上 shàng (bound form) up; upper; above; previousfirst (of multiple parts)to climb; to get onto; to go upto attend (class or university)(directional complement) up(noun suffix) on; above Example sentences 桌上有一本书。 zhuō shàng yǒu yī běn shū. There is a book on the table 桌上有二十多本书。 zhuō shàng yǒu èrshí duō běn shū. There are more than twenty books on the table