登上 (dēng shàng) — to climb up, to ascend (a height or surface)

Definition

登上 (dēngshàng) is a resultative verb pairing the climb verb 登 with 上 ('up onto'), emphasizing successfully reaching a high point or position (a summit, podium, moon). Often used for figurative ascent like a stage or honor.

verb
to climb upto ascend (a height or surface)

Examples

  • 登上。
    Tā men zhōng yú dēng shàng le shān dǐng.
    They finally climbed to the mountaintop.
  • 登上。
    Tā dēng shàng le lǐng jiǎng tái.
    He mounted the podium.
  • 登上。
    Yǔ háng yuán dēng shàng le yuè qiú.
    The astronaut ascended to the moon.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

登dēngclimb
上shàngup

登 gives climb and 上 adds up or on, so the word means to climb up onto something.

Characters in this word

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

  • 癶癶bōleft and right feet
  • 豆豆dòupictogrammic of raised object; stepping stone

登 pairs 癶, left and right feet, with 豆, a raised object or stepping stone; its older form also showed two hands at the bottom, which later dropped.

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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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