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up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up |
man; person; people
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simp. and trad.
(上人)
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上
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人
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Pronunciation 1
Noun
上人
- (literary) someone who is virtuous and wise
- (literary) master; leader; monarch
- (honorific) monk
Pronunciation 2
Noun
上人
- (dialectal Mandarin, Wu) elder (parents or grandparents)
Pronunciation 3
Verb
上人
- (literary) to transcend someone
Pronunciation 4
Verb
上人
- (chiefly Northeastern Mandarin, of restaurants, theatres, etc.) to have customers come in continuously
Japanese
Noun
上人 • (uebito) ←うへびと (ufebito)?
- (archaic) court officials, courtiers
Noun
上人 • (shōnin) ←しやうにん (syaunin)?
- a holy man, a priest, a saint
Noun
上人 • (jōnin) ←じやうにん (zyaunin)?
- an upstanding person
- person of high social status