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升

shēng

Source form: 升
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to ascend / to rise / to promote / to elevate / liter / unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dǒu])
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-7b2a82cf5a6a92c5. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

升 升 [sheng1] /to ascend; to rise/to promote; to elevate/liter/unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])/

Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.

Source form: 昇 / 升
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to ascend / to rise (variant of 升[shēng]) / to promote / to elevate (variant of 升[shēng])
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-8d0ff90871afc646. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

昇 升 [sheng1] /to ascend; to rise (variant of 升[sheng1])/to promote; to elevate (variant of 升[sheng1])/

Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.

Source form: 陞 / 升
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to ascend / to rise (variant of 升[shēng]) / to promote / to elevate (variant of 升[shēng])
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-78d2b1cccf12f33e. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

陞 升 [sheng1] /to ascend; to rise (variant of 升[sheng1])/to promote; to elevate (variant of 升[sheng1])/

Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.

Reference information

The definitions above are from CC-CEDICT. Examples and usage notes are available on selected entries.

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Other forms in these source records: 昇 / 陞

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.