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
上进
shàngjìn
to make progress
Characters in this word
进 jìn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 井 well, mine shaft, pit
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她工作认真，也很上进，所以进步很快。 Tā gōngzuò rènzhēn, yě hěn shàngjìn, suǒyǐ jìnbù hěn kuài. She works seriously and is very motivated, so she makes quick progress.
- 他很上进，下班后还坚持学英语。 Tā hěn shàngjìn, xiàbān hòu hái jiānchí xué Yīngyǔ. He is very driven and keeps studying English even after work.
- 老师夸这个学生又聪明又上进。 Lǎoshī kuā zhège xuésheng yòu cōngmíng yòu shàngjìn. The teacher praised the student as both smart and ambitious.
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