桌上 (zhuō shǎng) — on the table; at the table (in meetings)

Definition

noun

on the tableat the table (in meetings)

桌上。
Tā bǎ shū fàng zài zhuō shǎng.
He put the book on the table.
。
Dà jiā zài huì yì zhuō shǎng tǎo lùn le zhè ge wèn tí.
Everyone discussed this issue at the meeting table.
桌上。
zhuō shǎng Yǒu yì bēi kā fēi.
There is a cup of coffee on the table.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

桌 has 卓 on top, giving the sound and a sense of high, and 木 below, wood; the bottom of 卓 has merged into 木.

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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