What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 上来 mean?

上来 shànglai

to come up

It can also mean

  • (after a verb) up; to manage to (as in 答不上来)
  • right at the start (一上来)
  • to pick up; to reach the expected level (of output, scale, quality etc)

Its characters

  1. 上 shàng up
  2. 来 lái to come

In a sentence

你快上来,楼上风景很好。 Come up quickly, the view upstairs is great.

我每天晚上都上来,给它们一点儿水。

From 七楼 · 第十二天 · The Seventh Floor, Episode 12: The Roof Room

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