上传

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 请把照片上传到云端。▶ —
   Please upload the photos to the cloud.
2. 视频上传需要几分钟。▶ —
   Uploading the video takes a few minutes.

Collocations

Mnemonic

上 shàng "up" + 传 chuán "to transmit": to send upward, i.e. to upload. Chinese calques it (up = 上, load = transmit 传) while Korean uses the loanword eop-ro-deu. 传 is a polyphone: chuán "to transmit" but zhuàn "biography". Its opposite is 下载 (download).

Related

Quick check

1. When is 传 read zhuàn, not chuán?

   • when it means "record", as in 传记 biography
   • in 上传 (upload)
   • in 传播 (spread)
   • in 传给 (pass to)