上流

上流

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	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
simp. and trad. (上流)		上	流

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ lau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): song-liù
• Min Nan (POJ): siōng-liû / siāng-liû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shàngliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqliou
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ lau⁴
    • Yale: seuhng làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ leo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² lɐu̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 上僂／上偻 上流

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: song-liù
    • Hakka Romanization System: song liuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: song⁴ liu²
    • IPA: /soŋ⁵⁵ li̯u¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-liû
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngliuu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ liu²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ liu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-liû
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngliuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ liu¹³/

Noun

上流

1. upstream; upper reaches (of a river etc.)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (上流):

• → Japanese: 上 (じょう)流 (りゅう) (jōryū)
• → Korean: 상류 (上流, sangnyu)
• → Vietnamese: thượng lưu (上流)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	流
じょう Grade: 1	りゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɾʲɨᵝː]

Noun

上流 (hiragana じょうりゅう, rōmaji jōryū)

1. the upper reaches of a stream, river, etc.
2. the upper classes

Antonyms

• 下 (か)流 (りゅう) (karyū)