上聲

上聲

See also: 上声

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	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (上聲)		上	聲
simp. (上声)		上	声

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎngshēng, shàngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˇ ㄕㄥ, ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): soeng⁵ sing¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): siang⁵ sen¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sóng-sâng
• Min Nan (POJ): sióng-siaⁿ / siáng-siaⁿ / chiūⁿ-siaⁿ / siōng-siaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˇ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎngsheng
    • Wade–Giles: shang³-shêng¹
    • Yale: shǎng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaangsheng
    • Palladius: шаншэн (šanšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngsheng
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: shàng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqsheng
    • Palladius: шаншэн (šanšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ sing¹
    • Yale: séuhng sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: siang⁵ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ³² sen³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sóng-sâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: song` sang´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: song³ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /soŋ³¹ saŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sióng-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siofngsviaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiã³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáng-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siáng-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafngsviaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxsviaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiũ³³⁻²¹ ɕiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiũ³³⁻¹¹ ɕiã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngsviaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ɕiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ɕiã⁴⁴/

Noun

上聲

1. (Chinese phonetics) rising tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese, also a tone in various modern varieties, e.g. tone 3 (/˨˩˦/) in Standard Mandarin (marked with a caron [ ˇ ] in Hanyu Pinyin and bopomofo), tone 3 in Meixian Hakka (/˧˩/), and tone 2 in Xiamen/Taiwanese Hokkien (/˥˧/))

   • 平聲哀而安，上聲厲而舉，去聲清而遠，入聲直而促。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     平声哀而安，上声厉而举，去声清而远，入声直而促。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: early 9th century 元和韻譜 Yuanhe Yunpu; quoted and translated in Ting (1996).

     Píngshēng āi ér ān, shǎngshēng lì ér jǔ, qùshēng qīng ér yuǎn, rùshēng zhí ér cù. [Pinyin]

     Level tone is sad and stable. Rising tone is strident and rising. Departing tone is clear and distant. Entering tone is straight and abrupt.

Derived terms

半上聲／半上声 (bànshǎngshēng)

See also

The tones (of Chinese) in Chinese · 聲調 (layout · text)
	平仄		平 平聲		仄 仄聲
	平上去入 四聲 古四聲		平 平聲		上 上聲		去 去聲		入 入聲
標調方法 標調法	四角標調法		꜀◌		꜂◌		◌꜄		◌꜆
	[Term?]		◌〪		◌〫		◌〬		◌〭
	[Term?]		∅		◌〮		◌〯		∅
			∅		-X		-H		-p -t -k (-ʔ)
	四聲八調		陰平	陽平	陰上	陽上	陰去	陽去	陰入	陽入
	陰	陽
標調方法 標調法	四角標調法		꜀◌	꜁◌	꜂◌	꜃◌	◌꜄	◌꜅	◌꜆	◌꜇

The tones (of Standard Mandarin) in Chinese · 聲調 (layout · text)
四聲	陰平 第一聲		陽平 第二聲		上聲 第三聲		去聲 第四聲		輕聲

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Korean

Hanja in this term
上	聲

Noun

上聲 • (sangseong) (hangeul 상성)

1. Hanja form^? of 상성 (“rising tone”).