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How to write 上

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上 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 1. The beginner band covers the first, most essential words every learner needs.

上 in a sentence

• 请qǐng上shàng楼lóu。

  Please go upstairs.

• 太tài阳yáng上shàng来lái了le。

  The sun has come up.

• 我wǒ们men上shàng山shān吧ba。

  Let's go up the mountain.

上 vs 下 vs 上面

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 下 xià down; below; to go down

  Antonym pair — 上楼 'go upstairs' vs 下楼 'go downstairs'; 上车 'get on' vs 下车 'get off'.

• 上面 shàng miàn on top of; above

  The locative 'on/above' a surface — 桌子上面 'on the table'. 上 alone is the direction 'up'.