升

On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

shēng ㄕㄥ

  1. 升
    • to ascend to rise
  2. 升
    • to promote to elevate
  3. 升
    • liter
  4. 升
    • unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗 dǒu)
  5. 昇
    • to ascend to rise (variant of 升 shēng)
  6. 昇
    • to promote to elevate (variant of 升 shēng)
  7. 陞
    • to ascend to rise (variant of 升 shēng)
  8. 陞
    • to promote to elevate (variant of 升 shēng)

Other words read shēng

In the same tone

  • 生 shēng grow
  • 声 shēng sound
  • 笙 shēng sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
  • 牲 shēng domestic animal
  • 甥 shēng nephew

All 9 words read shēng

sheng with other tones

  • 省 shěng save
  • 胜 shèng victory
  • 乘 shèng four
  • 圣 shèng peerless
  • 盛 shèng flourishing

All 20 words read sheng in any tone

Other words read shēng

In the same tone

  • 生 shēng grow
  • 聲 shēng sound
  • 昇 shēng ascend
  • 陞 shēng ascend
  • 笙 shēng sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes

All 9 words read shēng

sheng with other tones

  • 省 shěng save
  • 勝 shèng victory
  • 乘 shèng four
  • 聖 shèng peerless
  • 盛 shèng flourishing

All 20 words read sheng in any tone

How 升 is written

    部首 radical
    十
    笔画 strokes
    4, with 2 after the 部首

    Words with 升

    Starting with 升

    All 43 words starting with 升

    Ending with 升

    • 上升 shàngshēng rise
    • 提升 tíshēng promote
    • 晋升 jìnshēng promote to a higher position
    • 攀升 pānshēng clamber up
    • 回升 huíshēng pick up

    All 26 words ending with 升

    Containing 升

    • 直升机 zhíshēngjī helicopter
    • 歌舞升平 gēwǔshēngpíng celebrate peace with songs and dance
    • 鸡犬升天 jīquǎnshēngtiān (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him
    • 明升暗降 míngshēngànjiàng kick sb upstairs
    • 四海升平 sìhǎishēngpíng whole world is at peace

    All 12 words containing 升

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