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尚

shàng

HSK 5 Character

What 尚 means

1. still
2. yet
3. to value
4. to esteem

Other readings

尚 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Shàngsurname Shang

Example sentences

• 危险尚在。
  The danger has not passed yet.
• 春天尚未来临。
  It's not spring yet.
• 未来尚未发生。
  The future hasn't happened yet.
• 他在工作中经验尚浅。
  He is still green at the job.
• 她很了解最新的时尚趋势。
  Tā hěn liǎojiě zuì xīn de shíshàng qūshì.
  She knows a lot about the latest fashions.
• 第二次世界大战尚未结束。
  Dì'èr Cì Shìjiè Dàzhàn shàngwèi jiéshù.
  The Second World War isn't over yet.

Words starting with 尚

• 尚未shàng wèinot yet; still not
• 尚书shàng shūhigh official; government minister
• 尚且shàng qiě(not) even; yet; still
• 尚可shàng kěnot bad; satisfactory
• 尚存shàng cúnstill remains; still exists; still has
• 尚武shàng wǔto promote a martial spirit; to revere military skills; warlike
• 尚无shàng wúnot yet; not so far
• 尚志市Shàng zhì ShìShangzhi, a county-level city in Harbin City 哈尔滨市
• 尚书经Shàng shū JīngBook of History; a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant…
• 尚比亚Shàng bǐ yàZambia (Tw)
• 尚未解决shàng wèi jiě juéunsolved; as yet unsettled
• 尚义县Shàng yì XiànShangyi, a county in Zhangjiakou City 张家口市
• 尚书郎shàng shū lángancient official title
• 尚慕杰Shàng mù jiéJames Sasser (1936-), US Ambassador to China 1995-1999
• 尚方剑shàng fāng jiànimperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers); in fiction, Chinese version of 007's…
• 尚飨shàng xiǎngI beg you to partake of this sacrifice (used at the end of an elegiac address)
• 尚志Shàng zhìsee 尚志市
• 尚义Shàng yìsee 尚义县
• 尚方宝剑shàng fāng bǎo jiànvariant of 尚方剑; imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers)…

Words containing 尚

• 时尚shí shàngfashion; fad; fashionable
• 高尚gāo shàngnoble; lofty; refined
• 和尚hé shangBuddhist monk
• 崇尚chóng shàngto hold up (as an model); to hold in esteem; to revere
• 风尚fēng shàngcurrent custom; current way of doing things
• 杨尚昆Yáng Shàng kūnYang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader
• 尊尚zūn shàngto value highly; to hold up sth as a model
• 快时尚kuài shí shàngfast fashion
• 沙和尚Shā hé shangSha Wujing
• 坦尚尼亚Tǎn shàng ní yàTanzania (Tw)
• 户部尚书hù bù shàng shūMinister of Revenue (from the Han dynasty onwards)
• 礼尚往来lǐ shàng wǎng láilit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom)…
• 礼部尚书lǐ bù shàng shūDirector of Board of Rites (Confucian)
• 好奇尚异hào qí shàng yìto have a taste for the exotic (idiom)
• 鉴真和尚Jiàn zhēn hé shangJianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several…
• 杜尚别Dù shàng biéDushanbe, capital of Tajikistan
• 庆尚道Qìng shàng dàoGyeongsang Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Gyeongsang Province 庆尚北道
• 庆尚北道Qìng shàng běi dàoNorth Gyeongsang Province, in east South Korea, capital Daegu 大邱
• 庆尚南道Qìng shàng nán dàoSouth Gyeongsang Province, in southeast South Korea, capital Changwon 昌原
• 布袋和尚Bù dài Hé shangBudai (the Laughing Budda)
• 孔尚任Kǒng Shàng rènKong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇
• 远来的和尚会念经yuǎn lái de hé shang huì niàn jīngthe monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom)…
• 跑了和尚跑不了庙pǎo le hé shàng pǎo bù liǎo miàothe monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)…
• 对着和尚骂贼秃duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū(lit.) in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit…

Characters built on 口

These share the phonetic component 口 (kǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 唱chàngto sing; to call loudly; to chant
• 唐tángto exaggerate; empty; in vain
• 嗓sǎngthroat; voice
• 嚷rǎngto shout; to bellow; to make a big deal of sth
• 囔nāngmuttering, indistinct speech
• 啷lāngused in 啷当; used in onomatopoeic words such as 哐啷

Characters that look like 尚

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 两liǎngtwo; both; some
• 丽lìbeautiful
• 删shānto delete
• 雨yǔrain
• 闲xiánenclosure; (variant of 闲; unoccupied
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise

Sounds the same

Read shàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 上(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 蠰Cerambyx rugicollis
• 绱to sole a shoe
• 尙variant of 尚, still; yet; to value
• 丄old variant of 上
• 鞝variant of 绱