上限

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	limit; bound
simp. and trad. (上限)		上	限

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ haan⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-hǎn / siōng-hān / siāng-ān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: shàng-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshiann
    • Palladius: шансянь (šansjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ haan⁶
    • Yale: seuhng haahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ haan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ han⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² haːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-hǎn
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-hǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² han²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-hān
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-hān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxnghan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ han²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-ān
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-ān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxng'an
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ an²²/

Noun

上限

1. upper limit; maximum

Antonyms

• 下限 (xiàxiàn)

Derived terms

• 債務上限／债务上限 (zhàiwù shàngxiàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	限
じょう Grade: 1	げん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

上(じょう)限(げん) • (jōgen) 

1. upper limit
2. (mathematics) maximum

   自然数(しぜんすう)には上限(じょうげん)はない。

   Shizensū ni wa jōgen wa nai.

   There is no limit in natural numbers.