"上書" meaning in Chinese

See 上書 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /sœːŋ²² syː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, IPA] Forms: 上书 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 上書
  1. to submit a document to one's superior or higher authorities; to present a petition
    Sense id: en-上書-zh-verb-BEdn4SpV Categories (other): Mandarin terms with collocations, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 47 32 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 29 26 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 29 26 18
  2. (archaic) to memorialize the emperor Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-上書-zh-verb-dO63lbD7 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 29 26 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 29 26 18
  3. (archaic) to teach a new lesson Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-上書-zh-verb-AR-TShzw Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 29 26 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 29 26 18
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 32 22",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 29 26 18",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 29 26 18",
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      ],
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              3,
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              2,
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "to submit a joint petition",
          "roman": "liánmíng shàngshū",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "聯名上書",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ],
        [
          "superior",
          "superior"
        ],
        [
          "higher",
          "higher"
        ],
        [
          "authorities",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ],
        [
          "petition",
          "petition"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        "to memorialize the emperor"
      ],
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          "memorialize",
          "memorialize"
        ],
        [
          "emperor",
          "emperor"
        ]
      ],
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        "(archaic) to memorialize the emperor"
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to teach a new lesson"
      ],
      "id": "en-上書-zh-verb-AR-TShzw",
      "links": [
        [
          "teach",
          "teach"
        ],
        [
          "lesson",
          "lesson"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to teach a new lesson"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàngshū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soeng⁶ syu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siōng-su"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàngshū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàngshu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shang⁴-shu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàng-shū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shanqshu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šanšu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шаншу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "上書",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "上书",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "上疏",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "尚書",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "尚书",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soeng⁶ syu¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seuhng syū"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soeng⁶ sy¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sêng⁶ xu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sœːŋ²² syː⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "上書",
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        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "上书",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "尚書",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "尚书",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siōng-su"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siōng-su"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sioxngsw"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "上書"
}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 上",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 書",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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      ]
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      ],
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "higher",
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        ],
        [
          "authorities",
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          "present",
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          "petition",
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        "to memorialize the emperor"
      ],
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          "memorialize",
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        ],
        [
          "emperor",
          "emperor"
        ]
      ],
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        "(archaic) to memorialize the emperor"
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      ],
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        "to teach a new lesson"
      ],
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          "teach",
          "teach"
        ],
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          "lesson",
          "lesson"
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        "(archaic) to teach a new lesson"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàngshū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soeng⁶ syu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siōng-su"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàngshū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàngshu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shang⁴-shu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàng-shū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shanqshu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šanšu",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шаншу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "上書",
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      ],
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "上书",
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        "Homophones"
      ],
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        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "上疏",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
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    {
      "homophone": "尚書",
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        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "尚书",
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      ],
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        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soeng⁶ syu¹"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seuhng syū"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soeng⁶ sy¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sêng⁶ xu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sœːŋ²² syː⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
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      "homophone": "上書",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "上书",
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        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "尚書",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "尚书",
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        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siōng-su"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siōng-su"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sioxngsw"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "上書"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 上書 meaning in Chinese (4.8kB)

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.