xíng'ér​shàng

metaphysical; metaphysics

  • created reference approved 形而上 → 形上 (abbreviation) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    形而上 xíng'ér​shàng

    形上 xíng​shàng

    abbreviation

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 形而上 → 形而下 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    形而上 xíng'ér​shàng

    形而下 xíng'ér​xià

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 形而上 · xíng'ér​shàng · metaphysical; metaphysics — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    形而上

    xíng'ér​shàng

    metaphysical; metaphysics

    Pertaining to or referring to things without physical form, such as ideas, spirits, or principles; abstract; immaterial

    形 (literal) → 形 · xíng · entity 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 上 (literal) → 上 · shàng · upper

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense