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 边 邊 biān side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously syn 上衣 shàng yī jacket / upper outer garment / CL:件[jian4] syn 余地 餘地 yú dì margin / leeway 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 上边 上邊 shàng bian the top / above / overhead / upwards / the top margin / above-mentioned / those higher up syn 上流 shàng liú upper class syn 上游 shàng yóu upper reaches (of a river) / upper level / upper echelon / upstream syn 大幅 dà fú a big margin / substantially 遥遥领先 遙遙領先 yáo yáo lǐng xiān a long way in front / to lead by a wide margin 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 保证金 保證金 bǎo zhèng jīn earnest money / cash deposit / bail / margin (in derivative trading) 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 地头 地頭 dì tóu place / locality / edge of a field / lower margin of a page 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 大幅度 dà fú dù by a wide margin / substantial syn 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 利润率 利潤率 lì rùn lǜ profit margin 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 小幅 xiǎo fú by a small margin / slightly (increase or decrease) / (of a painting or a piece of calligraphy) small syn 差值 差値 chāi zhí margin 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 险胜 險勝 xiǎn shèng to win by a narrow margin / to barely win / narrow victory 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] 切口 qiē kǒu incision / notch / slit / gash / margin of a page / trimmed edge (of a page in a book) syn 宋江 sòng jiāng Song Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传 西门庆 西門慶 xī mén qìng Ximen Qing, a fictional character in the novels "Jin Ping Mei" 金瓶梅[Jin1 ping2 mei2] and "Water Margin" 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4] 上流社会 上流社會 shàng liú shè huì upper class / high society 边儿 邊兒 biān r side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边[bian1] 涨停板 漲停板 zhǎng tíng bǎn daily upper limit on the price of a stock 右上 yòu shàng upper right 李逵 lǐ kuí Li Kui, character in the novel Water Margin 水滸全傳|水浒全传[Shui3 hu3 quan2 zhuan4] 林冲 林沖 lín chōng Lin Chong, one of the Heroes of the Marsh in Water Margin 四大名著 sì dà míng zhù the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] 腰斩 腰斬 yāo zhǎn to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) / to cut sth in half / to reduce sth by a dramatic margin / to terminate / to cut short 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 施耐庵 shī nài ān Shi Nai'an (1296-1371), author of Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4] 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 缘 緣 yuán cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along 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 留余地 留餘地 liú yú dì to leave room to maneuver / to leave a margin for error 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 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 断裂型大陆边 斷裂型大陸邊 rifted continental margin / rifted margin / divergent margin / extensional continental margin 拉张型大陆边 拉張型大陸邊 rifted continental margin / rifted margin / divergent margin / extensional continental margin 活动大陆边 active continental margin / convergent continental margin 弱增生会聚型大陆边 弱增生會聚型大陸邊 poor convergent continental margin / non-accretionary convergent continental margin 非增生会聚型大陆边 非增生會聚型大陸邊 poor convergent continental margin / non-accretionary convergent continental margin 扩张型离散边界 擴張型離散邊界 constructive divergent margin / constructive margin 剪切型大陆边 剪切型大陸邊 sheared continental margin / transform continental margin 被动型大陆边 被動型大陸邊 passive continental margin / divergent continental margin 稳定型大陆边 穩定型大陸邊 passive continental margin / divergent continental margin 大西洋型大陆边 大西洋型大陸邊 passive continental margin / divergent continental margin 天头 天頭 tiān tóu the upper margin of a page 海洋上层 海洋上層 upper layer of the oceans / upper ocean 水浒传 水滸傳 shuǐ hǔ zhuàn Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵[Shi1 Nai4 an1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature 武松 wǔ sōng Wu Song, a heroic outlaw of Liangshan Marsh in the classic novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], whose exploits include killing a tiger with his bare hands 页边 頁邊 yè biān (page) margin 