Explore in 3D3D

升

shēng

to ascend; to rise to the rank of

Variant forms 昇 / 陞

HSK 3.0 · Level 3 HSK 2.0 · Level 5 verbmeasure word Explore in 3D3D

Ancient forms

3 forms

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Meaning

shēng sheng1

to ascend
to rise to the rank of
to promote
to hoist
liter
measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗

Example sentences

zhège 这个 píngzi 瓶子 kěyǐ 可以 zhuāng 装 liǎng 两 shēng 升 rèshuǐ 热水。

This bottle is able to contain two liters of hot water.
shànggèyuè 上个月 wǒmen 我们 shōují 收集 le 了 wǔ 五 shēng 升 yǔshuǐ 雨水。

Last month, we collected five liters of rainwater.
dàolù 道路 cóng 从 zhèlǐ 这里 kāishǐ 开始 dǒurán 陡然 shàngshēng 上升。

The road starts to suddenly rise from here.
zuìjìn 最近 sān 三 gè 个 yuè 月， wùjià 物价 shàngshēng 上升 le 了。

Prices have gone up these three months.

HSK words with 升

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