CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

上岸

shàngàn

to go ashore; to climb ashore

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

to go ashore; to climb ashore

(fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's de…

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 上岸 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 上岸 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

全部上岸！quán bù shàng àn！

All ashore!

「上岸的河童」比喻因环境改变，而无法发挥能力。「shàng àn de hé tóng」 bǐ yù yīn huán jìng gǎi biàn， ér wú fǎ fā huī néng lì。

No published English translation for this sentence.

游泳选手辛蒂尼可拉斯累得精疲力竭地游完全程后，勉强才在多佛尔上岸，但海峡游泳协会的发言人宣布，她的状态非常好。yóu yǒng xuǎn shǒu xīn dì ní kě lā sī lèi dé jīng pí lì jié dì yóu wán quán chéng hòu， miǎn qiǎng cái zài duō fú ěr shàng àn， dàn hǎi xiá yóu yǒng xié huì de fā yán rén xuān bù， tā de zhuàng tài fēi cháng hǎo。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 上岸.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 上岸.

Directly before

全部上岸1
多佛尔上岸1

Directly after

上岸的1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 上岸

What does 上岸 mean in Chinese?

上岸 (shàngàn) means to go ashore; to climb ashore.

How do you pronounce 上岸?

上岸 is pronounced shàngàn.

Is 上岸 an HSK word?

上岸 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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