上方

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shàngfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqfang
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ fong¹
    • Yale: seuhng fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ fong¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ²² fɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

上方

1. upper part; the place/area/region above
2. the celestial realm

Antonyms

• 下方 (xiàfāng)

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Japanese

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

Proper noun

上方 (hiragana かみがた, rōmaji Kamigata)

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