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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 上下

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
上下 shàng xià - up and down
- top and bottom
- old and young
- length
- about; more or less

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 6,782 2,849 3,857

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shǎng- used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
shàng- (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
- first (of multiple parts)
- to climb; to get onto; to go up
- to attend (class or university)
- (directional complement) up
- (noun suffix) on; above
xià- down
- downwards
- below
- lower
- later
- next (week etc)
- second (of two parts)
- to decline
- to go down
- to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- measure word to show the frequency of an action

Other Words Containing 上下

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
上下 - 5 6,782 2,849 3,857
不相上下 6 9 21,997 28,056 39,647
上下班 - - 23,716 16,750 13,212
上下文 - - 30,907 41,552 55,002
举国上下 - - 38,121 50,195 65,499