Come learn 3000+ Chinese characters with HanziHero!

HSK
4

to esteem

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

shang4 shàng

Meaning


Primary

to esteem

Alternatives

esteem, esteems, esteeming, esteemed, to respect, respect

Mnemonic


[sh-] Shrek is in the [4] bathroom of the [-ang] chapel preparing to go pray to this ogre gods. He lacks self-尚 esteem because he has no cool ogre 冋 moustache, something the ogre scriptures praise as important. He puts on a ⺌ confetti 冋 moustache in hopes that will allow him 尚 to esteem himself, as if the ogre gods of the chapel won't just laugh at this sad attempt of a 冋 moustache.

Similar Meaning Characters


Same Pronunciation


Found In Words