Word information
Simplified上面
Traditional上面
Pinyinshàngmiàn
Part of speech名
HSK 3.02
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
上面
shàngmiàn · on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shang4 mian5]
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