升 (sing1 | sheng1) : ascend; promote; litre

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升

sing1

sheng1

[1] ascend; go up; hoist; rise | variant: 昇
[2] promote; elevate; advance | variant: 陞
[3] [measure] litre
[4] a traditional unit of capacity, equal to 0.1 dou (斗)

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Stroke count: 4

Level: 2

Radical: 十 (#24)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

升

This word has been viewed 12392 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Nov 2011 23:25

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升降機 sing1 gong3 gei1 sheng1 jiang4 ji1 = lift; elevator. Syn.: 電梯; 昇降機

上升 soeng5 sing1 shang4 sheng1 = to ascend

升學 sing1 hok6 sheng1 xue2 = to enter the next school level

晉升 zeon3 sing1 jin4 sheng1 = to promote; job promotion

升級 sing1 kap1 sheng1 ji2 = escalate; increase; rise, go up; upgrade

提升 tai4 sing1 ti2 sheng1 = promote; upgrade; exaltation; hoisting

降升機 gong3 sing1 gei1 jiang4 sheng1 ji1 = lift; escalator

直升機 zik6 sing1 gei1 zhi2 sheng1 ji1 = helicopter

直升飛機 zik6 sing1 fei1 gei1 zhi2 sheng1 fei1 ji1 = VTOL aircraft; helicopter

升起 sing1 hei2 sheng1 qi3 = hoist, raise
See all 62 compounds (CantoDict reports 64 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 升

你再遲一點來的話我就要升天了! 國
Get here a second later and I'd be dead!

太陽冉冉上升國
The sun rose slowly.

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Decimal representation of this word: 升
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