上溯

上溯

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	go upstream; trace the source
simp. and trad. (上溯)		上	溯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ sou³
• Min Nan (POJ): siōng-sò͘ / siāng-sò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: shàngsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqsuh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ sou³
    • Yale: seuhng sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ sou³
    • IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ²² sou̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 上溯 上訴／上诉

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngsox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ sɔ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngsox
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ sɔ²¹/

Verb

上溯

1. to go upstream
2. to trace back

   閱讀不僅使他多識了草木虫魚之名，而且可以上溯遠古下及未來，飽覽存在的與非存在的奇風異俗。 [MSC, trad.]
   阅读不仅使他多识了草木虫鱼之名，而且可以上溯远古下及未来，饱览存在的与非存在的奇风异俗。 [MSC, simp.]

   From: 謝冕 (Xie Mian), 讀書人是幸福人 (People that Read are Happy People)

   Yuèdú bùjǐn shǐ tā duō shíle cǎo mù chóng yú zhī míng, érqiě kěyǐ shàngsù yuǎngǔ xià jí wèilái, bǎolǎn cúnzài de yǔ fēicúnzài de qífēngyìsú. [Pinyin]

   Reading not only makes him [the reader] recognize the names of more types of grasses, trees, insects and fish, but can also take [him] back to ancient times and take [him] forward to future, thereby taking in a full picture of strange social customs both existent and non-existent.