上文

shàngwén

noun #34,722

Meanings

1 the foregoing; the preceding text
2 what was said earlier (in a piece of writing or speech)

Characters

above; previous

Examples

HSK 5

上文提到的几个例子很有代表性。

Shàngwén tídào de jǐ ge lìzi hěn yǒu dàibiǎoxìng.

The examples mentioned earlier are quite representative.

HSK 7-9

如上文所述，问题主要出在数据采集。

Rú shàngwén suǒ shù, wèntí zhǔyào chū zài shùjù cǎijí.

As stated above, the problem mainly lies in data collection.

Tips

usage

Pairs with 下文 ('what follows / the rest of the text'). Together: 联系上下文 ('considering the context, both before and after'). 上文 is academic/written register - in spoken Chinese, you'd say 前面 or 之前.

Stroke Order

上 shàng

文 wén