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title: "Shangxing Meaning: 上行 (shàngxíng) Means “up”"
description: "上行 (shàngxíng) means “up (train or bus line, toward the capital)”. Hear its tones, see what 上 and 行 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/shangxing"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 上行 mean?

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上行 shàngxíng

## up (train or bus line, toward the capital)

## It can also mean

- (medicine) ascending; to spread upward (of an infection)
- upward; going upstream
- to rise; upward trend (prices, economy)

## Its characters

1. 上 shàng to appear on (TV, the news, a trending list)
2. 行 xíng to walk

## In a sentence

今年房价继续上行。 Housing prices continued to rise this year.

[More about 上行](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%8A%E8%A1%8C)

## More words with 上 or 行

- [不行 bùxíng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/buxing)
- [出行 chūxíng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chuxing)
- [发行 fāxíng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/faxing)
- [飞行 fēixíng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/feixing)
- [飞行员 fēixíngyuán](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/feixingyuan)
- [赶上 gǎnshàng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/ganshang)
- [行列 hángliè](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/hanglie)
- [行情 hángqíng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/hangqing)
- [航行 hángxíng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/hangxing)
- [行业 hángyè](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/hangye)

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