Chinese Word: 昇 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

昇 (Simplified: 升)HSK 5

Pinyin: shēng

English Definition: variant of 升 ; to ascend; to rise in rank

Chinese Definition:
①容量单位。
②量粮食的器具。
③向上，高起，提高：升力(亦称“举力”)。升格。升华(ａ．固态物质直接变为气；b．喻事物的提高和精炼)。升迁。升值。升堂入室(喻人的学问造诣由浅入深，循序渐进，达到精深)。晋升。提升。
④降落。

Antonyms: 降

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 日

Ideographic:The rising 升 sun 日; 升 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 日 [ rì ] sun; day; daytime
- 升 [ shēng ] to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise

Similar Characters: 旯

升級	shēng jí	to escalate (in intensity); to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to upgrade (computing)
回升HSK 5	huí shēng	to rise again after a fall; to pick up; rally (stock market etc)
直升機	zhí shēng jī	helicopter; Classifiers: 架

1		huǒ jiàn 火箭 shēng kōng 升空 le 了。 The rocket took off.
2		tài yang 太阳 cóng 从 dōng bian 东边 shēng qǐ 升起。 The sun rises from the east.
3		shēng chǎn 生产 chéng běn 成本 yì zhí 一直 zài 在 shàng shēng 上升。 The production cost has been constantly rising.
4		hóng rì 红日 chū 初 shēng 升， wàn wù 万物 fù sū 复苏。 The sun rises, and all things come to life.
5		rè shuǐ qì 热水器 de 的 róng liàng 容量 wèi 为 50 shēng 升。 The water heater has a capacity of 50 liters.

1		huǒ jiàn 火箭 shēng kōng 升空 le 了。 The rocket took off.
2		tài yang 太阳 cóng 从 dōng bian 东边 shēng qǐ 升起。 The sun rises from the east.
3		shēng chǎn 生产 chéng běn 成本 yì zhí 一直 zài 在 shàng shēng 上升。 The production cost has been constantly rising.
4		hóng rì 红日 chū 初 shēng 升， wàn wù 万物 fù sū 复苏。 The sun rises, and all things come to life.
5		rè shuǐ qì 热水器 de 的 róng liàng 容量 wèi 为 50 shēng 升。 The water heater has a capacity of 50 liters.