上级
shàng​jí HSK5

higher authorities

上级 (上級) shàng​jí
higher authorities noun
organizations, units, or governing bodies at a higher administrative level

这份报告需要呈报给上级部门审批。

zhè fèn bào​gào xū​yào chéng​bào gěi shàng​jí bù​mén shěn​pī.

This report needs to be submitted to a higher department for approval.

superiors noun
individuals holding a higher rank or position within a professional or military hierarchy

他在上级面前总是表现得很谦虚。

tā zài shàng​jí miàn​qián zǒng​shì biǎo​xiàn de hěn qiān​xū.

He always behaves very modestly in front of his superiors.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
7.90 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
22.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 5

Cross-References

Classifier

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)