上策

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	method; plan; policy method; plan; policy; scheme
trad. (上策)		上	策
simp. #(上策)		上	策

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngcè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄘㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ caak³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-chhek / siōng-chhiak / siāng-chhek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngcè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄘㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngcè
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-tsʻê⁴
    • Yale: shàng-tsè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqtseh
    • Palladius: шанцэ (šancɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ caak³
    • Yale: seuhng chaak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ tsaak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ cag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² t͡sʰaːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-chhek
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-tshik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngzheg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-chhiak
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-tshiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngchiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-chhek
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-tshik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngzheg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/

Noun

上策

1. brilliant plan; best strategy

Derived terms

• 三十六計，走為上策／三十六计，走为上策
• 走為上策／走为上策 (zǒuwéishàngcè)