上司
shàng si
Pinyin

Definition

上司
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shàng si
  1. boss
  2. superior

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上
shǎng
  1. 1 see 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]
上班
shàng bān
  1. 1 to go to work
  2. 2 to be on duty
  3. 3 to start work
  4. 4 to go to the office
公司
gōng sī
  1. 1 (business) company
  2. 2 company
  3. 3 firm
  4. 4 corporation
  5. 5 incorporated
  6. 6 CL:家[jiā]
早上
zǎo shang
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
晚上
wǎn shang
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 in the evening
上下
shàng xià
  1. 1 up and down
  2. 2 top and bottom
  3. 3 old and new
  4. 4 length
  5. 5 about
上来
shàng lái
  1. 1 to come up
  2. 2 to approach
  3. 3 (verb complement indicating success)
上传
shàng chuán
  1. 1 to upload
上午
shàng wǔ
  1. 1 morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
上去
shàng qù
  1. 1 to go up
上台
shàng tái
  1. 1 to rise to power (in politics)
  2. 2 to go on stage (in the theater)
上司
shàng si
  1. 1 boss
  2. 2 superior
上场
shàng chǎng
  1. 1 on stage
  2. 2 to go on stage
  3. 3 to take the field
上天
shàng tiān
  1. 1 Heaven
  2. 2 Providence
  3. 3 God
  4. 4 the day before
  5. 5 the sky above
  6. 6 to fly to the sky
  7. 7 to take off and fly into space
  8. 8 to die
  9. 9 to pass away
上学
shàng xué
  1. 1 to go to school
  2. 2 to attend school
上市
shàng shì
  1. 1 to hit the market (of a new product)
  2. 2 to float (a company on the stock market)
上帝
Shàng dì
  1. 1 God
上床
shàng chuáng
  1. 1 to go to bed
  2. 2 (coll.) to have sex
上手
shàng shǒu
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to master
  3. 3 overhand (serve etc)
  4. 4 seat of honor
上升
shàng shēng
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to go up
  3. 3 to ascend

Idioms (20)

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
上一次当，学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
  1. 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go to great lengths
  3. 3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路，入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
上有天堂，下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
上有政策，下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
  1. 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
  1. 1 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
上气不接下气
shàng qì bù jiē xià qì
  1. 1 out of breath (idiom)
  2. 2 to gasp for air
上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
  1. 1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
上贼船
shàng zéi chuán
  1. 1 lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to associate with criminals
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
力争上游
lì zhēng shàng yóu
  1. 1 to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result
  2. 2 to have high ambitions
包在我身上
bāo zài wǒ shēn shang
  1. 1 leave it to me (idiom)
  2. 2 I'll take care of it

Sample Sentences

听到消息有新的上司要来，同事就开始出馊主意，说要热热闹闹地为新上司办个欢迎派对，看来他是想和新上司套交情。
tīngdào xiāoxi yǒu Xīn de shàngsi yào lái ，tóngshì jiù kāishǐ chū sōuzhǔyi ，shuō yào rèrènàonào de wéi Xīn shàngsi bàn ge huānyíng pàiduì ，kànlai tā shì xiǎng hé Xīn shàngsi tàojiāoqing 。
When hearing of the news that a new boss was coming, my colleague began to make silly suggestions, saying that we should have a welcoming party for the new boss. It seemed that he was trying to curry favor with the new boss.
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跟同事、上司和好
gēn tóngshì 、shàngsi héhǎo
Making up with colleagues and bosses.
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辞职、跟上司吵架
cízhí 、gēn shàngsi chǎojià
Resigning and fighting with a boss
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在正式场合，或是跟你的上司说话的时候不太适合，可能会让别人觉得你不太认真）
zài zhèngshìchǎnghé ，huòshì gēn nǐ de shàngsi shuōhuà de shíhou bùtài shìhé ，kěnéng huì ràng biérén juéde nǐ bùtài rènzhēn ）
In formal occasions, or when speaking to your boss, it may not appropriate to use this term, it may give the impression that you aren't taking the conversation seriously.
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研发部，副理，你算是朱平的上司了，来参加他的欢送会，很给他面子啊。
yánfā bù ，fùlǐ ，nǐ suàn shì Zhū Píng de shàngsi le ，lái cānjiā tā de huānsònghuì ，hěn gěi tā miànzi ā 。
The assistant manager of the R&D department, so you're pretty much Zhu Ping's superior. It was really good of you to come to his farewell party.
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那你真的是他未来的上司了，我去拿个饮料，一起去吗？
nà nǐ zhēnde shì tā wèilái de shàngsi le ，wǒ qù ná gè yǐnliào ，yīqǐ qù ma ？
So you really are his future superior, I'm going to get a drink, should we go together?
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但是，让她关注更多的则是她的直接上司，李探长。矮矮的身材，秃秃的头发，过时的花衬衫，李探长究竟是怎样一个人？
dànshì ，ràng tā guānzhù gèngduō de zéshì tā de zhíjiēshàngsi ，Lǐ tànzhǎng 。ǎiǎi de shēncái ，tūtū de tóufa ，guòshí de huāchènshān ，Lǐ tànzhǎng jiūjìng shì zěnyàng yī ge rén ？
However, what she took even more notice of was her immediate superior, Detective Li. His short stature, bald head and out of fashion Hawaiian shirt - what kind of person was Detective Li, really?
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我们一般都是招聘全日制本科生，但钱勇的面试表现很不错，他的顶头上司王经理也很欣赏他。要不把这个情况跟王经理说一下吧。
wǒmen yībān dōu shì zhāopìn quánrìzhì běnkēshēng ，dàn Qián Yǒng de miànshì biǎoxiàn hěn bùcuò ，tā de dǐngtóu shàngsi Wáng jīnglǐ yě hěn xīnshǎng tā 。yàobu bǎ zhè ge qíngkuàng gēn Wáng jīnglǐ shuō yīxià ba 。
We normally only employ people with full-time undergraduate degrees, but Qian Yong's interview was excellent and his previous supervisor, Manager Wang, really liked him too. Let's inform Manager Wang of the situation.
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是我以前公司的上司，一直挺欣赏我的。我们也很谈得来。
shì wǒ yǐqián gōngsī de shàngsi ，yīzhí tǐng xīnshǎng wǒ de 。wǒmen yě hěn tándelái 。
He worked above me at my last job. He was always quite nice to me. We got along really well too.
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哟，想象一下那种猥琐的眼神，我鸡皮疙瘩也起来了。你们说碰到这种上司该怎么办啊？
yō ，xiǎngxiàng yīxià nà zhǒng wěisuǒ de yǎnshén ，wǒ jīpí gēda yě qǐlái le 。nǐmen shuō pèngdào zhèzhǒng shàngsi gāi zěnme bàn a ？
Ugh, just thinking of that wretched look in his eyes gives me goosebumps. What do you guys think, if you come across a boss like this, what should you do?
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