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
上市
shàngshì
to go public with shares
Characters in this word
市 shì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- Made of
- 亠 lid, cover 巾 cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
Example phrases
- 这家公司计划明年在上海证券交易所上市。 Zhè jiā gōngsī jìhuà míngnián zài Shànghǎi zhèngquàn jiāoyìsuǒ shàngshì. This company plans to go public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange next year.
- 这种新水果下个月就要上市了。 Zhè zhǒng xīn shuǐguǒ xià ge yuè jiù yào shàngshì le. This new fruit will go on sale next month.
- 新手机上市第一天，商店门口就排起了长队。 Xīn shǒujī shàngshì dì yī tiān, shāngdiàn ménkǒu jiù pái qǐ le cháng duì. On the first day the new phone went on sale, a long line formed outside the store.
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