升 shēng

arise, go up; hoist; advance

HSK 5 #837

DEFINITIONS

  • arise, go up
  • hoist
  • advance
  • to ascend
  • to rise to the rank of
  • to promote
  • to hoist
  • liter
  • measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗[dou3]
  • variant of 升[sheng1]
  • to rise in rank

STROKES

WORDS

逐步升级 zhú bù shēng jí escalation
逐步升級 zhú bù shēng jí escalation
递升 dì shēng to ascend progressively
遞升 dì shēng to ascend progressively
厘升 lí shēng centiliter
釐升 lí shēng centiliter
金乌西坠，玉兔东升 jīn wū xī zhuì ， yù tù dōng shēng lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east; fig. at sunset
雞犬升天 jī quǎn shēng tiān lit. poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom); fig. to ride on sb else's success; Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too; Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
韩升洙 hán shēng zhū Han Seung Soo (1936-), South Korean diplomat and politician, prime minister from 2008
飆升 biāo shēng to rise rapidly; to soar
飛升 fēi shēng to levitate heavenwards (a Daoist success); to take off; to soar (of prices)
升阻 shēng zū lift-to-drag ratio; a measure of the efficiency of an aircraft in generating lift relative to the drag it creates
升学主义 shēng xué zhǔ yì the doctrine of educational advancement; belief in the importance of academic progression
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