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上来/上去

shàng lái / shàng qù

上来 and 上去 are not about up. They are about where you stand

The picture A single arrow pointing upward. If its tip comes toward you, that is 上来; if it leaves you behind, that is 上去.

Endings and forms

Where the picture shows up in 上来/上去

  1. up to where I am

    电梯坏了,你走楼梯上来吧。

    diàntī huài le, nǐ zǒu lóutī shàng lái ba

    The lift is broken, come up the stairs.

  2. up away from me

    我马上上去拿。

    wǒ mǎshàng shàng qù ná

    I'll go up and get it right now.

  3. carried up to me

    麻烦你把这箱水搬上来

    máfan nǐ bǎ zhè xiāng shuǐ bān shàng lái

    Could you bring this case of water up, please?

  4. up onto a surface

    名字写上去就行了。

    míngzi xiě shàng qù jiù xíng le

    Just write your name on it.

    Here 上 is not a floor but a surface. Landing on a page counts as 上 too.

  5. up out of your head

    你问我为什么,我一时说不上来

    nǐ wèn wǒ wèishénme, wǒ yìshí shuō bu shàng lái

    You ask me why, and nothing comes to me right now.

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