上下

shàng xià

HSK 5freq #4808

Meanings

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shàng xià

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[shàng xià wén] "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[shàng xià hé mù] "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
7.all members of a group (as in 举国上下[jǔ guó shàng xià] "the entire nation")
8.relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bù xiāng shàng xià] "evenly matched")

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Wiktionary

1.high and low
2.from top to bottom
3.up and down
4.old and young
5.relative superiority or inferiority
6.thereabouts; neighbourhood; about; or so
7.almost; about to
8.to go up and down
9.to have contact with; to have dealings with
10.to pass by

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Stroke order

Components

上⺊㇐

下㇐卜

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Characters

Example sentences

我從出租車上下來。
I got out of the taxi.
你搭公車上下學嗎？
Do you go to school by bus?
你搭公車上下學嗎？
Do you commute to school by bus?

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More examples & usage (AI)

Synonyms

高低高下懸下悬下左右上落

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Related words

上下床 bunk bed 上下文 (textual) context 上下铺 bunk bed 上下班 to start and finish work 不相上下 equally matched 不分上下 not to know one's place 浑身上下 all over 上下其手 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint 举国上下 the entire nation 上下五千年 Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹余章[Cáo Yú zhāng]上下文菜单 context menu (computing)天上下刀子 lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom)