上位
Chinese
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); place; seat | ||
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simp. and trad. (上位) | 上 | 位 |
Pronunciation 1
Noun
上位
- (literary) higher rank; upper rank
- (literary) seat of honour; top seat
Pronunciation 2
Verb
上位
- to get promoted; to move to a higher position
- (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
- (genetics) to exert epistatic effect on another gene
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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上 | 位 |
じょう Grade: 1 | い Grade: 4 |
on’yomi |
Noun
上位 (hiragana じょうい, rōmaji jōi, historical hiragana じやうゐ)
- a higher rank, an upper rank
Antonyms
- 下位 (kai)