上位

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	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (上位)		上	位

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ wai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-ūi / siāng-ūi / chiūⁿ-ūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngwèi
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: shàng-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqwey
    • Palladius: шанвэй (šanvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ wai⁶
    • Yale: seuhng waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² wɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxng'ui
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ui³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxng'ui
    • IPA (Taipei): /siaŋ³³⁻¹¹ ui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ³³⁻²¹ ui³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxui
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ ui³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ ui³³/

Noun

上位

1. (literary) higher rank; upper rank
2. (literary) seat of honour; top seat

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ wai^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngwèi
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: shàng-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqwey
    • Palladius: шанвэй (šanvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ wai^6-2
    • Yale: séuhng wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ wai^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ wei^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/

Verb

上⫽位 (verb-object)

1. to get promoted; to move to a higher position

   博上位 [Cantonese]  ―  bok³ soeng⁵ wai^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to try to get boss's attention so as to get promoted

2. (Hong Kong, of the deceased) to move into a niche
3. (neologism, derogatory, of a mistress) to successfully displace one's original wife or husband

   小三上位  ―  xiǎosān shàngwèi  ―  the mistress displaces the wife

4. (genetics) to exert epistatic effect on another gene

Synonyms

• (to move into a niche): (Cantonese, euphemistic) 入伙 (rùhuǒ), 安灰

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	位
じょう Grade: 1	い Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょ​ーい [jóꜜòì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːi]

Noun

上(じょう)位(い) • (jōi) ^{←じやうゐ (zyawi)?}

1. a higher rank, an upper rank

Antonyms

• 下位(かい) (kai)