上方

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	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (上方)		上	方

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ fong¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zaon-faon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngfang
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-fang¹
    • Yale: shàng-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqfang
    • Palladius: шанфан (šanfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ fong¹
    • Yale: seuhng fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zaon-faon
    • MiniDict: zaon^去 faon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zaan-faan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɑ̃²² fɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

上方

1. upper part; area above; place above; (anatomy) superior part
2. the celestial realm

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “upper part”): 下方 (xiàfāng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	方
かみ Grade: 1	かた > がた Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Proper noun

上(かみ)方(がた) • (Kamigata) 

1. The Kyoto and Osaka area in Edo period culture.