上

used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]

(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

Character component without intrinsic meaning

old variant of 上[shang4]

to swarm around / flocking (to see)

see 一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱[yi1 tiao2 sheng2 shang4 de5 ma4 zha5]

lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together

along the way / the whole way / (fig.) the whole time

at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess

see 七上八下[qi1 shang4 ba1 xia4]

of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave

see 三十六計，走為上策|三十六计，走为上策[san1 shi2 liu4 ji4 , zou3 wei2 shang4 ce4]

three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) / spare the rod, spoil the child

to make a terrible scene (idiom) / to throw a tantrum