上佳 (shàng jiā) — excellent, outstanding, great | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

adjective

excellentoutstandinggreat

Examples

上佳。
Zhè dào cài de pǐn zhì shàng jiā.
The quality of this dish is excellent.
上佳。
Tā zài bǐ sài zhōng de biǎo xiàn kān chēng shàng jiā.
His performance in the competition can be called outstanding.
上佳，。
Zhè cì huò dé shàng jiā de píng jià, wǒ gǎn dào fēi cháng róng xìng.
Receiving an excellent evaluation this time, I feel very honored.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

上 places the quality at a high level, while 佳 means good.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

人人rénman; person

Sound part声符shēngfú

圭

圭guī佳jiā

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

佳 combines 人 (person) with 圭, which is used for the sound guī.

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