上 shàng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- ⺊ 一 one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
上边
shàngbian
above, on top
Characters in this word
边 biān
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 力 strength, power
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 手机在上边。 Shǒujī zài shàngbian. The phone is up there.
- 他在上边等你。 Tā zài shàngbian děng nǐ. He's waiting for you upstairs.
- 上边有一个人。 Shàngbian yǒu yí ge rén. There's someone up there.
Related words
- 车上 chēshang in the car, on the bus
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 关上 guānshàng to close, to shut
- 楼上 lóushàng upstairs
- 路上 lùshang on the way
- 马上 mǎshàng right away, at once
- 上 shàng on, above; to go up
- 上班 shàngbān to go to work
- 上车 shàngchē to get on (a bus or car)
- 上次 shàngcì last time
- 上课 shàngkè to attend class, to start class
- 上网 shàngwǎng to go online