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
上学
shàngxué
to go to school
Characters in this word
学 xué
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 弟弟七点去上学。 Dìdi qī diǎn qù shàngxué. My younger brother goes to school at seven.
- 哥哥喜欢上学。 Gēge xǐhuan shàngxué. My older brother likes going to school.
- 你们几点上学？ Nǐmen jǐ diǎn shàngxué? What time do you go to school?
- 小孩儿六岁上学。 Xiǎoháir liù suì shàngxué. Children go to school at age six.
- 儿子今天不想上学。 Érzi jīntiān bù xiǎng shàngxué. The son doesn't want to go to school today.
- 女儿走路去上学。 Nǚ'ér zǒulù qù shàngxué. The daughter walks to school.
- 他坐汽车去上学吗？ Tā zuò qìchē qù shàngxué ma? Does he take the car to go to school?
- 我开车送他去上学。 Wǒ kāichē sòng tā qù shàngxué. I will drive him to school.
- 我们一起去上学吧！ Wǒmen yìqǐ qù shàngxué ba! Let's go to school together!
- 妹妹生病了，没去上学。 Mèimei shēngbìng le, méi qù shàngxué. Younger sister was sick and didn't go to school.
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
- 上课 shàngkè to attend class, to start class