| 上课 | shàng kè | to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class |
| 上将 | shàng jiàng | general; admiral; air chief marshal |
| 上门 | shàng mén | drop in; visit |
| 实际上 | shí jì shàng | in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice |
| 皇上 | huáng shang | the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty |
| 上次 | shàng cì | last time |
| 上行 | shàng xíng | up train (i.e. towards the capital) |
| 上班 | shàng bān | to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office |
| 看上 | kàn shàng | to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for |
| 上当 | shàng dàng | taken in (by sb's deceit); to be fooled; to be duped |
| 上书 | shàng shū | to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition |
| 至上 | zhì shàng | supreme; paramount; above all else |
| 上水 | Shàng shuǐ | Sheung Shui (area in Hong Kong) |
| 上谕 | shàng yù | imperial edict; see also 圣谕 |
| 上文 | shàng wén | preceding part of the text |
| 上流 | shàng liú | upper class |
| 上马 | shàng mǎ | to get on a horse; to mount |
| 上山下乡 | shàng shān xià xiāng | to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers); forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals |
| 上皮 | shàng pí | epithelium |
| 关上 | guān shang | to close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) |
| 世上 | shì shàng | on earth |
| 上演 | shàng yǎn | to screen (a movie); to stage (a play); a screening; a staging |
| 上场 | shàng chǎng | on stage; to go on stage; to take the field |
| 上市 | shàng shì | to hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market) |
| 上街 | shàng jiē | to go onto the streets; to go shopping |
| 上报 | shàng bào | to report to one's superiors; to appear in the news; to reply to a letter |
| 上风 | shàng fēng | on the up; currently winning; rising (in popularity etc) |
| 大体上 | dà tǐ shàng | overall; in general terms |
| 上身 | shàng shēn | upper part of the body |
| 上头 | shàng tou | above; on top of; on the surface of |
| 上衣 | shàng yī | jacket; upper outer garment; CL:件 |
| 上火 | shàng huǒ | to get angry; to have a yang 阳 imbalance in the body causing excessive internal heat (traditional Chinese medicine) |
| 上缴 | shàng jiǎo | to transfer (income, profits etc) to higher authorities |
| 赶不上 | gǎn bù shàng | can't keep up with; can't catch up with; cannot overtake |
| 上口 | shàng kǒu | to be able to read aloud fluently; to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud |
| 上弦 | shàng xián | to wind; to tighten; crescent moon; first quarter or waxing moon |
| 上吊 | shàng diào | to hang oneself |
| 爱上 | ài shàng | to fall in love with; to be in love with |
| 上议院 | Shàng yì yuàn | Upper Chamber; Upper House; Senate |
| 力争上游 | lì zhēng shàng yóu | to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result; to have high ambitions |
| 比不上 | bǐ bù shàng | can't compare with |
| 无上 | wú shàng | supreme |
| 说不上 | shuō bu shàng | to be unable to say or tell; to not be worth mentioning |
| 上限 | shàng xiàn | upper bound |
| 综上所述 | zōng shàng suǒ shù | to summarize; a round-up; in summary... |
| 上岸 | shàng àn | to land; to disembark; to abandon a boat and go ashore; fig. to give up evil ways and return to virtue |
| 上校 | shàng xiào | high ranking officer in Chinese army; colonel |
| 上心 | shàng xīn | carefully; meticulously; to set one's heart on sth |
| 海上花列传 | hǎi shàng huā liè zhuàn | The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韩邦庆, long novel of lower life in classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular; translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang |
| 至高无上 | zhì gāo wú shàng | supreme; paramount; unsurpassed |
