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上下

shàngxià

the top and bottom of sth

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Meaning of 上下 in English

shàngxiàHSK 5nounSyllabus #2965
  1. the top and bottom of sth
  2. the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom
  3. before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context")
  4. (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so
  5. all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation")
  6. relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
  7. (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
  8. to go up and down

Characters

上 on its own →
shàng · first (of multiple parts)

HSK words with 上

上HSK 1上班HSK 1上课HSK 1上午HSK 1上学HSK 1晚上HSK 1早上HSK 1路上HSK 2上来HSK 2上面HSK 2
下 on its own →
xià · measure word to show the frequency of an

HSK words with 下

下HSK 1下雨HSK 1下班HSK 1下课HSK 1下午HSK 1一下HSK 1下来HSK 2下面HSK 2下去HSK 2以下HSK 3

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences