| 上半 | shàng bàn | first half |
| 上半年 | shàng bàn nián | first half (of a year) |
| 上半晌 | shàng bàn shǎng | forenoon; morning; a.m. |
| 上半叶 | shàng bàn yè | the first half (of a period) |
| 上半身 | shàng bàn shēn | the upper body |
| 上半部分 | shàng bàn bù fèn | upper part; top half |
| 上口齿 | shàng kǒu chǐ | supraoral tooth |
| 上合 | Shàng Hé | SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation); abbr. for 上海合作组织 |
| 上合组织 | Shàng Hé Zǔ zhī | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) |
| 上同调 | shàng tóng diào | cohomology (invariant of a topological space in math.) |
| 上周 | shàng zhōu | last week |
| 上唇 | shàng chún | upper lip |
| 上坡 | shàng pō | uphill; upslope; to move upwards; to climb a slope |
| 上坡段 | shàng pō duàn | uphill section (of a race) |
| 上坡路 | shàng pō lù | uphill road; slope up; fig. upward trend; progress |
| 上城区 | Shàng chéng qū | Shangcheng district of Hangzhou city 杭州市, Zhejiang |
| 上坟 | shàng fén | to sweep the tombs (of one's ancestors); the Qingming festival |
| 上外 | Shàng Wài | abbr. for 上海外国语大学 |
| 上天入地 | shàng tiān rù dì | lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades; fig. whichever way, I don't care; to decide to go ahead without foreboding |
| 上夸克 | shàng kuā kè | up quark (physics) |
| 上将军 | shàng jiàng jūn | top general; commander-in-chief |
| 上岗 | shàng gǎng | to take up one's post; to be given a job |
| 上市公司 | shàng shì gōng sī | a listed company |
| 上座部 | shàng zuò bù | Theravada, the primary Buddhism, as spread to Sri Lanka and South-East Asia |
| 上弦月 | shàng xián yuè | first quarter moon |
| 上思县 | Shàng sī xiàn | Shangxi county in Fangchenggang 防城港, Guangxi |
| 上扬 | shàng yáng | to rise (i.e. number increases); a price rise; to raise |
| 上扬趋势 | shàng yáng qū shì | upward trend; rising tendency |
| 上新世 | Shàng xīn shì | Pliocene (geological epoch from 5m-2m years ago) |
| 上方宝剑 | shàng fāng bǎo jiàn | imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers); imperial Chinese version of 007 licensed to kill |
| 上星期 | shàng xīng qī | last week; previous week |
| 上月 | shàng yuè | last month |
上有政策，
下有对策 | shàng yǒu zhèng cè ,
xià yǒu duì cè | the higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them (idiom) |
| 上杭县 | Shàng háng xiàn | Shanghang county in Longyan 龙岩, Fujian |
| 上林县 | Shàng lín xiàn | Shanglin county in Nanning 南宁, Guangxi |
| 上栗 | Shàng lì | Shangli county in Pingxiang 萍乡, Jiangxi |
| 上栗县 | Shàng lì xiàn | Shangli county in Pingxiang 萍乡, Jiangxi |
| 上杆 | shàng gān | backswing (golf) |
| 上梁不正下梁歪 | shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi | lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices |
| 上楼 | shàng lóu | to go upstairs |
| 上标 | shàng biāo | superscript |
| 上款 | shàng kuǎn | addressee; name of recipient on painting or scroll |
| 上气不接下气 | shàng qì bù jiē xià qì | not enough breath (idiom); to gasp for breath |
| 上汽 | Shàng Qì | abbr. for 上海汽车工业集团, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC) |
| 上流社会 | shàng liú shè huì | upper class; high society |
| 上浣 | shàng huàn | first ten days of a lunar month |
| 上浮 | shàng fú | to float up |
| 上海交通大学 | Shàng hǎi Jiāo tōng Dà xué | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| 上海合作组织 | Shàng hǎi Hé zuò Zǔ zhī | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) |
| 上海商务印书馆 | Shàng hǎi Shāng wù yìn shū guǎn | Commercial Press, Shanghai (from 1897) |
