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上坡 (shàng pō) — to go uphill, to climb a slope

Definition

上坡 (shàng pō) means 'to go uphill / climb a slope' — the action of moving upward, often used for cycling, driving, or hiking.

verb
to go uphillto climb a slope

Examples

  • 上坡，。
    Wǒ men zhèng zài shàng pō, qí bú dòng le.
    We're going uphill right now and can't keep riding.
  • ，。
    Wǒ jīn tiān shàng le sān cì pō, tuǐ dōu ruǎn le.
    I went uphill three times today, and my legs are all weak.
  • 上坡。
    shàng pō De shí hou yào fàng màn sù dù.
    When going uphill, you need to slow down.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

上shànggo up
坡pōslope

上 means to go up, and 坡 is the slope being climbed.

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.

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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
土土tǔdirt
Sound part声符shēngfú
皮
皮pí坡pō
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

坡 combines 土, shown as dirt, with 皮, a part used for sound.

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