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)		 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
上 位
じょう
Grade: 1		 い
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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