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shàng xià

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Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

shàng xià · soeng6 haa6 (Jyutping)

  1. the top and bottom of sth
  2. the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom
  3. to go up and down
  4. before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context")
  5. (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so
  6. (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
  7. all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation")
  8. relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

上

Meaning
top; superior, highest; go up, send up
Radical
一
Strokes
3
Components
⿱⺊一
Cangjie
YM
Four-corner
2110.0

下

Meaning
under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
Radical
一
Strokes
3
Components
⿱一卜
Cangjie
MY
Four-corner
1023.0

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