# 上游 (shàngyóu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 上游 (shàngyóu) means “upper reaches (of river); upstream”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: upper reaches (of river); upstream
- Pinyin: shàngyóu (shang4 you2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这条河的上游水质很好。
  Zhè tiáo hé de shàngyóu shuǐzhì hěn hǎo.
  The water quality in the upper reaches of this river is very good.

## Characters

- [上](https://hanziro.com/word/shang-up/) (shàng): up; above
- [游](https://hanziro.com/word/you-swim/) (yóu): to swim; to travel

https://hanziro.com/word/shang-you-upper-reaches/

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