社 chū bǎn shè publishing house 山庄 山莊 shān zhuāng manor house / villa / (used in hotel names) syn 摆设 擺設 bǎi shè to set out / to display / to furnish (a room or house) syn 房主 fáng zhǔ landlord / house owner syn 电工 電工 diàn gōng electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house) 软禁 軟禁 ruǎn jìn to place under house arrest syn 民宅 mín zhái house / people's homes syn 歌剧院 歌劇院 gē jù yuàn opera house syn 收容 shōu róng to provide a place to stay / to house / to accommodate / (of an institution etc) to take in / to accept syn 过家家 過家家 guò jiā jiā to play house 众议员 眾議員 zhòng yì yuán member of the House of Representatives 翻修 fān xiū to rebuild (house or road) / to overhaul syn 葫芦 葫蘆 hú lu calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house 买房 買房 mǎi fáng to buy a house 搬动 搬動 bān dòng to move (sth) around / to move house syn 宝库 寶庫 bǎo kù treasure-house / treasury / treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom) syn 咖啡屋 kā fēi wū coffee house / café / CL:家[jia1] 新房 xīn fáng brand new house / bridal chamber syn 出诊 出診 chū zhěn to visit a patient at home (of a doctor) / house call 名门 名門 míng mén famous family / prestigious house syn 平房 píng fáng bungalow / single-story house 