| 上 | shàng | on top; upon; above; upper; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university) |
| 上海 | Shàng hǎi | Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 沪 |
| 上述 | shàng shù | aforementioned; above-mentioned |
| 上面 | shàng mian | on top of; above-mentioned |
| 上升 | shàng shēng | to rise; to go up; to ascend |
| 上下 | shàng xià | up and down; top and bottom; old and new; length; about |
| 上去 | shàng qù | to go up |
| 上来 | shàng lái | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) |
| 上部 | shàng bù | upper section |
| 上午 | shàng wǔ | morning; CL:个 |
| 上层 | shàng céng | upper layer |
| 上级 | shàng jí | higher authorities; superiors; CL:个 |
| 上进 | shàng jìn | to make progress; to do better; fig. ambitious to improve oneself; to move forwards |
| 上诉 | shàng sù | appeal (a judicial case) |
| 上帝 | shàng dì | God |
| 上任 | shàng rèn | to take office |
| 上前 | shàng qián | to go forward; front upper |
| 上层建筑 | shàng céng jiàn zhù | superstructure |
| 上空 | shàng kōng | overhead; in the sky |
| 上山 | shàng shān | to go uphill; to spin cocoon (silkworms); to pass away |
| 上游 | shàng yóu | upper reaches (of a river); upper level; upper echelon; upstream |
| 上装 | shàng zhuāng | upper garment |
| 上边 | shàng bian | the top; above; overhead; upwards; the top margin; above-mentioned; those higher up |
| 上学 | shàng xué | to go to school; to attend school |
| 上旬 | shàng xún | first third of a month |
| 上涨 | shàng zhǎng | to rise; to go up |
| 上天 | shàng tiān | Heaven; Providence; God; the day before; the sky above; to fly to the sky; to take off and fly into space; to die; to pass away |
| 上万 | shàng wàn | over ten thousand; fig. untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands |
| 上台 | shàng tái | to rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater) |
| 上交 | shàng jiāo | to hand over to; to give to higher authority; to seek connections in high places |
| 上等 | shàng děng | highest quality; top-notch |
| 上课 | shàng kè | to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class |
| 上将 | shàng jiàng | general; admiral; air chief marshal |
| 上门 | shàng mén | drop in; visit |
| 上次 | shàng cì | last time |
| 上行 | shàng xíng | up train (i.e. towards the capital) |
| 上班 | shàng bān | to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office |
| 上当 | shàng dàng | taken in (by sb's deceit); to be fooled; to be duped |
| 上书 | shàng shū | to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition |
| 上水 | Shàng shuǐ | Sheung Shui (area in Hong Kong) |
| 上谕 | shàng yù | imperial edict; see also 圣谕 |
| 上文 | shàng wén | preceding part of the text |
| 上流 | shàng liú | upper class |
| 上马 | shàng mǎ | to get on a horse; to mount |
| 上山下乡 | shàng shān xià xiāng | to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers); forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals |
| 上皮 | shàng pí | epithelium |
| 上演 | shàng yǎn | to screen (a movie); to stage (a play); a screening; a staging |
| 上场 | shàng chǎng | on stage; to go on stage; to take the field |
| 上市 | shàng shì | to hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market) |
| 上街 | shàng jiē | to go onto the streets; to go shopping |
