上位

Chinese

 
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad.
(上位)

Pronunciation 1


Noun

上位

  1. (literary) higher rank; upper rank
  2. (literary) seat of honour; top seat

Pronunciation 2


Verb

上位

  1. to get promoted; to move to a higher position
  2. (neologism, derogatory, of a mistress) to successfully displace one's original wife or husband
    小三上位   xiǎosān shàngwèi   the mistress displaces the wife
  3. (genetics) to exert epistatic effect on another gene

Japanese

Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 1

Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

上位 (hiragana じょうい, rōmaji jōi, historical hiragana じやうゐ)

  1. a higher rank, an upper rank

Antonyms

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