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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 上梁

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
上梁 shàng liáng - to lay an upper beam
- (a building's) upper beam
- (a bicycle's) top tube

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 74,009 51,876

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shǎng- used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
shàng- (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
- first (of multiple parts)
- to climb; to get onto; to go up
- to attend (class or university)
- (directional complement) up
- (noun suffix) on; above
liáng- Liang Dynasty (502-557)
- Later Liang Dynasty (907-923)
- surname Liang
liáng- roof beam
- beam (structure)
- bridge
liáng- variant of 梁[liang2]

Other Words Containing 上梁

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
上梁不正下梁歪 - - 49,613 83,954 46,905
逼上梁山 - - 53,707 71,967 46,535