| 1 | 上升 | 上昇 | shàng shēng | shang4 sheng1 | to rise; to go up; to ascend | | |
| 2 | 升高 | 昇高 | shēng gāo | sheng1 gao1 | to raise; to ascend | | |
| 3 | 毫升 | 毫升 | háo shēng | hao2 sheng1 | milliliter | | |
| 4 | 升 | 升 | shēng | sheng1 | to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 ; variant of 升 ; variant of 升 ; to ascend; to rise in rank | | |
| 5 | 升起 | 升起 | shēng qǐ | sheng1 qi3 | to raise; to hoist; to rise | | |
| 6 | 升华 | 升華 | shēng huá | sheng1 hua2 | to sublimate; sublimation (physics); to raise to a higher level; to refine; promotion | | |
| 7 | 直升飞机 | 直升飛機 | zhí shēng fēi jī | zhi2 sheng1 fei1 ji1 | see 直升机 | | |
| 8 | 升降 | 昇降 | shēng jiàng | sheng1 jiang4 | rising and falling | | |
| 9 | 晋升 | 晉升 | jìn shēng | jin4 sheng1 | to promote to a higher position | | |
| 10 | 提升 | 提昇 | tí shēng | ti2 sheng1 | to promote; to upgrade | | |
| 11 | 升学 | 升學 | shēng xué | sheng1 xue2 | to enter the next grade school | | |
| 12 | 升级 | 升級 | shēng jí | sheng1 ji2 | to escalate (in intensity); to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to upgrade (computing) | | |
| 13 | 升入 | 升入 | shēng rù | sheng1 ru4 | to progress to (a higher-level school) | | |
| 14 | 小升初 | 小升初 | xiǎo shēng chū | xiao3 sheng1 chu1 | progression from elementary school to junior high (abbr. for 小学生升入初中生 ) | | |
| 15 | 茅以升 | 茅以升 | máo yǐ shēng | Mao2 Yi3 sheng1 | Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist | | |
| 16 | 明升暗降 | 明升暗降 | míng shēng àn jiàng | ming2 sheng1 an4 jiang4 | to ostensibly promote but actually demote; to kick sb. upstairs (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 爬升 | 爬升 | pá shēng | pa2 sheng1 | to rise; to ascend; to climb (airplane etc); to go up (sales figures etc); to gain promotion | | |
| 18 | 歌舞升平 | 歌舞升平 | gē wǔ shēng píng | ge1 wu3 sheng1 ping2 | lit. to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom); fig. to make a show of happiness and prosperity | | |
| 19 | 回升 | 回升 | huí shēng | hui2 sheng1 | to rise again after a fall; to pick up; rally (stock market etc) | | |
| 20 | 高升 | 高升 | gāo shēng | gao1 sheng1 | to get a promotion | | |
| 21 | 分升 | 分升 | fēn shēng | fen1 sheng1 | deciliter | | |
| 22 | 飞升 | 飛升 | fēi shēng | fei1 sheng1 | to levitate heavenwards (a Daoist success); to take off; to soar (of prices); to levitate heavenwards (a Daoist success); to take off; to soar (of prices) | | |
| 23 | 擢升 | 擢升 | zhuó shēng | zhuo2 sheng1 | to promote (sb); to upgrade; to ascend | | |
| 24 | 黜升 | 黜升 | chù shēng | chu4 sheng1 | promotion and demotion | | |
| 25 | 初升 | 初升 | chū shēng | chu1 sheng1 | rising (sun, moon etc) | | |