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 右边 右邊 yòu bian right side / right, to the right syn 右手 yòu shǒu right hand / right-hand side 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 右翼 yòu yì the right flank / (politically) right-wing syn 左右手 zuǒ yòu shǒu left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man 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 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 天经地义 天經地義 tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course syn 至多 zhì duō up to the maximum / upper limit / at most syn 左上 zuǒ shàng upper left 对症下药 對症下藥 duì zhèng xià yào lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom) / fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps 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 右派 yòu pài (political) right / right wing / rightist 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 对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong? / Is it right? / OK, yes? (colloquial) 华西 華西 huá xī West China (region in the upper reaches of Yangtze River and Sichuan Province) 向右 xiàng yòu facing right / rightwards / to the right 上半身 shàng bàn shēn the upper body syn 对头 對頭 duì tóu correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right 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 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 够味 夠味 gòu wèi lit. just the right flavor / just right / just the thing / excellent 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 右 yòu (bound form) right / right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence 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 不是味儿 不是味兒 bù shì wèi r not the right flavor / not quite right / a bit off / fishy / queer / amiss / feel bad / be upset syn 适逢其会 適逢其會 shì féng qí huì (idiom) to happen to be in the right place at the right time 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 好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn 吧 ba (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. syn 对 對 duì right / correct / towards / at / for / concerning / regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite / facing / matching / to match together / to adjust / to fit / to suit / to answer / to reply / to add / to pour in (a fluid) / to check / to compare / classifier: couple / pair syn 是的 shì de yes, that's right / variant of 似的[shi4 de5] syn 那个 那個 nà ge that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] syn 中 zhōng within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right syn 当 當 dāng to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at syn 行 xíng to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense syn 正 zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn 不错 不錯 bù cuò correct / right / not bad / pretty good syn 成 chéng to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth syn 马上 馬上 mǎ shàng at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force) syn 正确 正確 zhèng què correct / sound / right / proper syn 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that syn 权利 權利 quán lì right (i.e. an entitlement to sth) / (classical) power and wealth syn 随时 隨時 suí shí at any time / at all times / at the right time / whenever necessary syn 切 qiè definitely / absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right. / Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters) syn 权 權 quán authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary syn 左右 zuǒ yòu left and right / nearby / approximately / attendant / to control / to influence syn 没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important / it's nothing / never mind / to have nothing to do / to be free / to be all right (out of danger or trouble) syn 即便 jí biàn even if / even though / right away / immediately syn 下手 xià shǒu to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest syn 及时 及時 jí shí timely / at the right time / promptly / without delay syn 路线 路線 lù xiàn itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 然 rán correct / right / so / thus / like this / -ly syn 对了 對了 duì le Correct! / Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ... 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 不要紧 不要緊 bù yào jǐn unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but syn 没错 沒錯 méi cuò that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong syn 正面 zhèng miàn front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open syn 