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Shàng
HSK 7freq #3816

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Shàng
  1. 1.surname Shang
shàng
  1. 1.still
  2. 2.yet
  3. 3.to value
  4. 4.to esteem

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.still; yet
  2. 2.even
  3. 3.to value; to esteem; to worship
  4. 4.to assist; to administer (for the emperor)
  5. 5.prevailing custom
  6. 6.noble; virtuous
  7. 7.a surname, Shang
  8. 8.used in 尚羊 (chángyáng)
  9. 9.Variant pronunciation used in 尚書/尚书 (shàngshū, “position of the chief secretary”).

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs): semantic 八 + phonetic 向 (OC *hljaŋs, *hlaŋs). Similar to 冋. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *C-rjaŋ (“uncle, superior”) (STEDT; cf. Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tVŋ (“, upper part, rise, raise, top, summit”)). Cognate with 丈 (OC *daŋʔ) "gentleman, older man, husband", Tibetan ཨ་ཞང (a zhang, “maternal uncle”), Burmese အရှင် (a.hrang, “master, lord”), etc.

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