上聲

See also: 上声

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (上聲)		上	聲
simp. (上声)		上	声

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎngshēng, shàngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˇ ㄕㄥ, ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): soeng⁵ sing¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): siang⁵ sen¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sóng-sâng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sióng-siaⁿ / siáng-siaⁿ / chiūⁿ-siaⁿ / siōng-siaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˇ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎngsheng
    • Wade–Giles: shang³-shêng¹
    • Yale: shǎng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaangsheng
    • Palladius: шаншэн (šanšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngsheng
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: shàng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqsheng
    • Palladius: шаншэн (šanšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ sing¹
    • Yale: séuhng sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: siang⁵ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ³² sen³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sóng-sâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: song^ˋ sang^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: song³ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /soŋ³¹ saŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sióng-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siofngsviaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáng-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siáng-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafngsviaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxsviaf
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ siã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngsviaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ siã⁴⁴/

Noun

上聲

1. (Chinese phonetics) rising tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese, also a tone in various modern varieties, e.g. tone 3 (/˨˩˦/) in Standard Mandarin (marked with a caron [ ˇ ] in Hanyu Pinyin and bopomofo), tone 3 in Meixian Hakka (/˧˩/), and tone 2 in Xiamen/Taiwanese Hokkien (/˥˧/))

   • 平聲哀而安，上聲厲而舉，去聲清而遠，入聲直而促。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     平声哀而安，上声厉而举，去声清而远，入声直而促。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: early 9th century 元和韻譜 Yuanhe Yunpu; quoted and translated in Ting (1996).

     Píngshēng āi ér ān, shǎngshēng lì ér jǔ, qùshēng qīng ér yuǎn, rùshēng zhí ér cù. [Pinyin]

     Level tone is sad and stable. Rising tone is strident and rising. Departing tone is clear and distant. Entering tone is straight and abrupt.

Derived terms

• 半上聲／半上声

 

See also

The tones (of Chinese) in Mandarin · 聲調／声调 (shēngdiào) (layout · text)
	平仄 (píngzè)		平 (píng) 平聲／平声 (píngshēng)		仄 (zè) 仄聲／仄声 (zèshēng)
	平上去入 (píngshǎngqùrù) 四聲／四声 (sìshēng)		平 (píng) 平聲／平声 (píngshēng)		上 (shǎng) 上聲／上声 (shǎngshēng)		去 (qù) 去聲／去声 (qùshēng)		入 (rù) 入聲／入声 (rùshēng)
標調方法／标调方法 (biāodiào fāngfǎ) 標調法／标调法	四角標調法／四角标调法		꜀◌		꜂◌		◌꜄		◌꜆
	[Term?]		◌〪		◌〫		◌〬		◌〭
	傍點／傍点		∅		◌〮		◌〯		∅
	四聲八調／四声八调		陰平／阴平 (yīnpíng)	陽平／阳平 (yángpíng)	陰上／阴上 (yīnshǎng)	陽上／阳上 (yángshǎng)	陰去／阴去 (yīnqù)	陽去／阳去 (yángqù)	陰入／阴入 (yīnrù)	陽入／阳入 (yángrù)
	陰／阴 (yīn)	陽／阳 (yáng)
標調方法／标调方法 (biāodiào fāngfǎ) 標調法／标调法	四角標調法／四角标调法		꜀◌	꜁◌	꜂◌	꜃◌	◌꜄	◌꜅	◌꜆	◌꜇

The tones (of Standard Mandarin) in Mandarin · 聲調／声调 (shēngdiào) (layout · text)
四聲／四声 (sìshēng)	陰平／阴平 (yīnpíng) 一聲／一声		陽平／阳平 (yángpíng) 二聲／二声 (èrshēng)		上聲／上声 (shǎngshēng) 三聲／三声 (sānshēng)		去聲／去声 (qùshēng) 四聲／四声 (sìshēng)		輕聲／轻声 (qīngshēng)

Korean

Hanja in this term
上	聲

Noun

上聲 • (sangseong) (hangeul 상성)

1. hanja form^? of 상성 (“rising tone”)