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上层

shàng céng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 上層

上层 (shàng céng) means "upper layer". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 上层 means

1. upper layer

The characters in 上层

• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 层céngto pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story

Example sentences

• 强盗似乎是在上层破窗而入的。
  Qiáng dào sìhū shì zài shàngcéng pò chuāng ér rù de.
  It seems that the burglar broke in through an upstairs window.

Words starting with 上层

• 上层建筑shàng céng jiàn zhùsuperstructure

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