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
上游
shàngyóu
upstream; upper reaches; upstream sector
Characters in this word
游 yóu
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 斿 to swim
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这家企业控制了产业链上游的关键原材料供应。 Zhè jiā qǐyè kòngzhì le chǎnyèliàn shàngyóu de guānjiàn yuáncáiliào gōngyìng. This company controls the supply of key raw materials in the upstream part of the industrial chain.
- 船逆流而上，终于到了上游的小村庄。 Chuán nìliú ér shàng, zhōngyú dàole shàngyóu de xiǎo cūnzhuāng. The boat sailed against the current and finally reached the small village on the upper reaches.
- 上游的水很干净，我们可以直接喝。 Shàngyóu de shuǐ hěn gānjìng, wǒmen kěyǐ zhíjiē hē. The water in the upper reaches is very clean, we can drink it directly.
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