升
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to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
Formation & memory
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How 升 is formed
How to remember it
liter · Heisig RSH #41
千 thousand + needle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 升
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一人得道，鸡犬升天 | (lit.) when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs wil… | |
| 四海升平 | (idiom) the whole world is at peace | |
| 上升空间 | upside; potential to rise | |
| 升斗小民 | (idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth | |
| 圣母升天节 | Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August) | |
| 直升飞机 | see 直升機|直升机[zhi2 sheng1 ji1] | |
| 直升机 | helicopter; CL:架[jia4] | |
| 直升机 | variant of 直升機|直升机[zhi2 sheng1 ji1] | |
| 步步高升 | to climb step by step; to rise steadily; on the up and up | |
| 升糖指数 | glycemic index | |
| 升市 | rising prices; bull market | |
| 全球气候升温 | global warming | |
| 升学 | to enter the next grade school | |
| 升天 | lit. to ascend to heaven; to die | |
| 上升 | to rise; to go up; to ascend | |
| 升上 | (of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank); (of a student) to enter (a higher grad… | |
| 升班马 | (sports, esp. soccer) newly promoted team (one that has advanced from a lower league to a … | |
| 分升 | deciliter | |
| 升高 | to raise; to ascend | |
| 高升 | to get a promotion |