上位

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	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (上位)		上	位

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ wai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-ūi / siāng-ūi / chiūⁿ-ūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngwèi
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-wei⁴
  - Yale: shàng-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqwey
  - Palladius: шанвэй (šanvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    上位
    上味
    上尉
    尚未
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ wai⁶
  - Yale: seuhng waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² wɐi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxng'ui
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ui³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxng'ui
  - IPA (Taipei): /siaŋ³³⁻¹¹ ui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ³³⁻²¹ ui³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxui
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ ui³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ ui³³/

Noun

上位

(literary) higher rank; upper rank
(literary) seat of honour; top seat

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ wai^6-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngwèi
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-wei⁴
  - Yale: shàng-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqwey
  - Palladius: шанвэй (šanvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    上位
    上味
    上尉
    尚未
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁵ wai^6-2
  - Yale: séuhng wái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ wai^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ wei^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/

Verb

上⫽位 (verb-object)

to get promoted; to move to a higher position
博上位 [Cantonese] ― bok³ soeng⁵ wai^6-2 [Jyutping] ― to try to get boss's attention so as to get promoted
(Hong Kong, of the deceased) to move into a niche
(neologism, derogatory, of a mistress) to successfully displace one's original wife or husband
小三上位 ― xiǎosān shàngwèi ― the mistress displaces the wife
(genetics) to exert epistatic effect on another gene

Synonyms

(to move into a niche): (Cantonese, euphemistic) 入伙 (rùhuǒ), 安灰

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	位
じょう Grade: 1	い Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょーい [jóꜜòì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːi]

Noun

上(じょう)位(い) • (jōi) ^{←じやうゐ (zyawi)^?}

a higher rank, an upper rank

Antonyms

下位(かい) (kai)

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