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上边

shàng bian 4–5

the top; above; overhead; upwards; the top margin; above-mentioned; those higher up

HSK level
HSK 1
HSK 3.0 level 1
Characters
2
上 · 边
Syllables
2
shàng bian
Frequency
Rare
corpus count 14,760

Part of speech: f,n

Character by character

  • 上shàng3 strokesHSK 1top; superior, highest; go up, send up
  • 边biān6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 邊edge, margin, side, border

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 上边. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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