上司 meaning in English

shàngsi

boss; superior

HSK 7-9noun8 strokes

Meaning of 上司

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shàngsi

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

汤tāng姆mǔ的de上shàng司sī真zhēn的de非fēi常cháng生shēng气qì。

Tom's boss was really angry.

上shàng司sī不bù在zài，部bù下xià就jiù轻qīng松sōng自zì在zài。

When the cat is away, the mice will play.

她tā是shì我wǒ的de上shàng司sī，也yě同tóng时shí是shì我wǒ最zuì要yào好hǎo的de朋péng友yǒu。

She is my boss and also my best friend.

当dāng他tā的de上shàng司sī察chá觉jué他tā的de谎huǎng言yán，麻má烦fán来lái了le。

The lie got him in trouble when his boss found out the truth.

如rú果guǒ你nǐ有yǒu上shàng司sī的de话huà，学xué会huì尊zūn敬jìng他tā（她tā）。

Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any.

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Words that share a character with 上司.

马上	mǎshàng	at once; right away
晚上	wǎnshang	evening; night
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
楼上	lóu shàng	upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
车上	chē shang
上学	shàngxué	to go to school; to attend school

What does 上司 mean?

上司 (shàngsi) means "boss; superior" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 上司?

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

Is 上司 an HSK word?

Yes. 上司 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.