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
上半场
shàngbànchǎng
first half of a match or performance
Characters in this word
半 bàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- Made of
- 丷 horns 牛 ox, cow, bull
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
场 chǎng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 球队在上半场占尽优势，却迟迟无法把控球转化为进球。 Qiúduì zài shàngbànchǎng zhànjìn yōushì, què chíchí wúfǎ bǎ kòngqiú zhuǎnhuà wéi jìnqiú. The team dominated the first half but could not turn possession into goals.
- 音乐会的上半场以钢琴曲为主。 Yīnyuèhuì de shàngbànchǎng yǐ gāngqín qǔ wéi zhǔ. The first half of the concert featured mostly piano pieces.
- 上半场结束时，两队打成平手。 Shàngbànchǎng jiéshù shí, liǎng duì dǎchéng píngshǒu. At the end of the first half, the two teams were tied.
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