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
上场
shàngchǎng
to go on stage; to enter the field
Characters in this word
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
- 替补队员刚一上场，就用一次关键抢断扭转了局面。 Tìbǔ duìyuán gāng yí shàngchǎng, jiù yòng yí cì guānjiàn qiǎngduàn niǔzhuǎn le júmiàn. As soon as the substitute entered the field, he turned the situation around with a crucial steal.
- 轮到我们上场时，全场观众都站起来欢呼。 Lúndào wǒmen shàngchǎng shí, quánchǎng guānzhòng dōu zhàn qǐlái huānhū. When our turn came to take the field, the whole crowd stood up and cheered.
- 他第一次上场表演，心里难免有点紧张。 Tā dì yī cì shàngchǎng biǎoyǎn, xīnlǐ nánmiǎn yǒudiǎn jǐnzhāng. The first time he went on stage to perform, he inevitably felt a little nervous.
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