尚 (shàng): still, yet, to value
尚 (shàng) is a Chinese character meaning “still.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺌ (structural), 冂 (structural) and 口 (structural). It ranks #878 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- still
- yet
- to value
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 尚
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尚未adverb | shàng wèi | not yet |
| 风尚noun | fēng shàng | current custom |
| 和尚noun | hé shang | Buddhist monk |
| 崇尚verb | chóng shàng | to hold up (as an model) |
| 礼尚往来phrase | lǐ shàng wǎng lái | lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) |
| 尚且conjunction | shàng qiě | (not) even |
| 尚无 | shàng wú | not yet |
| 尚武verb | shàng wǔ | to promote a martial spirit |
| 尚可verb | shàng kě | not bad |
| 尚方宝剑noun | shàng fāng bǎo jiàn | imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) |
| 庆尚道 | qìng shàng dào | Gyeongsang Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Gyeongsang Province 慶尚北道|庆尚北道 and... |
| 远来的和尚会念经 | yuǎn lái de hé shang huì niàn jīng | the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom) |
| 三个和尚没水吃 | sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ chī | see 三個和尚沒水喝|三个和尚没水喝 |
| 三个和尚没水喝 | sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē | lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) |
| 当一天和尚撞一天钟 | dāng yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng | see 做一天和尚撞一天鐘|做一天和尚撞一天钟 |
尚 appears in 53 compound words: 36 as the first character, 19 as the last, and 45 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 尚 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (9)
Showing 7 of 9 idioms containing 尚.
Example Sentences
这个尚字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gě shàng zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
The character "尚" carries different meanings in classical Chinese.
陈尚洁称无罪 称剀剀“在耶稣那里没病痛”
chén shàng jié chèn wú zuì chèn 剀 剀 zài 耶 稣 nà lǐ méi bìng tòng
Chen Shangjie said he was not guilty and said that he was "not sick with Jesus"
社工陈尚洁喊话剀剀“在耶稣那里无病痛” 检察官:...
shè gōng chén shàng jié hǎn huà 剀 剀 zài 耶 稣 nà lǐ wú bìng tòng jiǎn chá guān : . . .
Social worker Chen Shangjie shouted "There is no pain in Jesus" Prosecutor: ...
... 3/11起快闪晶华!4大品项再掀韩流食尚风暴
. . . 3 1 1 qǐ kuài shǎn jīng huá ! 4 dà pǐn xiàng zài xiān hán liú shí shàng fēng bào
... Pop-up Crystal from 3/11! 4 major items have set off a storm of Korean Wave food fashion
涉造假访视纪录 剀剀案社工陈尚洁卸责:保母装爱小孩
shè zào jiǎ fǎng shì jì lù 剀 剀 àn shè gōng chén shàng jié xiè zé : bǎo mǔ zhuāng ài xiǎo hái
Involved in falsifying interview records Social worker Chen Shangjie shirked responsibility: the nanny pretended to love the child
美贸易代表:尚无任何国家说退出关税协议
měi mào yì dài biǎo : shàng wú rèn hé guó jiā shuō tuì chū guān shuì xié yì
USTR: No country has said it has withdrawn from the tariff agreement
他在工作中经验尚浅。
Tā zài gōngzuò zhōng jīngyàn shàng qiǎn.
He is still green at the job.
第二次世界大战尚未结束。
Dì'èr Cì Shìjiè Dàzhàn shàngwèi jiéshù.
The Second World War isn't over yet.
据我所知，这本书尚未被翻译成日语。
Jùwǒsuǒzhī, zhè běn shū shàng wèi bèi fānyì chéng Rìyǔ.
As far as I know, this book has never been translated into Japanese.
科学家们尚未找到对这神秘现象的解释。
Kēxuéjiā men shàngwèi zhǎodào duì zhè shénmì xiànxiàng de jiěshì.
The scientists have not found any explanation for the mysterious phenomenon.
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