上下文 (shàng xià wén) — context | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

context

Examples

上下文，“”。
Gēn jù shàng xià wén, zhè ge dān cí de yì si shì "píng guǒ".
According to the context, this word means “apple”.
上下文。
Nǐ zhǐ yǒu dú dǒng shàng xià wén cái néng lǐ jiě tā de yì si.
You can only understand his meaning if you grasp the context.
上下文，。
Cóng shàng xià wén lái kàn, zhè lǐ yīng gāi yòng guò qù shí.
Judging from the context, the past tense should be used here.

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.

上下above and below

上shàngabove下xiàbelow

联合Coordinate

“上” and “下” give the before-and-after sense, while “文” is the text.

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.

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

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

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

The current form 文 shows a man with head, arms, legs, and chest; the tattoo marks on the chest are no longer drawn.

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