升 shēng

1. shēng verb to ascend; to go up
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Direction 方向
   Notes: (Guoyu '升' v 1; Unihan '升')
2. shēng verb to climb
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Direction 方向
   Notes: In the sense of 登 (Guoyu '升' v 2; Unihan '升')
3. shēng measure word metric liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: metric liter is also written as 公升 (Guoyu '升' n 1)
4. shēng noun sheng hexagram
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A divinatory symbol described in the 易經 ”Book of Changes” (Guoyu '升' n 2)
5. shēng proper noun Sheng
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '升' n 3)

Contained in

• 攀升(攀昇) to rise
• 高升 to get a promotion
• 升堂入室 to reach the main room and enter the chamber; to gradually attain proficiency
• 升华(昇華) to elevate; to raise; to promote ; sublimation
• 飙升(飆升) to rise rapidly; to soar
• 耶稣升天节(耶穌升天節) Ascension Day (Christian festival forty days after Easter)
• 分升 decaliter
• 上升趋势(上升趨勢) an upturn; an upward trend
• 如日方升 like the sun beginning to rise; conditions are improving
• 逐步升级(逐步升級) escalation
• 回升 to rise again after a fall; to pick up; rally (stock market etc)
• 毫升 milliliter
• 超升 to be promoted over others or skipping levels ; for a soul to rise to heaven
• 鸡犬升天(雞犬升天) poultry and dogs rise to Heaven; to ride on sb else's success; Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
• 升压剂(升壓劑) vasopressor agent; antihypotensive agent
• 升市 rising prices; bull market
• 升降机(升降機) an elevator; an elevated platform
• 窜升(竄升) to rise rapidly; to shoot up
• 擢升 to promote; to upgrade; to ascend
• 升息 to raise interest rates
• 蹿升(躥升) to rise rapidly; to shoot up
• 爬升 to rise; to ascend; to climb (airplane etc); to go up (sales figures etc); to gain promotion
• 升官发财(升官發財) to be promoted and gain wealth
• 升号(升號) sharp (♯)
• 旭日初升 the sun is beginning to rise; conditions are getting better
• 提升(提昇) to promote; to upgrade
• 升斗小民 poor people ; those who live from hand to mouth
• 升空(昇空) to rise to the sky; to lift off; to levitate; liftoff
• 升汞 mercuric chloride (HgCl)
• 飞升(飛昇) to levitate heavenwards (a Daoist success); to take off; to soar (of prices) ; to levitate heavenwards (a Daoist success); to take off; to soar (of prices)
• 升压(升壓) to boost the pressure (of a fluid); to boost (or step up) the voltage
• 升腾(升騰) to rise; to ascend; to leap up
• 跻升(躋升) to be promoted
• 圣母升天节(聖母升天節) Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August)
• 升任 to be promoted to
• 歌舞升平 to celebrate peace with songs and dance; to make a show of happiness and prosperity
• 晋升(晉升) to promote
• 升遐 to pass away (of an emperor)
• 厘升(釐升) centiliter
• 跃升(躍升) to leap to (a higher position etc); to jump; (of a plane) to ascend
• 升旗 to raise the flag
• 升职(升職) to get promoted
• 升官 to be promoted
• 步步高升(步步高陞) to climb step by step; to rise steadily; on the up and up
• 升学(昇學) to go to a school of a higher grade ; to enter the next grade school
• 调升(調升) to promote ; to adjust upward; to upgrade
• 升斗 liter and decaliter dry measure; meager quantity of foodstuff

Also contained in

杜拉拉升职记 、 庆大升 、 韩升洙 、 升调

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Truncated for common words

• 卷六十二　志第十四: 　地理五 Volume 62 Treatises 15: Geography 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 106
• 大射 第七 7. The great archery meet (state level) The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 104
• 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 95
• 卷八十八 志第四十一 地理四 Volume 88 Treatises 41: Geography 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 88
• 卷八十二　志第三十二: 　選舉二 Volume 82 Treatises 35: Selection of Officials 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 78
• 卷一百五十七 志第一百一十 選舉三 Volume 157 Treatises 110: Selection and appointment of Officials 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 73
• 卷八十四　志第三十四: 　選舉四 Volume 84 Treatises 37: Selection of Officials 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 71
• 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 65
• 卷一百八十二 列傳第七十 王恕 馬文升 劉大夏 Volume 182 Biographies 70: Wang Shu, Ma Wensheng, Liu Daxia History of Ming 明史 — count: 64
• 卷二百六十一 列傳第一百四十九 盧象昇 劉之綸 丘民仰 Volume 261 Biographies 149: Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Zhilun, Qiu Minyang History of Ming 明史 — count: 64

Collocations

• 升堂 (升堂) 攝齊升堂 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 10. 《鄉黨》 Xiang Dang — count: 25
• 賔升 (賔升) 賔升則東面 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 14
• 让升 (讓升) 公揖讓升自東階 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 12
• 升实 (升實) 升實爵 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 11
• 主人升 (主人升) 主人升堂 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《雜記上》 Miscellaneous Records I — count: 10
• 升席 (升席) 婦升席 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士昬禮 第二 2. Nuptial rites for a common officer — count: 9
• 升歌 (升歌) 奠酬而工升歌 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 7
• 升陉 (升陘) 及邾人戰于升陘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
• 先升 (先升) 祝先升自阼階 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites — count: 6
• 正升 (正升) 司正升相旅 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 6