上位

shàngwèi

noun #36,008

Meanings

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

Characters

seat / position

Examples

他三十岁就上位成为公司高管。

Tā sānshí suì jiù shàngwèi chéngwéi gōngsī gāoguǎn.

By thirty he had risen to a senior position in the company.

宴会上长辈坐上位。

Yànhuì shàng zhǎngbèi zuò shàngwèi.

At the banquet, the elders sit in the seat of honor.

Tips

culture

In traditional banquet etiquette, 上位 is the seat facing the entrance — reserved for the most senior guest. In modern slang it means 'to climb the ranks', sometimes with a sly hint of office politics. In genetics it translates the technical term 'epistatic'.

Stroke Order

上 shàng

位 wèi