尚 - shàng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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尚

shàng

Definition

still
yet
to value
to esteem

Character Decomposition

Compounds (20)

常

Cháng

always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant; surname Chang

常

cháng

always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant

党

dǎng

party; association; club; society

堂

táng

(main) hall; main room (of a house); court (of law); large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier (for sets (or suites) of furniture, classes etc); measure word

趟

tàng

classifier (for times, round trips or rows); measure word (for times, round trips or rows); (a) time; (a) trip

趟

tāng

to wade; to trample; to turn the soil

躺

tǎng

to recline; to lie down

掌

zhǎng

paw; palm (of the hand); sole (of the foot); horseshoe; to slap; to hold (in one's hand); to wield

赏

shǎng

to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty)

cherry-apple

to drip; to trickle; to shed (tears)

倘

tǎng

if; supposing; in case

敞

chǎng

open to the view of all; spacious; to open wide; to disclose

to sole a shoe

sit cross-legged; walk back and forth

裳

cháng

lower garment; skirts; petticoats; garments

倘

cháng

see see 倘佯[chang2 yang2]

惝

chǎng

disappointed; listless; frightened; also pr. [tang3]

patch of leather

to sole a shoe; also written 绱

Related words (14)

尚且

shàng qiě

(not) even; yet; still

尚书

shàng shū

high official; government minister

尚可

shàng kě

not bad; satisfactory

not yet; not so far

not yet; still not

to promote a martial spirit; to revere military skills; warlike

尚书郎

shàng shū láng

ancient official title

尚方剑

shàng fāng jiàn

imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers); in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill

尚未解决

shàng wèi jiě jué

unsolved; as yet unsettled

尊尚

zūn shàng

to value highly; to hold up sth as a model

崇尚

chóng shàng

to hold up (as an model); to hold in esteem; to revere; to advocate

时尚

shí shàng

fashion; fad; fashionable

风尚

fēng shàng

current custom; current way of doing things

高尚

gāo shàng

respectable; noble; lofty; refined; exquisite

Idioms (2)

好奇尚异

hào qí shàng yì

to have a taste for the exotic (idiom)

礼尚往来

lǐ shàng wǎng lái

(lit.) proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom); (fig.) to return politeness for politeness

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