# 上头 (shàngtou)

In Mandarin Chinese, 上头 (shàngtou) means “higher-ups; top; to go to one's head”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: higher-ups; top; to go to one's head
- Pinyin: shàngtou (shang4 tou5)
- Traditional: 上頭
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- Other readings: shàngtóu — (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one's head; (of an idea, a s

## Examples

- 这项任务是上头交代下来的。
  Zhè xiàng rènwu shì shàngtou jiāodài xiàlái de.
  This task was assigned by the higher-ups.

## Characters

- [上](https://hanziro.com/word/shang-up/) (shàng): up; above
- [头](https://hanziro.com/word/tou-head/) (tóu): head; top

https://hanziro.com/word/shang-tou-higher-ups/

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