上
面

On top of in Chinese: 上面 (shàng miàn)

shàng miàn

on top of

HSK 3.0 Level 31 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1on top of
  2. 2above-mentioned
  3. 3also pr. [shàng mian]

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上
面

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄤˋ

shàng

ㄕ/ shㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

ㄇㄧㄢˋ

miàn

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 桌子上面放着一本书。

    zhuō zi shàng miàn fàng zhe yì běn shū。

    There is a book on top of the table.

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Related words

上

shàng

(bound form) up

面

miàn

face

后面

hòu mian

the back

前面

qián miàn

ahead

上午

shàng wǔ

morning

上班

shàng bān

to go to work

晚上

wǎn shang

evening

早上

zǎo shang

early morning

见面

jiàn miàn

to meet

马上

mǎ shàng

at once

面包

miàn bāo

bread

面条

miàn tiáo

noodles

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