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
trad. (上流)		上	流
simp. #(上流)		上	流

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shànglióu
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-liu²
    • Yale: shàng-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqliou
    • Palladius: шанлю (šanlju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ lau⁴
    • Yale: seuhng làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ leo⁴
    • Sinological 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
    • Sinological IPA: /soŋ⁵⁵ li̯u¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-liû
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngliuu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ liu²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ liu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-liû
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngliuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ liu¹³/

Noun

上流

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (上流):

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

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɾʲɨᵝː]

Noun

上(じょう)流(りゅう) • (jōryū) 

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

Antonyms

• 下流(かりゅう) (karyū)