上去 meaning in English

shàngqù

to go up

HSK 38 strokes

Meaning of 上去

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shàngqù

to go up

How to use 上去

上去 is used on its own or after a verb to show upward movement away from the speaker, as in 走上去 (walk up) or 爬上去 (climb up). It also appears with abstract meanings like adding something onto a surface. Example: 你先上去，我马上来。(Nǐ xiān shàngqù, wǒ mǎshàng lái.) You go up first, I will come right away.

上 (shàng) means up and 去 (qù) means go away from the speaker, so 上去 is going up and away from where you are. Picture yourself at the bottom of the stairs watching a friend climb up and away.

Common mistake: Learners often mix up 上去 and 上来 (shànglái). Use 上去 when the movement is away from you, and 上来 when someone comes up toward you, so if you are upstairs calling a friend, say 上来 not 上去.

上去 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ最zuì好hǎo马mǎ上shàng去qù做zuò。

You had better do it at once.

你nǐ最zuì好hǎo马mǎ上shàng去qù睡shuì觉jiào。

You'd better go to bed at once.

孩hái子zi们men早zǎo上shàng去qù学xué校xiào。

The children go to school in the morning.

Steve看kàn上shàng去qù很hěn高gāo兴xìng。

Steve looks quite happy.

你nǐ看kàn上shàng去qù就jiù像xiàng是shì三sān十shí年nián前qián你nǐ父fù亲qīn的de样yàng子zi。

You look the way your father did thirty years ago.

Stroke order for each character

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上 shàng · up · 3 strokes

去 qù · to go · 5 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 上去.

出去	chūqù	to go out
马上	mǎshàng	at once; right away
回去	huíqù	to return; to go back
晚上	wǎnshang	evening; night
进去	jìnqù	to go in
身上	shēnshang	on the body; at hand
早上	zǎoshang	early morning
上次	shàng cì	last time
路上	lùshang	on the road; on the way; en route
上班	shàngbān	to go to work; to be on duty
上车	shàng chē	to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
地上	dìshang	on the ground; on the floor

Questions about 上去

What does 上去 mean?

上去 (shàngqù) means "to go up".

How do you write 上去?

上去 is made of 2 characters: 上 (3 strokes), 去 (5 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 上去 an HSK word?

Yes. 上去 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

Is 去 in 上去 pronounced with a full fourth tone?

When 上去 stands alone as a main verb, 去 is often said with its full fourth tone, shàngqù. After another verb, as in 走上去 (zǒu shangqu), both 上 and 去 are usually light and unstressed.

Where does the place go when using 上去 with a location?

The place goes between 上 and 去, as in 上楼去 (shàng lóu qù), to go upstairs. You do not say 上去楼.