Meaning of 上楼
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to go upstairs
How to use 上楼
上楼 is a common verb phrase for moving to a higher floor. It often takes 去 or 来 to show direction, as in 上楼去 or 上楼来. Example: 我先上楼休息一下。(Wǒ xiān shàng lóu xiūxi yíxià.) I'll go upstairs and rest for a bit.
上 (shàng) means up, and 楼 (lóu) means a building or floor. Put them together and you literally go up a floor: 上楼 is to go upstairs.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes say 去楼上 when they mean the action of climbing up. 楼上 (lóushàng) is a place, upstairs, while 上楼 is the action of going up. Also keep the fourth tone on 上 (shàng), not a neutral tone like in 晚上 (wǎnshang).
上楼 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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上 shàng · up · 3 strokes
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楼 lóu · house with more than 1 story · 13 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 上楼.
| 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 |
Questions about 上楼
What does 上楼 mean?
上楼 (shàng lóu) means "to go upstairs".
How do you write 上楼?
上楼 is made of 2 characters: 上 (3 strokes), 楼 (13 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 上楼 an HSK word?
Yes. 上楼 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 上楼 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 上楼 is written 上樓.
How do you say go downstairs in Chinese?
Use 下楼 (xià lóu), with 下 meaning down. For example, 他下楼买东西了。(Tā xià lóu mǎi dōngxi le.) He went downstairs to buy something.
Can I put a floor number in 上楼?
Not directly inside 上楼. Instead say 上三楼 (shàng sān lóu), go up to the third floor, replacing 楼 with a number plus 楼.