上 位

shàng wèidictionary entry

seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic

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Original source entry:

上位 上位 [shang4 wei4] /seat of honor/person in a high-ranking position/to be promoted to a more senior role/(genetics) epistatic/

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上
shǎng
used in 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]
shàng
(bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above
位
wèi
position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential

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