上下

shàng xià

Radical一

Strokes6

HSK 5

Definitions

the top and bottom of sth
the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom
before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context")
(in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates")
all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation")
relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")

to go up and down

adv

(used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so

Examples

我上下打量着这位客人。b）在职位、辈分上较高的人和较低的人：机关里上下都很忙

wǒ shàng xià dǎ liang zhe zhè wèi kè rén. b) zài zhí wèi, bèi fèn shàng jiào gāo de rén hé jiào dī de rén: jī guān lǐ shàng xià dōu hěn máng

I looked this guest up and down. b) People of higher and lower positions and seniority: Everyone in the organization, from top to bottom, is very busy

孩子考上大学，全家上上下下都很高兴。c）（程度）高低；好坏；优劣：不相上下

Háizi kǎo shàng dàxué, quán jiā shàng shàng xià xià dōu hěn gāoxìng. c) (chéngdù) gāodī; hǎohuài; yōuliè: bù xiāng shàng xià

The child got into university, and everyone in the family, from top to bottom, is very happy. c) (degree) high and low; good and bad; superior and inferior: evenly matched

难分上下。d）用在数量词后面，表示概数：十个月上下的婴儿丨这里一亩地能有一千斤上下的收成。

Nán fēn shàng xià. d) Yòng zài shùliàng cí hòumiàn, biǎoshì gàishù: shí gè yuè shàng xià de yīng'ér | zhèlǐ yī mǔ dì néng yǒu yīqiān jīn shàng xià de shōuchéng.

Hard to distinguish who is superior. d) Used after quantity words to indicate approximation: a baby around ten months old | here one mu of land can yield around one thousand jin of harvest.

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