上
流

Upper class in Chinese: 上流 (shàng liú)

shàng liú

upper class

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1upper class

Stroke order

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上
流

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄤˋ

shàng

ㄕ/ shㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

ㄌㄧㄡˊ

liú

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 他出身于上流社会。

    tā chū shēn yú shàng liú shè huì。

    He comes from upper-class society.

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Related words

上

shàng

(bound form) up

流

liú

to flow

上午

shàng wǔ

morning

上班

shàng bān

to go to work

晚上

wǎn shang

evening

早上

zǎo shang

early morning

马上

mǎ shàng

at once

上网

shàng wǎng

to go online

交流

jiāo liú

to exchange

流泪

liú lèi

to shed tears

流利

liú lì

fluent

流行

liú xíng

(of a contagious disease etc) to spread

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