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上位

shàng wèi

2-character word

What 上位 means

1. seat of honor
2. person in a high-ranking position
3. to be promoted to a more senior role
4. (genetics) epistatic

The characters in 上位

• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 位wèiposition; location; place

Words starting with 上位

• 上位概念shàng wèi gài niànsuperordinate concept
• 上位词shàng wèi cí(semantics) hypernym

Words containing 上位

• 女上位nǚ shàng wèiwoman-on-top sex position

Sounds the same

Read shàng wèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 尚未not yet; still not
• 上尉captain (military rank)

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