升
to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
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Dict coverage rank #923 U+5347
How 升 is formed
How to remember it
liter · Heisig RSH #41
千 thousand + needle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 升
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一人得道，鸡犬升天 | yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān | (lit.) when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs wil… |
| 四海升平 | sì hǎi shēng píng | (idiom) the whole world is at peace |
| 上升空间 | shàng shēng kōng jiān | upside; potential to rise |
| 升斗小民 | shēng dǒu xiǎo mín | (idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth |
| 圣母升天节 | Shèng mǔ shēng tiān jié | Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August) |
| 直升飞机 | zhí shēng fēi jī | see 直升機|直升机[zhi2 sheng1 ji1] |
| 直升机 | zhí shēng jī | helicopter; CL:架[jia4] |
| 直升机 | zhí shēng jī | variant of 直升機|直升机[zhi2 sheng1 ji1] |
| 步步高升 | bù bù gāo shēng | to climb step by step; to rise steadily; on the up and up |
| 升糖指数 | shēng táng zhǐ shù | glycemic index |
| 升市 | shēng shì | rising prices; bull market |
| 全球气候升温 | quán qiú qì hòu shēng wēn | global warming |
| 升学 | shēng xué | to enter the next grade school |
| 升天 | shēng tiān | lit. to ascend to heaven; to die |
| 上升 | shàng shēng | to rise; to go up; to ascend |
| 升上 | shēng shàng | (of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank); (of a student) to enter (a higher grad… |
| 升班马 | shēng bān mǎ | (sports, esp. soccer) newly promoted team (one that has advanced from a lower league to a … |
| 分升 | fēn shēng | deciliter |
| 升高 | shēng gāo | to raise; to ascend |
| 高升 | gāo shēng | to get a promotion |