Miaozi

上下

shàng xiàㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Open in app
TOCFL 6

Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    the top and bottom of sth

  2. 2

    the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom

  3. 3

    to go up and down

  4. 4

    before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context")

  5. 5

    (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so

  6. 6

    (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")

  7. 7

    all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 - shang4 xia4] "the entire nation")

  8. 8

    relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 - shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")

Examples

See it in context

他實在有點不能相信，堂堂一個大畫家的傑作，居然會被上下倒轉地掛在牆上。

He was surprised to find the great artist's masterpiece hung on the wall upside down.

第十一頁的地圖看起來十分奇怪。可是，把它上下倒轉來看的話，就會變回你所熟悉的地圖了。

The map on page 11 looks very strange. Turn it upside down. Then it becomes a familiar map to you.

吉姆從樹上下來。

Jim got down from the tree.

你搭公車上下學嗎？

Do you commute to school by bus?

他上下晃了晃头。

他上下晃了晃頭。

He shook his head up and down.