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
上调
shàngtiáo
to adjust upward; to raise
Characters in this word
调 diào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 周 Zhou dynasty
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 央行宣布上调基准利率，以抑制持续升温的通胀预期。 Yāngháng xuānbù shàngtiáo jīzhǔn lìlǜ, yǐ yìzhì chíxù shēngwēn de tōngzhàng yùqī. The central bank announced an upward adjustment of the benchmark interest rate to curb rising inflation expectations.
- 公司决定上调员工的基本工资，大家都非常高兴。 Gōngsī juédìng shàngtiáo yuángōng de jīběn gōngzī, dàjiā dōu fēicháng gāoxìng. The company decided to raise employees' basic salaries, and everyone was delighted.
- 今年地铁票价上调了百分之五，乘客们有些不满。 Jīnnián dìtiě piàojià shàngtiáo le bǎifēnzhī wǔ, chéngkèmen yǒuxiē bùmǎn. This year subway fares were raised by five percent, and passengers are somewhat unhappy.
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