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向上

xiàng shàng

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

向上 (xiàng shàng) means "upward; up; to advance". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 向上 means

1. upward
2. up
3. to advance
4. to try to improve oneself
5. to make progress

The characters in 向上

• 向xiàngtowards; to face; to turn towards
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…

Example sentences

• 向上！
  Ascend!
• 向上去。
  Ascend.
• 不断前进，不断向上。
  Onwards and upwards.
• 被告会向上级法院上诉。
  Bèigào huì xiàng shàngjí fǎyuàn shàngsù.
  The defendant will appeal to a higher court.
• 男孩登上了梯子，向上爬了起来。
  The boy seized the ladder, and began to climb.

Words containing 向上

• 引体向上yǐn tǐ xiàng shàngchin-up (physical exercise)
• 自底向上zì dǐ xiàng shàngbottom-up
• 好好学习，天天向上hǎo hǎo xué xí , tiān tiān xiàng shàngstudy hard and every day you will improve (idiom)

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