上层

上層

shàngcéng

noun HSK 7-9 #9,859

Meanings

HSK 3

这个决定来自上层。

Zhège juédìng láizì shàngcéng.

This decision came from the higher-ups.

HSK 4

上层社会的生活很不同。

Shàngcéng shèhuì de shēnghuó hěn bùtóng.

Life in upper-class society is very different.

HSK 5

蛋糕的上层是奶油。

Dàngāo de shàngcéng shì nǎiyóu.

The top layer of the cake is cream.

usage

上层 can be literal (upper floor, top layer) or figurative (upper class, leadership). 上层建筑 is the Marxist term for 'superstructure'.

上 shàng

层 céng