- 上下班 shàngxiàbān commuteto go to and leave work
- 不相上下 bùxiāngshàngxià comparableequally matched or roughly the same in quality, power, or value
- 上下文 shàngxiàwén contexttextual context
- 举国上下 jǔguóshàngxià entire nationthe whole country, including everyone from the leadership down to the rank and file
- 上下其手 shàngxiàqíshǒu colludingto practice fraud through collusion or to manipulate a situation or documents behind the scenes for illicit gain
- 上下学 shàngxiàxué going to and from schoolthe act of traveling to school in the morning and returning home from school in the afternoon
- 不分上下 bùfēnshàngxià evenly matchedat par with each other; not to know one's place
- 天上下刀子 tiānshàngxiàdāozi extreme catastropheeven if something catastrophic or impossible happens; used to express determination regardless of extreme obstacles
- 浑身上下 húnshēnshàngxià all overall over; from head to toe; throughout the whole body
- 上下床 shàngxiàchuáng bunk bed
- 上下文菜单 shàngxiàwéncàidān context menucontext menu (computing)
- 上下五千年 Shàngxià Wǔ Qiānnián 5000 years of historyTales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang
- 上下铺 shàngxiàpù bunk bed