上市
shàng shì
Pinyin

Definition

上市
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shàng shì
  1. to hit the market (of a new product)
  2. to float (a company on the stock market)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上
shǎng
  1. 1 see 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]
上海
Shàng hǎi
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
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
城市
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 CL:座[zuò]
带上
dài shàng
  1. 1 to take along with one
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
上前
shàng qián
  1. 1 to advance
  2. 2 to step forward
上午
shàng wǔ
  1. 1 morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
上半年
shàng bàn nián
  1. 1 first half (of a year)
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
上坟
shàng fén
  1. 1 to visit a grave
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

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
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
  1. 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
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

Sample Sentences

不会吧！你从哪儿弄来的？国内离上市还早着呢！
bùhuì ba ！nǐ cóng nǎr5 nòng lái de ？guónèi lí shàngshì hái zǎo zhe ne ！
An iPhone? No way! Where did you get it? It won't come on the domestic market for a long time!
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我们老家的四川火锅蘸酱，我妹的目标是向“老干妈”看齐，但上市那得靠缘分了，如果无缘，至少也要营销成蘸酱界第一个“老干妹儿”。
wǒmen lǎojiā de Sìchuān huǒguō zhànjiàng ，wǒ mèi de mùbiāo shì xiàng “lǎogānmā ”kànqí ，dàn shàngshì nà děi kào yuánfèn le ，rúguǒ wúyuán ，zhìshǎo yě yào yíngxiāo chéng zhànjiàng jiè dì yī ge “lǎogānmèir ”。
For the Sichuanese hotpot dipping sauce from our hometown. My cousin's objective is to emulate Laoganma dipping sauce, but hitting the market is all up to chance, if there's no opportunity for that, at least she wants to market it as the first little sister of the laoganma dipping sauce brand.
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最近新茶上市，我托朋友买了些上好的西湖龙井，要不要品尝一下？
zuìjìn xīn chá shàngshì ，wǒ tuō péngyou mǎi le xiē shànghǎo de xīhú Lóngjǐng ，yào bù yào pǐncháng yīxià ？
A new tea has just come on the market and I asked a friend to buy some top-grade West Lake Dragon Well tea, do you want to taste it?
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明年年初上市，349美元。
míngnián nián chū shàngshì ，sānbǎisìshíjiǔ měiyuán 。
It goes on the market at the beginning of next year. It's 349 US dollars.
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别瞎说！丽丽前几天碰到她以前的男朋友。你猜那个人是谁？居然是网络富豪刘翔！人家才三十岁，公司都已经在美国上市了。
bié xiāshuō ！Lìli qián jǐ tiān pèngdào tā yǐqián de nánpéngyou 。nǐ cāi nàge rén shì shéi ？jūrán shì wǎngluò fùháo Liú Xiáng ！rénjiā cái sānshí suì ，gōngsī dōu yǐjīng zài Měiguó shàngshì le 。
Don’t talk nonsense. A few days ago Lili ran into her ex-boyfriend. Can you guess who he is? Unbelievably, he’s that internet millionaire, Liu Xiang! The guy is only 30 years old, and his company is already listed on the stock market in the U.S.
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我们公司新品上市，要做一些广告。你们有什么建议？
wǒmen gōngsī xīnpǐn shàngshì ，yào zuò yīxiē guǎnggào 。nǐmen yǒu shénme jiànyì ？
Our company is releasing a new product. We need to do some advertising. What suggestions do you all have?
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优酷上市了，正规了，呵呵。
Yōukù shàngshì le ，zhèngguī le ，hēhē 。
Youku has gone public. It's following the rules. Haha.
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另外，我打算明年年底前把公司上市，然后分拆，然后再分别上市。
lìngwài ，wǒ dǎsuàn míngnián niándǐ qián bǎ gōngsī shàngshì ，ránhòu fēnchāi ，ránhòu zài fēnbié shàngshì 。
Also, I plan to have the company go public before the end of next year, after which I'll split it up into multiple smaller companies and then put them back on the stock market individually.
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现在公司的业绩已经很好了，去年还成功上市。为什么不扩大业务范围，做网络游戏、搜索引擎呢？
xiànzài gōngsī de yèjì yǐjīng hěn hǎo le ，qùnián hái chénggōng shàngshì 。wèishénme bù kuòdà yèwù fànwéi ，zuò wǎngluò yóuxì 、sōusuǒ yǐnqíng ne ？
Now, the company has achieved a lot--last year it successfully went public. Why have you not expanded the scope of the business to include online games, search engines?
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