上 (shàng) means Above (on - go up - upper - first). Below are 24 of the 728 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
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From the graded readers
早 上 天气还很好。
zǎoshang tiānqì hái / huán hěnhǎo.
The weather was still fine in the morning.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Rainy Day
上 个月我搬家了。
shànggèyuè wǒ bānjiā le / liǎo / liào.
I moved house last month.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
街 上 几乎没有人。
jiēshàng jīhū méiyǒu rén.
There was almost nobody about.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
它睡在我的椅子 上 。
tā shuì zài wǒ de(possessive) yǐ zǐ shàng.
He sleeps on my chair.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
今天早 上 我迟到了。
jīntiān zǎoshang wǒ chídào le / liǎo / liào.
I was late this morning.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
我们想在山 上 看日出。
wǒmen xiǎng zài shānshàng kàn / kān rìchū.
We wanted to see the sunrise from the top.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
From the travel phrasebook
明天 上 午的。
Míngtiān shàngwǔ de.
For tomorrow morning.
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
请把包放 上 去。
Qǐng bǎ bāo fàng shàngqù.
Put your bag on the belt.
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
我要转机去 上 海。
Wǒ yào zhuǎnjī qù Shànghǎi.
I'm transferring to Shanghai.
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
我东西忘在车 上 了。
Wǒ dōngxi wàng zài chē shang le.
I left something in the car.
Travel phrasebook · Taxis and ride-hailing
From the grammar library
昨天我没 上 班。
Zuótiān wǒ méi shàngbān.
I didn't work yesterday.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Where time words go
桌子 上 有一本书。
Zhuōzi shang yǒu yì běn shū.
There's a book on the table.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 有 — have and there is
我晚 上 在家看电视。
Wǒ wǎnshang zài jiā kàn diànshì.
I watch TV at home in the evening.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Word order — Subject + Verb + Object
他把书放在桌子 上 。
Tā bǎ shū fàng zài zhuōzi shang.
He put the book on the table.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · 把 sentences
上 appears in 728 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 上
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 上
How is 上 used in a sentence?
This page shows 728 sentences using 上 (shàng, "Above (on - go up - upper - first)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 上 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 上 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 上 an HSK word?
Yes — 上 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 上?
The dictionary page for 上 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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