ABOVE  上面上

PLACE HIGH IN-RELATION-TO OTHER PLACE.
OVERHIGHER THANHIGHER UP THANON TOP OFATOPONUPON
Antonym
  • BELOWPLACE that is LOW IN-RELATION-TO something OTHER.
    Hypernym
    • PLACEPART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
      • PARTOBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
    See also
    • HIGHBIG VERTICALLY.
      • SURPASSBe MORE EXCELLENT OR STRONG IN-RELATION-TO ANOTHER IN ACTION.
          Old Chinese Criteria
          [ABSTRACT/CONCRETE]

          [SPATIAL/TEMPORAL]

          1. The standard word referring to what is above or on top is shàng 上.

          SPATIAL!, CONCRETE

          2. Shàng 尚 is used verbally in an a figurative abstract way referring to higher status.

          Tóu 頭 is occasionally used to the upper side of things.

          NB: Shàng 尚 is used in various abstract ways and is not normally purely spatial in meaning. See SURPASS.

          Modern Chinese Criteria
          上

          上面

          上邊

          上頭

          上端

          頂端

          rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

          • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 176

            SUPER, SUPRA

            509. Inter Super et supra hoc interest: Super est quod imminet [ Agraetius eminet], supra quod substratum aliquid habet. Item super interdum, aut nimium, aut satis accipimus.

          • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 233

          Words

          上  shàng OC: ɡljaŋs MC: dʑi̯ɐŋ 67 AttributionsWD

          The standard word referring to what is above or on top is shàng 上. >>SPATIAL!, CONCRETE!

            Word relations
          • Ant: 下/BELOW The standard term referring to the relatively low position of something vis-a-vis something else is xià 下 (ant. shàng 上 "above"). [GENERAL]; [[COMMON]]

            Syntactic words
          • n(adN)the position above the contextually determinate other thing NCH
          • n(post-N)above the contextually determinate N
          • n(post-N)figurativein the leading position in respect to the contextually determinate N
          • n[adN]what is aboveDS
          • nadNupper; being situated above/upstairs
          • nadNfigurativeChristian Chinese: superior, belonging to a higher order of things
          • nadNnon-restrictive(Heaven) above (Note that there is no Heaven below or anywhere else.)
          • nadNtextabove (in the text) > the above mentioned/described
          • nadVtextabove (in the text)
          • nfigurativethe leading position (above all)LZ
          • nhigha place above (a river etc) 濮水之上, a place higher than; a place on high
          • npost-.N+ZHIplaceon top
          • npost-.N+ZHItimebefore N, at N and beforeLZ
          • npost-Nthe upper side of; upon, on 泰山之上
          • npost-Nfigurativein the leading position in respect to N
          • npost-Nfigurativeabove of N > related to N
          • npost-Nplaceon something; on the top of something; in (an elevated place) (e.g. 堂上 (not: on the roof!)
          • n{PLACE}adVabove
          已上  yǐ shàng MC: yiX dzyangX OC: k-lɯʔ ɡljaŋʔDS 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPpost-Nvariant of 以上: above N; from N upwardsDS
          上間  shàng jiān OC: ɡljaŋs kreen MC: dʑi̯ɐŋ kɣɛn 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPaba place above; the upper part of a place; "upstairs"
          高  gāo MC: -- OC: koowLZ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • vibe elevated (e.g. of places)LZ
          頭  tóu OC: doo MC: du 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • npost-Natop of N

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