上位

shàngwèi
  1. seat of honor
  2. person in a high-ranking position
  3. to be promoted to a more senior role
  4. (genetics) epistatic

CEDICT

  1. (genetics) to exert epistatic effect on another gene
  2. (literary) higher rank; upper rank
  3. (literary) seat of honour; top seat
  4. (neologism, derogatory, of a mistress) to successfully displace one's original wife or husband
  5. higher rank; upper rank
  6. seat of honour; top seat
  7. to exert epistatic effect on another gene
  8. to get promoted; to move to a higher position
  9. to successfully displace one's original wife or husband

Wiktionary

  1. 高位、高官。
  2. 上座，贵客座位。
  3. 遗传学上指一个基因干扰另一个非对位基因表现的现象。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
2 位 wèi
  1. position
  2. location
  3. place
  4. seat
  5. classifier for people (honorific)
  6. classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. (physics) potential

Containing this entry

上位概念 shàngwèigàiniàn superordinate concept
上位词 shàngwèicí (semantics) hypernym
女上位 nǚshàngwèi woman-on-top sex position
男上位 nánshàngwèi

Related entries

上座 shàngzuò
  1. seat of honor (at a banquet, meeting etc)
  2. (Buddhism) senior monk's seat or title
上首 shàngshǒu
  1. seat of honor
  2. first place
上手 shàngshǒu
  1. to obtain
  2. to master
  3. overhand (serve etc)
  4. seat of honor