Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- shēng
English
- rise, ascent
- to ascend; to rise (variant of 升[sheng1])
- (used as a surname and in given names)
- peaceful
- to promote; to elevate (variant of 升[sheng1])
- peace
- rise
粵語
- 同升
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 昇
- 直昇機zik6 sing1 gei1
variant of 直升機|直升机[zhi2 sheng1 ji1]
- 昇平sing1 ping4
peaceful
- 昇華sing1 waa4
to sublimate ----
- 昇盤sing1 pun2
sink
- 提昇tai4 sing1
(verb) 1. Exalt; 2. Boost
- 上昇soeng6 sing1
- 昇盆sing1 pun2
sink
- 昇高sing1 gou1
- 昇空sing1 hung1
- 昇降sing1 gong3
- 昇值sing1 zik6
- 飛昇fei1 sing1
- 昇職sing1 zik1
- 歌舞昇平go1 mou5 sing1 ping4
(lit.) to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom)
- 竹昇zuk1 sing1
(noun) a foreign-country born Chinese such as Canada born Chinese
- 畢昇bat1 sing1
Bi Sheng (990-1051), inventor of movable type
- 竹昇麵zuk1 sing1 min6
Jook-sing noodles
- 昇降機sing1 gong3 gei1
the elevator; the lift
- 直昇機家長zik6 sing1 gei1 gaa1 zoeng2
helicopter parent
- 步步高昇bou6 bou6 gou1 sing1
onward and upward
- 韓昇洙hon4 sing1 zyu1
Han Seung-soo (1936-), South Korean diplomat and politician, prime minister 2008-2009
- 四海昇平sei3 hoi2 sing1 ping4
(idiom) the whole world is at peace
- 東昇西落dung1 sing1 sai1 lok6
- 粉飾昇平fan2 sik1 sing1 ping4
to pretend that everything is going well