Up in Chinese (Mandarin): 上 (shàng)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 上

• 上

  Up, on, above.

  3 strokes

Fourth tone. 上 also means to go to: 上学 (shàngxué) is to go to school. Its opposite is 下 (xià).

More examples with 上

• 书在桌子上。

  書在桌子上。

  Shū zài zhuōzi shang.

  The book is on the table.

• 我们上楼吧。

  我們上樓吧。

  Wǒmen shàng lóu ba.

  Let's go upstairs.

How to write 上 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.