HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Connectives

以上 yǐshàng “above” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 以上 means

  1. above
  2. over
  3. more than
  4. that level or higher
  5. that amount or more
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • the above-mentioned
  • (used to indicate that one has completed one’s remarks) That is all.

How to say 以上

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale以yǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale上shàng4th tone, falling

以上 in a sentence

  1. 他有五本以上的字典。

    Tā yǒu wǔ běn yǐshàng de zìdiǎn.

    He has more than five dictionaries.

    Sentence #802020 from Tatoeba

  2. 我不喜欢五百页以上的书。

    Wǒ bù xǐhuan wǔbǎi yè yǐshàng de shū.

    I don’t like books of more than five hundred pages.

    Sentence #8792133 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 六岁及以上的小孩应该上学。

    Liù suì jí yǐshàng de xiǎohái yīnggāi shàngxué.

    Children aged six and over should go to school.

    Sentence #3289558 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 以上 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 以 (yǐ) drawn as one shape
以yǐto use

以 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 上 (shàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
上shàngup; upper; above; previous
  • ⺊divination form of 卜 · bǔ
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA short stroke above the line: up, on top.

How to write 以上

以 4 strokes · 上 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

以上 (yǐshàng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 以上 (yǐshàng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 以上

Words with 以

可以kěyǐ · can所以suǒyǐ · so以前yǐqián · before以后yǐhòu · after以下yǐxià · below以外yǐwài · apart from以yǐ · with以为yǐwéi · to think (wrongly)以及yǐjí · and以来yǐlái · since (a previous event)

Words with 上

上shàng · up上午shàngwǔ · morning (forenoon)上课shàngkè · to go to class上学shàngxué · to go to school早上zǎoshang · morning晚上wǎnshang · evening上班shàngbān · to go to work上面shàngmiàn · above路上lùshang · on the road上来shànglái · to come up

More words: Connectives & Grammar Words

可kě · but有关yǒuguān · to be related to子zi · (common noun suffix)以下yǐxià · below的话dehuà · if (ends a conditional clause)将jiāng · will并bìng · and之间zhījiān · between

FAQs

以上 (yǐshàng) means “above” or “over”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it yǐshàng: yǐ with a 3rd tone, then shàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 以上 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yishang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 以上 from the suggestions. Typing yishang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
以上 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 4 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.