上方

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	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (上方)		上	方

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngfāng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ fong¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zaon-faon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngfāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngfang
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-fang¹
  - Yale: shàng-fāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqfang
  - Palladius: шанфан (šanfan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ fong¹
  - Yale: seuhng fōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ fong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ fong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zaon-faon
  - MiniDict: zaon^去 faon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zaan-faan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɑ̃²² fɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

上方

upper part; area above; place above; (anatomy) superior part
the celestial realm

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “upper part”): 下方 (xiàfāng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	方
かみ Grade: 1	かた > がた Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Proper noun

上(かみ)方(がた) • (Kamigata)

The Kyoto and Osaka area in Edo period culture.