DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

桑間濮上

简桑间濮上 · 繁桑間濮上

Mandarin · pinyin Sāng jiān Pú shàng

Sangjian by the Pu River, a place in the ancient state of Wei known for wanton behavior
lovers' rendezvous

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

桑: sāng · mulberry tree; surname
間: Look up this written character
濮: pú · county in Henan province
上: shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
间: jiān · midpoint, space; place, locality

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–1–2–4 · Sang1 jian1 Pu2 shang4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

桑間濮上 · find source passages ↗ · 桑间濮上 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

song1 gaan1 buk6 soeng6

Cantonese word readings for 桑間濮上. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

phrase

(idiomatic) lovers' rendezvous

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack