上士

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Chinese

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
 
 scholar; warrior; knight
simp. and trad.
(上士) 		上 士

Pronunciation 1

Noun

上士

  1. (military) staff sergeant (of an army); chief petty officer (of a navy); first sergeant (of an air force)

Pronunciation 2

Verb

上士

  1. (xiangqi) to move an adviser (士) forward diagonally
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 上士 (“(xiangqi) to move an adviser forward”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 上士
Northeastern Mandarin Harbin 支士
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 支士
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 上士
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 上士, 撐士
Wanrong 上士
Xi'an 上士, 撐士
Xining 上士, 支士
Xuzhou 上士, 撐士
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 撐士, 支士
Ürümqi 上士, 支士, 撐士
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 上士, 支士, 撐士
Guiyang 上士, 撐士
Liuzhou 上士
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 上士, 撐士
Yangzhou 撐士
Cantonese Guangzhou 上士
Hong Kong 上士
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 撐士
Macau 上士
Guangzhou (Panyu) 撐士
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 上士
Guangzhou (Conghua) 上士
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 上士
Foshan 上士
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 上士
Foshan (Shunde) 上士
Foshan (Sanshui) 上士
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 上士
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 岔士
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 岔士
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 上士
Zhuhai (Doumen) 省士
Jiangmen (Baisha) 上士
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 上士
Taishan 省士
Kaiping (Chikan) 省士
Enping (Niujiang) 省士
Heshan (Yayao) 上士
Dongguan 撐士
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 上士
Gan Nanchang 上士, 撐士
Lichuan 撐士
Pingxiang 撐士
Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 撐士
Dongguan (Qingxi) 上士
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 岔士
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 上士
Yudu 上士, 撐士
Huizhou Jixi 上士
Jin Taiyuan 支士
Northern Min Jian'ou 上士
Southern Min Haikou 上士
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 上士
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 撐士
Wu Shanghai 撐士, 扯士
Suzhou 撐士, 叉士
Danyang 上士
Hangzhou 上士
Xiang Changsha 上士, 撐士
Antonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上 士
じょう
Grade: 1 		し
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

/zyausi/ → /zyoːsi/.

Pronunciation

Noun

上(じょう)士(し) • (jōshi) ←じゃうし (zyausi)?

  1. a person of good upbringing and character
  2. a high ranking samurai

See also

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
上士

Noun

上士

  1. chữ Hán form of thượng sĩ (“sergeant major; master sergeant; chief petty officer”).
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