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  • 1

    v.come up

    • yǐ jīng yóu le bàn tiān le kuài shàng lái xiē huì ba

      已经半天上来

      You've been swimming for a long time now. Come out and have a rest.

    • zhè shān tài gāo le wǒ pá le liǎng gè duō xiǎo shí cái shàng lái

      小时上来

      This mountain is too high. It took me more than two hours to come to the top.

    • tā zài lóu xià kàn shū bàn tiān méi shàng lái

      楼下看书半天上来

      He had been reading a book downstairs and didn't come upstairs for quite a while.

  • 2

    v.come up to a place or state regarded as higher or above

    • tā gāng cóng jī céng shàng lái

      基层上来

      He's just come from a grass-roots unit.

    • zhè xiē gàn bù gāng cóng jī céng shàng lái

      这些干部基层上来

      These cadres have just come from grass-roots units.

    • shū jì jué dìng bǎ tā cóng jī céng tí bá shàng lái

      书记决定基层提拔上来

      The secretary decided to promote him from the grassroots.

  • 3

    v.begin; start; get started

    • shàng lái gàn huó ba

      上来干活

      Let's start working.

    • tā yī shàng lái jiù yǒu jìn

      上来有劲

      He gets very energetic at the beginning.

    • shàng lái xiān shǎo shuō huà

      上来说话

      Don't talk too much at the beginning.

  • 4

    v.fmlsummarize; sum up (the aforesaid); sum up what has been said in the foregoing

    • shàng lái shuō wǒ tóng yì tā de guān diǎn

      上来同意观点

      From all these has been said, I give my consent to his view.

Word usage

  • Note
    When "过来" is used as a complement after a verb, "来" is usually read in the neutral tone. But in the format "verb + not + 上来" "没 + verb + 上来", "来" is still read in its original tone.
  • "上" and "来" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • ?

      Can you come up? Shall I give you a hand?

    • 有点儿

      The slope is a little steep. The car can’t come up.