上 shàng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- ⺊ divination 一 one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
上课
shàngkè
to attend class, to start class
Characters in this word
课 kè
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 果 fruit, nut
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我们八点上课。 Wǒmen bā diǎn shàngkè. Our class starts at eight.
- 老师在上课。 Lǎoshī zài shàngkè. The teacher is teaching a class.
- 今天不上课。 Jīntiān bú shàngkè. There are no classes today.
- 快走吧，要上课了！ Kuài zǒu ba, yào shàngkè le! Hurry up, class is about to start!
- 同学们认真上课。 Tóngxuémen rènzhēn shàngkè. The students are paying attention in class.
- 上课别说话！ Shàngkè bié shuōhuà! Don't talk during class!
- 你们几点去上课？ Nǐmen jǐ diǎn qù shàngkè? What time do you go to class?
- 妹妹喜欢上课吗？ Mèimei xǐhuan shàngkè ma? Does younger sister like attending class?
- 王明在教学楼上课。 Wáng Míng zài jiàoxuélóu shàngkè. Wang Ming attends class in the classroom building.
- 我生病了，不能上课。 Wǒ shēngbìng le, bù néng shàngkè. I am sick and cannot attend class.
Related words
- 车上 chē shang 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
- 上边 shàngbian above, on top
- 上车 shàngchē to get on (a bus or car)
- 上次 shàngcì last time
- 上网 shàngwǎng to go online