Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- shēng
English
- arise, go up
- to ascend; to rise
- (verb) to level up
- to slap one's face
- to elevate; to gain; to go up; to raise; to rise
- litre ----
- hoist
- to promote; to elevate
- to rise; to go up; to increase (of numbers, prices, or indices)
- sheng; an ancient measurement of volume; 10 合 gap3 equates to 1 升, and 10 升 equates to 1 斗 dau2; it is still used in present-day Japan and Korea, where it equates to approximately 1.8 litres
- advance
- liter
- to promote one to a higher position; to receive a promotion; to be promoted
- hexagram ䷭
- unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- (of Chinese chess) to move the chariot or the cannon forward and closer to the river
粵語
- 摑
- 由下而上；亦都可以寫作昇
- 即係公升
- （數字、價格、指數等）增加、向上調
- 古時容量單位，十合等於一升，十升等於一斗。現時日本同韓國仲有使用，當地一升相當於1.80391公升。
- 令人就任更上一級嘅職位；亦都可以寫作陞
- 捉象棋嗰陣將隻車或者炮向前郁去中線
As a component in · 50
Variants
Words containing 升
- 提升tai4 sing1
to promote (to a higher-ranking position)
- 升級sing1 kap1
to go up by one grade; to be promoted
- 上升soeng6 sing1
to rise
- 升高sing1 gou1
to raise
- 晉升zeon3 sing1
to promote to a higher position
- 回升wui4 sing1
to rise again after a fall
- 攀升paan1 sing1
to clamber up
- 升空sing1 hung1
to rise to the sky
- 升降sing1 gong3
rising and falling
- 升值sing1 zik6
to rise in value
- 升呢sing1 le1
upgrade, level up
- 升學sing1 hok6
to enter the next grade school
- 升讀sing1 duk6
to move on to next stage of education, such as primary to secondary, secondary to tertiary
- 升調sing1 diu6
to promote to a higher post
- 調升diu6 sing1
to promote
- 升職sing1 zik1
to get promoted (at work etc)
- 升天sing1 tin1
lit. to ascend to heaven
- 升任sing1 jam6
to be promoted to
- 公升gung1 sing1
liter
- 升遷sing1 cin1
to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department
- 升官sing1 gun1
to get promoted
- 升格sing1 gaak3
promotion
- 升旗sing1 kei4
to raise a flag
- 毫升hou4 sing1
milliliter