Tom became a minister.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
当上
to take up duty as
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to take up duty as
02
to assume a position
03
to assume
04
to take on (an office)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 当上 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 当上 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He made his way to the minister.
Bush followed Reagan as president.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 当上.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 当上.
Directly before
- 之后当上1
- 设法当上1
- 汤姆当上1
Directly after
- 当上了3
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 当上
What does 当上 mean in Chinese?
当上 (dāngshang) means to take up duty as.
How do you pronounce 当上?
当上 is pronounced dāngshang.
Is 当上 an HSK word?
当上 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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