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 等 děng to wait for / to await / by the time / when / till / and so on / etc. / et al. / (bound form) class / rank / grade / (bound form) equal to / same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) syn 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 类 類 lèi kind / type / class / category / (classifier) kind / type / (bound form) to resemble / to be similar to syn 士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn 流 liú to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade syn 种类 種類 zhǒng lèi kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class syn 气质 氣質 qì zhì personality traits / temperament / disposition / aura / air / feel / vibe / refinement / sophistication / class syn 打工 dǎ gōng to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation 出身 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin syn 档次 檔次 dàng cì grade / class / quality / level syn 阶层 階層 jiē céng social class 上游 shàng yóu upper reaches (of a river) / upper level / upper echelon / upstream syn 华西 華西 huá xī West China (region in the upper reaches of Yangtze River and Sichuan Province) 分子 份子 fèn zǐ members of a class or group / political elements (such as intellectuals or extremists) / part syn 编入 編入 biān rù to include (in a list etc) / to assign (to a class, a work unit etc) 沙盘 沙盤 shā pán sand table (military) / 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc) / sand tray (on which to write characters) syn 股长 股長 gǔ zhǎng person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor 教课 教課 jiāo kè to teach class / to lecture syn 放牛班 fàng niú bān class of underachievers / dunces' class (Tw) 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) 班 bān team / class / grade / (military) squad / work shift / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles syn 课 課 kè subject / course / CL:門|门[men2] / class / lesson / CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2] / to levy / tax / form of divination syn 趴 pā to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent syn 一级 一級 yī jí first class / category A 二级 二級 èr jí grade 2 / second class / category B 高层 高層 gāo céng high-rise / high level / high class 上课 上課 shàng kè to go to class / to attend class / to go to teach a class syn 班级 班級 bān jí class (group of students) / grade (in school) 星级 星級 xīng jí star rating / top-class / highly rated 三级 三級 sān jí grade 3 / third class / category C 上方 shàng fāng place above (it) / upper part (of it) syn 班主任 bān zhǔ rèn teacher in charge of a class 四级 四級 sì jí grade 4 / fourth class / category D 培训班 培訓班 péi xùn bān training class syn 一类 一類 yī lèi same type / category 1 (i.e. class A) 大类 大類 dà lèi main type / main class / main category 同等 tóng děng equal to / having the same social class or status syn 课时 課時 kè shí class / period 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 班长 班長 bān zhǎng class monitor / squad leader / team leader / CL:個|个[ge4] 上衣 shàng yī jacket / upper outer garment / CL:件[jian4] syn 阶级 階級 jiē jí (social) class / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 下课 下課 xià kè to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired 上身 shàng shēn upper part of the body syn 上限 shàng xiàn upper bound 正品 zhèng pǐn certified goods / quality product / normal product / A-class goods 全班 quán bān the whole class 班上 bān shàng (in the) class 学时 學時 xué shí class hour / period syn 一等 yī děng first class / grade A syn 限额 限額 xiàn é quota / limit (upper or lower) / to set a quota / to set a limit 世界级 世界級 shì jiè jí world-class syn 上层 上層 shàng céng upper layer 靖国神社 靖國神社 jìng guó shén shè Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals 下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn 硬卧 硬臥 yìng wò hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk) 听课 聽課 tīng kè to attend a class / to go to a lecture 上乘 shàng chéng first-class / best quality / also pr. [shang4 sheng4] syn 资产阶级 資產階級 zī chǎn jiē jí the capitalist class / the bourgeoisie syn 上部 shàng bù upper section 重量级 重量級 zhòng liàng jí (sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important / major / prominent / influential 辅导班 輔導班 fǔ dǎo bān tutorial class / remedial class / preparatory course syn 甲级 甲級 jiǎ jí first rate / top class / excellent syn 同班 tóng bān to be in the same class / to be in the same squad / classmate syn 下层 下層 xià céng underlayer / lower class / lower strata / substrate 上流 shàng liú upper class syn 上半身 shàng bàn shēn the upper body syn 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 下士 xià shì lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy) 补课 補課 bǔ kè to make up missed lesson / to reschedule a class 教学大纲 教學大綱 jiào xué dà gāng course syllabus / class curriculum 门类 門類 mén lèi category / kind / class 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 二等 èr děng second class / second-rate 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 中产 中產 zhōng chǎn middle class / bourgeois 头等 頭等 tóu děng first class / prime / main syn 工人阶级 工人階級 gōng rén jiē jí working class syn 至多 zhì duō up to the maximum / upper limit / at most syn 逃课 逃課 táo kè to skip class syn 上等兵 shàng děng bīng private first class (army rank) 班次 bān cì grade / class number (in school) / flight or run number / flight or run (seen as an item) / shift (work period) 旁听 旁聽 páng tīng to sit in on (proceedings) / to be present at a meeting as an observer / to audit (a class) 自习 自習 zì xí to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons) / to study in one's free time / individual study syn 班会 班會 bān huì class meeting (in schools) 归入 歸入 guī rù to assign (to a class) / to classify as / to include syn 软卧 軟臥 ruǎn wò soft sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a softer bunk) 参议院 參議院 cān yì yuàn senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly) 上装 上裝 shàng zhuāng upper garment syn 中产阶级 中產階級 zhōng chǎn jiē jí middle class 补习班 補習班 bǔ xí bān cram class / cram school / evening classes 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 领导层 領導層 lǐng dǎo céng ruling class / leaders (of society) / oligarchy 中班 zhōng bān middle shift / swing shift / early night shift / middle class in kindergarten (4-5 year olds) 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 