shàng liáng

上 梁

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SW HSK 6

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1
n.top tube; cross bar of bicycles; top bar
- shàng liáng hé dǐ zuò
  上梁和底座
  upper beam and base
2
v.put the beams in place in building a wooden house; lay a beam
- gài fáng zi shí yào shàng liáng
  盖房子时要上梁。
  Beams must be installed when building a house.
3
n.upper beam of buildings

Separable word
"上" and "梁" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 你家房子什么时候上的梁？
  When were the beams put in place in your house?
- 上了梁，房子就快完工了。
  With the beams being put in place, the house will soon be completed.

上梁